1 of 4

RSE Landscape in the UK

Prof Mark Parsons

EPCC Director�EPSRC Director of Research Computing

2 of 4

Introduction

Joined EPCC in 1994 as an Applications Scientist – what we’d now call an RSE
Became EPCC’s Commercial Manager then Commercial Director – 1995 – 2011
EPCC Co-Executive Director – 2011 – 2016
EPCC Director 2016 – onwards
Since 2020 also work 1 day per week as the Engineering & Physical Sciences�Research Council Director of Research Computing

Hosts and supports all of the UK’s Tier 1 National HPC Services
Since 1990 has focused on giving staff long term careers – and career paths – in HPC and Data Science
Now 115 staff – around 85 software focussed

11/14/2021

EPCC Career Paths

11/14/2021

Senior Research Fellow

Research Fellow

Principal Architect

Programme Manager

EPCC Directorate

Architect

Project Manager

Application Consultant

Application Developer

RSE Knowledge Integration Landscape Review

ExCALIBUR project is focussed on Exascale software development for the UK
As part of the project key academic leaders in Research Software in the UK came together to review the RSE landscape
Resulting report (Editor M Parsons) here:��https://excalibur.ac.uk/research-software-engineer-rse-knowledge-integration-landscape-review/�
Summary: lots of progress … lots still to do!

11/14/2021