Celebrating International RSE Day 2024
10th October is International RSE Day! This is a chance to celebrate RSEs around the world and raise awareness for the discipline of Research Software Engineering. You can find more information on the Society Website and read other stories by following the hashtag #IntlRSEDay on various social media platforms.
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As part of the celebrations, we wanted to share some of the successes of the Newcastle RSE Team and the many varied and talented RSEs who make up that team.
So, here are some of our highlights from the past year:
RSECon24
It was our privilege to once again host the eighth annual conference for Research Software Engineering here in Newcastle. #RSECon24 was also chaired by our own Dave Horsfall, who did an incredible job of making this the largest and most accessible RSECon to date.
Nature Article
Dave also had an article published in Nature. It is titled “Research Software Engineering Accelerates the Translation of Biomedical Research for Health”, and you can read it here:
Society Involvement
Mike Simpson entered his second year as a trustee of the RSE Society and was elected vice president in October. Robin Nandi also completed his second term as a trustee, having served as Society Treasurer.
Awards
Mike was also part of the team that won the top prize at the Hack Day at #CW24 (@SoftwareSaved). Read this blog post for more information about the prize-winning project Task Management for Humans as Self-care.
Talks
Team members, including Richard Howey, Gabrielle Schroeder and Mike Simpson, gave talks at various conferences.
You can read more stories from the team on our profile or follow us on social media.
