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RSE Landscape in the UK

Prof Mark Parsons

EPCC Director�EPSRC Director of Research Computing

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Introduction

  • Professor Mark Parsons
    • 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

  • EPCC
    • 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

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EPCC Career Paths

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Senior Research Fellow

Research Fellow

Principal Architect

Programme Manager

EPCC Directorate

Architect

Project Manager

Application Consultant

Application Developer

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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!

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