Changing research software attitudes and practices article pdf available in computing in science and engineering 156. The software sustainability institute, a partner organization which is committed to cultivating worldclass research through software, has received. This new third phase of the software sustainability institute has been funded by all research councils until 2023. Pdf what does sustainability mean in and for software. This project is conceptualizing a us research software sustainability institute that will validate and address various classes of concerns impacting all software development and maintenance projects. Our thanks to the digital curation centre dcc for providing links to. Work with us data innovation research institute cardiff. Dec 07, 20 im delighted to have been named today as one of the sixteen software sustainability institute fellows for 2014. We are creating a unified ukri website that brings together the existing research council, innovate uk and research england websites. Epsrc does not provide a publications repository, research data repository, or software repository. During the next phase of the institute, we will focus on the domains of each of the research councils particularly bbsrc, epsrc and esrc and help their researchers gain the most from available services to improve the sustainability, engineering, reuse, quality and recognition of software. This project is conceptualizing a us research software sustainability institute that will validate and address various classes of concerns impacting all software development and maintenance projects across all of nsf. Research software engineer rse fellowships epsrc website.
The software sustainability institute is a national facility for building better software based in the. We help people build better software, and we work with researchers, developers, funders and infrastructure providers to identify key issues and best practice in scientific software. In 2018, we were awarded funding from all seven research councils. The support landscape for software in the uk is characterised by a split into national facilities e. The webinar will take place on wednesday, august 21, 2018 at 12.
About the software sustainability institute software. Live notes, so an incomplete, partial record of what actually happened. A software sustainability initiative is an organisation or team undertaking activities to improve software sustainability in the wider community that is, outside of their local project or group. The software sustainability institute cultivates better, more sustainable, research software to enable worldclass research. Software sustainability institute to improve research software. The software sustainability institute ssi is an epsrcfunded project. Research software engineers are the people behind research software. The fellowship programme 1 run by the uk software sustainability institute ssi is a unique package of financial support, networking and advice, which is competitively awarded to members of the research software community. The term research software engineer rse was coined at an ssi. The data innovation research institute has begun to build a research culture at the university that uses the expertise of rses to. The software sustainability institute is supported by epsrc grant eph0431601 and epsrc esrcbbsrc grant epn0064101, with additional project funding from jisc and nerc. Epcc is a founding partner of the institute along with departments at the universities of manchester, oxford and southampton. In 2016, economic and social research council esrc, and biotechnology and biological sciences research councilbbsrc, joined epsrc to further invest and help continue the work of the institute.
Sciences research council epsrc grant eph0431601 for the uk software sustainability institute. During the next phase of the institute, we will focus on the domains of each of the research councils particularly bbsrc, epsrc and esrc and help their researchers gain the most from available. Rses are fast becoming a central component in research excellence. The data innovation research institute has been set up to conduct. The software sustainability institute ssi was recently awarded funding from epsrc, esrc and bbsrc to continue tackling issues and challenges around research software. We propose a software sustainability institute for the uk which will establish a national focal point a facility for research software users and developers based around specialist software engineering. The bootcamp was organised by jonathan cooper and targeted at researchers involved in the oxford doctoral training centre.
Walking randomly epsrc research software engineering fellow. Those activities might include consultancy and development, training, workshops and events, dissemination and outreach, or advocacy. View laurence tratts business profile as team at software sustainability institute. Collaboration between the universities of edinburgh, manchester, oxford and southampton. Engineering and physical sciences research council epsrc, 2017. Founded in 2010, the software sustainability institute is a partnership of the universities of edinburgh, manchester, oxford and southampton crouch et al. To deliver this, the institute s work is split into. About the software sustainability institute software sustainability. These experiences got me interested in how to improve the general level of software engineering practice in research. Introduction to the software sustainability institute and a record of the discussion held at the jisc ri software sustainability workshop on the 12th may 2010.
This guide explains how software fits with the epsrc policy framework for research data. The ssi leadership reasoned that the best way to improve software quality was to invent a new career track with a different set of metrics. The software sustainability institute s collaborations workshop series brings together researchers, developers, innovators, managers, funders, publishers, leaders and educators to explore best practices and the future of research software. Epsrc, with the assistance of the community, has developed a strategy for investing in software, ensuring that our funding current and future adds value to the complex and evolving einfrastructure. The epsrcfunded software sustainability institute has begun a campaign to develop a uk community of research software engineers, with the aim of raising. In other words, sustainability means that the software will continue to be available in the future, on new.
Laurence tratt business profile software sustainability. The digital curation centre and software sustainability institute have written guides to help you license your research data and choose an opensource licence for your software. Where should i deposit my research data and software. The software sustainability institute has been supported by epsrc through.
Software sustainability is the the capacity of the software to endure. There are opportunities to take advantage of initiatives such as the software sustainability institute ssi, which could provide insight into the building and use of software in practice, and a need to include co. More broadly, there is the need for national support for research software communities. Dec 04, 2017 the software sustainability institute is a national facility funded by the epsrc. Software sustainability institute to improve research. Software sustainability institute epcc the university of edinburgh. The software sustainability institute, a team of software experts, from the. Epsrc rse fellows research software engineers association. Software sustainability institute epcc at the university. The software sustainability institute is a national facility for cultivating and improving research software to support worldclass research, headquartered at the university of edinburgh.
Since 2010, the software sustainability institute has facilitated the advancement of software in research by cultivating better, more sustainable, research software to enable worldclass research better. In 2016, economic and social research council esrc, and biotechnology and biological sciences research council bbsrc, joined epsrc to further invest and help continue the work of the institute. The epsrc software development strategy identifies three types of strategic intervention according to the timescale over which their effect will be felt. In 2016, economic and social research council esrc, and biotechnology and biological sciences research council bbsrc, joined epsrc to further invest and help continue the work of the institute throughout its second phase. The software sustainability institute is supported by epsrc grant eph0431601 and epsrcbbsrc and esrc grant. Introduction to the software sustainability institute. The software sustainability institute is a national facility funded by the epsrc. We help people build better software, and we work with researchers, developers. The software sustainability institute is supported by epsrc grant eph0431601 and epsrcesrcbbsrc grant epn0064101, with additional project funding from jisc and nerc. A leading facility which examines the use and development of research software has received a. Find contacts direct phone number, email address, work history, and more. The institute is delighted by the large number and breadth of applications to epsrcs pilot research software engineer fellowship scheme, which represents a potential step change in the way that research software development is undertaken in the uk. The epsrc funded software sustainability institute has begun a campaign to develop a uk community of research software engineers, with the aim of raising awareness of their roles, and improving their career paths and rewardrecognition within universities. The institute was initially funded by the engineering and physical sciences research council epsrc in 2010.
Software sustainability institute epcc at the university of. There are opportunities to take advantage of initiatives such as the software sustainability institute ssi, which could provide insight into the building and use of software in practice, and a need to include cocreative approaches to new software engineering techniques, in line with the people at the heart epsrc crossict priority. In this seminar, ill talk about some of the current initiatives the software sustainability institute is leading, including details of how to get involved if you are interested. In an ongoing survey, 93% of our previous collaborators indicated they were very satisfied with the results of the work. The software sustainability institute ssi is an epsrcfunded project based at the universities of edinburgh, manchester, oxford and southampton, and draws on a team of experts with a breadth of experience in software development, project and programme.
Epsrc, with the assistance of the community, has developed a strategy for investing in software, ensuring that our funding current and future adds value to the complex and evolving einfrastructure ecosystem and supports the needs and requirements of the engineering and physical sciences community. The epsrcfunded software sustainability institute has begun a campaign to develop a uk community of research software engineers, with the aim of raising awareness of their roles, and improving their career paths and rewardrecognition within universities. We propose a software sustainability institute for the uk which will establish a national focal point a facility for research software users and developers based around specialist software engineering skills for driving the continued improvement and impact of research software, using as its foundation the concept of practical peer. Carver would like to acknowledge partial support from nsf1243887. The software sustainability institute is a national facility for the users and developers of research software. How does software fit into epsrcs research data policy. Since 2010, the institutes research software group1 has assisted over 50 projects across all the uk research councils. The software sustainability institute has been supported by epsrc through grant eph0431601 and epsrc, bbsrc and esrc grant epn0064101 and epsrc, bbsrc, esrc, nerc, ahrc, stfc and mrc grant eps0217791. This funding opportunity is a pilot in support of the concept. The software sustainability institute, a team of software experts from the universities of edinburgh, manchester, oxford and southampton, has been awarded. Aug 21, 2018 the next webinar in the series is titled software sustainability lessons learned from different disciplines, and will be presented by neil chue hong of the software sustainability institute university of edinburgh. Software sustainability institute collaborations workshop.
Software sustainability institute funding announced. The institute is based at the university of edinburgh epcc formerly edinburgh parallel computing centre with sites at the university of manchester, the university of oxford and the university of southampton. The fellowship programme 1 run by the uk software sustainability institute ssi is a unique package of financial support, networking and advice, which is competitively awarded. The software sustainability institute is supported by epsrc grant eph0431601 and epsrc bbsrc and esrc grant epn0064101. Software sustainability institute collaborations workshop 2018, cardiff, 2628 march 2018. You recently left manchester university to move to sheffield. Software sustainability institute funding software carpentry. Im delighted to have been named today as one of the sixteen software sustainability institute fellows for 2014. The engineering and physical sciences research council epsrc is part of uk research and innovation, a nondepartmental public body funded by a grantinaid from the uk government. The software sustainability institute, a partner organization which is. Software sustainability institute funding announced the. Our research software engineers rses can contribute to or enhance your research in a number of ways. Research computing at the university of leeds, epsrc research software engineering fellow.
I became a software sustainability institute fellow in 20, discovered this huge, amazing community and the rest is history. The software sustainability institute is a national facility for building better software based in the uk and founded in 2010. Uk software sustainability institute edinburgh research. They also discussed the question of what sustainability means in and for software engineering 5. We propose a software sustainability institute for the uk which will establish a national focal point a facility for research software users and developers based around specialist software engineering skills for driving the continued improvement and impact of research software, using as its foundation the concept of practical peer partnerships. Wearing my software sustainability institute ssi hat i participated as an instructor in a software carpentry bootcamp that took place on the 9 th and 10 th of may in oxford. Since 2010, the software sustainability institute has facilitated the advancement of software in research by cultivating better, more sustainable, research software to enable worldclass research better software, better research. It is led by epcc in collaboration with the universities. Since 2010, the institutes research software group1 has assisted over 50 projects across all the uk research. Stfc software engineering group, gridppegi training portfolio, the hartree centre, hector cse service. Founded in 2010, the software sustainability institute is a partnership of the universities of edinburgh, manchester. The software sustainability institute, a team of software experts, from the universities of edinburgh, manchester, oxford and southampton, has been awarded. Initially funded by the uks engineering and physical sciences research council epsrc, its.
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