From 29925ceada85e44274f897112568a6307c461884 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jyoti Bhogal Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:19:55 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] render images to ongoing events #81 --- content/events/2022-05/index.md | 3 +++ content/events/2024-10/index.md | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/events/2022-05/index.md b/content/events/2022-05/index.md index 3095ae57..6ee0df73 100644 --- a/content/events/2022-05/index.md +++ b/content/events/2022-05/index.md @@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ ReSA supports "DiveRSE" a series of talks and related activities supporting Equi text = "colour circles" +++ +free to use image from Unsplash dsiplaying coloured circles ## About [DiveRSE](https://diverse-rse.github.io/) [DiveRSE](https://diverse-rse.github.io/) (Diverse RSE) is a series of [talks and related activities](https://diverse-rse.github.io/) including discussion and panel sessions designed to support and raise awareness of EDI challenges and successes within the research software community. ## [DiveRSE](https://diverse-rse.github.io/): An Introduction + Supporting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) within the Research Software Engineering community The role title “Research Software Engineer” (RSE) was first used only around 10 years ago to describe individuals working in a research environment but focusing on building software. The Research Software Engineering movement started in the UK but has since spread around the world with international associations appearing in a number of countries. diff --git a/content/events/2024-10/index.md b/content/events/2024-10/index.md index 8303c5a8..8c59d2a3 100644 --- a/content/events/2024-10/index.md +++ b/content/events/2024-10/index.md @@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ The next stage of the development of these ideas is to gain feedback through ope image = "chris-montgomery-smgTvepind4-unsplash.jpg" text = "Image credit: Chris Montgomery, [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/macbook-pro-displaying-group-of-people-smgTvepind4)" +++ + +free to use image from Unsplash dsiplaying a dummy online meeting + # Event Summary Join one of our upcoming webinars to discuss community-supported routes for convening the first-ever international research software conference in 2025/26, or provide feedback asynchronously on the options paper, [Towards an international research software conference (version 2)](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hHtEn8IVpLSWhxIDJ0_JSUNPDjmXpTd0m5IFh2jBD7s/edit?tab=t.0). From 5b75a80d78c04f084991f2151df5350501492b0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jyoti Bhogal Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:48:00 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] remove extra text #42 --- content/blog/_index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/blog/_index.md b/content/blog/_index.md index 13645c5e..515f5695 100644 --- a/content/blog/_index.md +++ b/content/blog/_index.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ +++ -title = "Research Software Alliance - Blog" +title = "" description = "Blog" +++ From 769a62a2d079abac62e2ff2b2762c38aef628125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jyoti Bhogal Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:30:32 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] remove extra image caption from preview #42 --- content/blog/2023-10/index.md | 10 +-- content/blog/2023-12-21/index.md | 10 +-- content/blog/2023-12/index.md | 19 +++-- content/blog/2024-01/index.md | 7 +- content/blog/2024-03/index.md | 2 + content/blog/2024-06-20/index.md | 13 ++- content/blog/2024-06/index.md | 4 +- content/blog/2024-08/index.md | 136 +++++++++++++++++-------------- content/blog/2024-09-23/index.md | 11 ++- content/blog/2024-09-24/index.md | 42 +++++----- content/blog/2024-10/index.md | 9 +- 11 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 124 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/blog/2023-10/index.md b/content/blog/2023-10/index.md index 83b04d67..63904f3c 100644 --- a/content/blog/2023-10/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2023-10/index.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ title = "Investing in People: Anticipating the Future of Research Software " title_align = "left" disabled = false -display_date = true +display_date = false date = "2023-10-24" author = ["Kim Hartley", "Michelle Barker"] @@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ author = ["Kim Hartley", "Michelle Barker"] """ +++ -![My Image](IMG_3080-1440x1080.jpg) + -October 2023 +By Kim Hartley and Michelle Barker -Authors: Kim Hartley and Michelle Barker +24 October, 2023 We are proud to report that the second [International Research Software Funders Workshop](https://adore.software/international-research-software-funders-workshop/), co-hosted by the [Digital Research Alliance of Canada](https://alliancecan.ca/en) (the Alliance) and the [Research Software Alliance](https://www.researchsoft.org/) (ReSA) from 18-20 September was a great success. People are at the heart of research software sustainability and funders can lead the way by investing in the people who develop and maintain research software. That is why the workshop theme was "Investing in People: Anticipating the Future of Research Software". The event aimed to set the future agenda for government, philanthropic, and industry funders to support sustainable research software and communities. @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The workshop culminated with a Do-a-Thon, "a short collaboration where participa The workshop solidified the importance of international collaboration to support research software. There is a widening group of funders with awareness of the need to support research software and an understanding of how to do this. The [Research Software Funders Forum](https://www.researchsoft.org/funders-forum/) has been building momentum since its inception in early 2022; its dedicated funder-led working groups are expanding their reach by engaging with other stakeholders and organisations, such as the [Global Research Council](https://globalresearchcouncil.org/). Moreover, the workshop highlighted areas where coordination by funders would be beneficial, for example, in supporting the [Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability](https://adore.software/declaration/). Participants also expressed an interest in exploring opportunities for forums, for example, to engage publishers around software citations (along with the existing [ReSA Task Force on Code Availability](https://www.researchsoft.org/taskforces/)). -We thank all the participants for their engagement during the workshop sessions. We're grateful to the workshop Steering Committee for their efforts in organising a successful hybrid workshop. A full report, written and edited collectively by workshop participants, is forthcoming. +We thank all the participants for their engagement during the workshop sessions. We're grateful to the workshop Steering Committee for their efforts in organising a successful hybrid workshop. A full report, written and edited collectively by workshop participants, is forthcoming. To stay up to date on ADORE.software, visit [www.adore.software](http://www.adore.software/). If you want to show your support for the Declaration, you can become a [signatory](https://adore.software/sign/) (for funders) or [supporter](https://adore.software/support/) (for non-funders) and help share the [news](https://adore.software/2023/09/adore-software-is-ready-for-signing/). To receive updates on news related to the Declaration and future activities, subscribe to the [ReSA newsletter](https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/i5e1h2). Funders are invited to join the (free) [Research Software Funders Forum](https://www.researchsoft.org/funders-forum/) by contacting ReSA at [info@researchsoft.org](mailto:info@researchsoft.org). diff --git a/content/blog/2023-12-21/index.md b/content/blog/2023-12-21/index.md index 2dc1e177..72f5fb4e 100644 --- a/content/blog/2023-12-21/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2023-12-21/index.md @@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ author = ["Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal"] """ +++ +By Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal -December 2023 - -Author: Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal +20 December, 2023 In 2023 I was engaged by the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) as a Community Manager for the Asia region, as part of the ReSA mission to advance the research software ecosystem by collaborating with decision makers and key influencers. This part-time role has provided a platform to promote awareness about research software engineering and foster meaningful connections across Asia and globally, which are detailed in this blog post. @@ -36,14 +35,13 @@ Global estimates of the number of research software engineers (RSEs) total more There are significant challenges to engaging the research software community in Asia, including limited awareness and recognition of the RSE title in academia, although many individuals perform tasks akin to RSEs. Consequently, much of my focus this year has been on engaging in community events in Asia to promote awareness of ReSA and the RSE movement. This has included both events in Asia and globally to increase international cross-fertilisation. - **Engaging with Asian communities** **APAN55 in Nepal**: In March I presented a session on "[Research Software Engineering (RSE) Asia Association: Journey and Future Plans](https://zenodo.org/record/7817687)" at the [55th meeting of the Asia Pacific Advanced Network](https://apan55.apan.net/) (APAN) in Kathmandu, Nepal, as an APAN Fellow. APAN's emerging engagement with RSE topics led to a ReSA [blog post](https://www.researchsoft.org/blog/2023-04/) on the potential role of [National Research and Education Networks (NRENs)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_research_and_education_network) in promoting the growth of an RSE community in the Asia-Pacific. The significance of this lies in that NRENs have not traditionally been significantly involved in supporting RSEs in other regions. I have shared my experience of attending APAN55 in the blogpost "[Attending an in-person Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) meeting for the first time](https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/attending-person-asia-pacific-advanced-network-apan-meeting-first-time)". My presentation at APAN55, Kathmandu, Nepal. -_My presentation at APAN55, Kathmandu, Nepal._ +_My presentation at APAN55, Kathmandu, Nepal._ **Malaysia's Leap in Open Science:** In May 2023, I attended the online launch ceremony of the [Malaysian Open Science Platform](https://mosp.gov.my). The [UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science](https://www.unesco.org/en/open-science/about) includes open software as a key element of open science; this implies that in the future, research software might also become a focus in Malaysia. The details of this event are shared in my blog post "[Witnessing the launch ceremony of the Malaysia Open Science Platform (MOSP)](https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/witnessing-launch-ceremony-malaysia-open-science-platform-mosp)". @@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ Software Role Taxonomy and Authorship Definition](https://sdruskat.net/software- Group photo of attendees at CW23, Manchester, UK. -_Group photo of attendees at CW23, Manchester, UK._ +_Group photo of attendees at CW23, Manchester, UK._ **RSECon23 in Swansea, UK**: In September 2023, the learning and sharing continued. I participated in the [R Project Sprint](https://contributor.r-project.org/r-project-sprint-2023/) at the University of Warwick, UK, and went on to attend and volunteer at [RSECon23](https://rsecon23.society-rse.org) in Swansea. At RSECon23, I had the opportunity to present a lightning talk and a poster titled \"[Shaping the Landscape: The Emerging Research Software Engineering Community in Asia](https://zenodo.org/records/8300052).\" Additionally, I provided updates from the Asia region during the RSE Worldwide session. diff --git a/content/blog/2023-12/index.md b/content/blog/2023-12/index.md index 2b90fea1..d7c97719 100644 --- a/content/blog/2023-12/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2023-12/index.md @@ -26,18 +26,19 @@ author = ["Anelda Van der Walt"] """ +++ -![My Image](FwfmuBjWIAIQhg7-1024x768.jpeg) + + Participants of the first Research Software Indaba held in Cape Town, South Africa in May 2023. _(Photo credit: Noxolo Chalale)_ By Anelda Van der Walt (Director, Talarify) -6 December 2023 +6 December, 2023 -The African continent is home to some of the world's most significant multi-country research projects. These projects often include research software and infrastructure development components, but it can be challenging to grasp the African research software and systems engineering (RSSE) landscape. This blog post shares information on ReSA’s activities to support RSSE in this region. It highlights the importance of having both a local community of practice where RSSEs can share their experiences and challenges, lessons learned, and solutions implemented *and* a global dialogue that includes African RSSEs as the RSSE movement matures, develops policies, and solidifies best practices. It concludes with a list of remarkable research projects and organisations that include RSSE components to illustrate how extensive and significant the African RSSE community is. +The African continent is home to some of the world's most significant multi-country research projects. These projects often include research software and infrastructure development components, but it can be challenging to grasp the African research software and systems engineering (RSSE) landscape. This blog post shares information on ReSA’s activities to support RSSE in this region. It highlights the importance of having both a local community of practice where RSSEs can share their experiences and challenges, lessons learned, and solutions implemented _and_ a global dialogue that includes African RSSEs as the RSSE movement matures, develops policies, and solidifies best practices. It concludes with a list of remarkable research projects and organisations that include RSSE components to illustrate how extensive and significant the African RSSE community is. In 2023, [Talarify](https://www.talarify.co.za/) was appointed as the African Community Engagement Partner for the [Research Software Alliance](https://www.researchsoft.org/) (ReSA), with funding from a [grant](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7275397) through the [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://chanzuckerberg.com/). As the ReSA African Community Engagement Partner, we highlight information from the African community to enhance the visibility of local RSSE-related initiatives. We also share news, opportunities and resources from the ReSA community with African RSSEs and organisations involved in research software development through the channels listed below. We have spoken about the international Research Software Engineers (RSE) movement and ReSA’s work at various African forums, such as the inaugural [ZA-REN Week](https://events.tenet.ac.za/event/33/) (view the [presentation](https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10013667)). We have also engaged with the global community to share African RSSE news through events such as the Annual Conference for Research Software Engineering (RSECon 2023) (view the [presentation](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10013746)). -Our most significant contribution in the past six months was the first [African Research Software Indaba](https://rse-indaba.org) held in Cape Town, South Africa, in May 2023. The event covered discussions around four themes: +Our most significant contribution in the past six months was the first [African Research Software Indaba](https://rse-indaba.org) held in Cape Town, South Africa, in May 2023. The event covered discussions around four themes: - **Local RSSE initiatives** with presentations from [RSE@SUN](https://rse-at-sun.github.io/RSE-at-SUN/), [RSSE Africa](https://rsse.africa), and the [eLwazi Open Data Science Platform](https://elwazi.org/) - **RSE movement, policy and funding** with presentations from Professor Simon Hettrick, Deputy Director of the UK [Software Sustainability Institute](https://software.ac.uk) (SSI), and Dr Michelle Barker, Director of ReSA @@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ One regional initiative that plays a role in providing a local community of prac - created an [RSSE Africa LinkedIn group](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12903402/) - created an [RSSE Africa X (Twitter)](https://twitter.com/RsseAfrica) account - organised community meetups -- launched a [newsletter](https://rsse.africa/newsletters/) and +- launched a [newsletter](https://rsse.africa/newsletters/) and - started a project to [spotlight African RSSEs](https://rsse.africa/project/spotlight/). Talarify is looking forward to continuing working closely with ReSA, RSSE Africa, and various other global and local partners to amplify the voice of African RSSEs and create local awareness of existing resources, opportunities, communities, and more! @@ -71,13 +72,13 @@ The [**African Institute for Mathematical Sciences**](https://centres.nexteinste The [**ICTP-East African Institute for Fundamental Research**](https://eaifr.org/) (EAIFR) is a partner institute of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and a Category 2 UNESCO institute. The institute focuses on training physics graduates and research in topics related to condensed matter physics, geophysics, particle physics, cosmology, and more. -The [**National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences**](https://nithecs.ac.za/) (NiTheCS) consortium includes 25 South African universities and institutes. The consortium’s research focuses on diverse but interconnected research areas such as theoretical physics, mathematics, astronomy and astrophysics, statistics, data science, quantitative finance, bioinformatics and quantitative biology, earth systems modelling, and climate change modelling. +The [**National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences**](https://nithecs.ac.za/) (NiTheCS) consortium includes 25 South African universities and institutes. The consortium’s research focuses on diverse but interconnected research areas such as theoretical physics, mathematics, astronomy and astrophysics, statistics, data science, quantitative finance, bioinformatics and quantitative biology, earth systems modelling, and climate change modelling. The [**Square Kilometre Array**](https://www.skao.int/) (SKA) is a global project with a significant African presence. The SKA-Mid, which will be constructed in South Africa, will have four times the resolution and five times the sensitivity and will be able to survey the sky 60 times faster than the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) telescope in the United States. The computing and data infrastructure required for the SKA project is “astronomical”. **Biodiversity and Agriculture and Bioinformatics** -The [**African BioGenome Project**](https://africanbiogenome.org/) (AfricaBP) is a coordinated pan-African effort to build capacity (and infrastructure) to generate, analyse, and deploy genomics data for the improvement and sustainable use of biodiversity and agriculture across Africa. +The [**African BioGenome Project**](https://africanbiogenome.org/) (AfricaBP) is a coordinated pan-African effort to build capacity (and infrastructure) to generate, analyse, and deploy genomics data for the improvement and sustainable use of biodiversity and agriculture across Africa. The [**International Livestock Research Institute**](https://www.ilri.org/) (ILRI) is a CGIAR research centre operating across Southern and Eastern Africa. ILRI’s mission is to “improve food and nutritional security and to reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock.” @@ -89,11 +90,11 @@ The [**Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa**](https://dsi The [**Human Heredity and Health in Africa**](https://h3africa.org/) (H3Africa) consortium was funded between 2011 and 2021 by the US National Institutes of Health, Wellcome Trust, the African Academy of Sciences, and the Science for Africa Foundation. The consortium comprises 51 African projects from 30 different countries. Project topics include population-based genomic studies of common, non-communicable disorders such as heart and renal disease and infectious diseases such as tuberculosis. -[**H3ABioNet**](https://h3abionet.org/) is a sub-project of H3Africa and was established to develop bioinformatics capacity, specifically genomics data analysis expertise within the H3Africa projects. These projects included infrastructure development, bio-repositories and analysis pipelines, and intensive bioinformatics training. +[**H3ABioNet**](https://h3abionet.org/) is a sub-project of H3Africa and was established to develop bioinformatics capacity, specifically genomics data analysis expertise within the H3Africa projects. These projects included infrastructure development, bio-repositories and analysis pipelines, and intensive bioinformatics training. **Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence** -The [**Deep Learning Indaba**](https://deeplearningindaba.com/2023/) aims “to build a sustainable pan-African community of Artificial Intelligence (AI) expertise, create local leadership in AI in every country across the continent, and recognise excellence in research and application of AI technologies, respectively.” +The [**Deep Learning Indaba**](https://deeplearningindaba.com/2023/) aims “to build a sustainable pan-African community of Artificial Intelligence (AI) expertise, create local leadership in AI in every country across the continent, and recognise excellence in research and application of AI technologies, respectively.” The [**Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa**](https://miiafrica.org/research/) (MIIA) is a non-profit organisation that spans academia, industry, government, and non-governmental organisations. MIIA aims to “transform and help build an AI-powered Africa through a strong, innovative and collaborative Machine Intelligence, AI and Data Science community, consisting of individuals and key players in the African Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem”. diff --git a/content/blog/2024-01/index.md b/content/blog/2024-01/index.md index c2ae1c99..1e6297b4 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024-01/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2024-01/index.md @@ -24,15 +24,12 @@ authors = ["Kim Hartley & Michelle Barker"] """ +++ +Citation: Hartley, Kim & Barker, Michelle (2024). Research Software Alliance Community Report 2023. Zenodo. -January 2024 - +9 January, 2024 This [downloadable report](https://zenodo.org/records/10471861) features ReSA's engagement in 2023 with key decision makers and influencers involved with research software across the globe, as well as the broader research software community. -Citation: Hartley, Kim & Barker, Michelle (2024). Research Software Alliance Community Report 2023. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10471861 -

- diff --git a/content/blog/2024-03/index.md b/content/blog/2024-03/index.md index 016df4b2..ebabc208 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024-03/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2024-03/index.md @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ author = ["Michelle Barker, Leyla Jael Castro, Bernadette Fritzsch, Daniel S. Ka By Michelle Barker, Leyla Jael Castro, Bernadette Fritzsch, Daniel S. Katz, Carlos Martinez-Ortiz, Anna Niehues, Alexander Struck, Qian Zhang +20 March, 2024 + [This blog past has been cross-posted by the [Software Sustainability Institute](https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/fair-research-software-principles-after-two-years-adoption-update), [Netherlands eScience Center](https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/the-fair-for-research-software-principles-after-two-years-an-adoption-update-ce5d382e5221?source=friends_link&sk=04c4012c947f1eacbe7c11b980993d93), and others.] The [FAIR for Research Software (FAIR4RS) Principles](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01710-x) aim to promote and encourage the findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability (FAIR) of research software. The FAIR4RS Principles were [released](https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00068) in 2022, with a number of organisations already [planning adoption](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6258366) at that time. Adoption and implementation of the FAIR4RS Principles can increase the transparency, reproducibility, and reusability of research by providing research software that can be executed, replicated, built-upon, combined, reinterpreted, reimplemented, and/or used in different settings and by third-parties. diff --git a/content/blog/2024-06-20/index.md b/content/blog/2024-06-20/index.md index 9ae96be8..76d907aa 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024-06-20/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2024-06-20/index.md @@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ author = ["Kim Hartley, Michelle Barker, Daniel S. Katz"] """ +++ - -![My Image](GRC-meeting.png) + _Daniel S. Katz, Maria Cruz, Michelle Barker, and Florian Mannseicher at the Global Research Council annual meeting in Interlaken, Switzerland - May 2024_ _(Image credit: Daniel S. Katz)_ - Authors: Kim Hartley, Michelle Barker, Daniel S. Katz +20 June, 2024 + Given that software is an integral component of research processes and a widely used instrument for scientific research in all fields, funders have increasingly recognised and valued research software and the people who develop and maintain it as fundamental and vital to research globally. The Research Software Alliance (ReSA) has led the development of the funders community into the [Research Software Funders Forum](https://www.researchsoft.org/funders-forum/), which has engaged more than 60 funding organisations from across the globe since its inception in 2022. The Funders Forum has been working diligently to address common challenges to achieve the significant cultural change needed across the research sector and better coordinate investment globally. This group of funders has been instrumental in improving the research software ecosystem to accelerate research outcomes through its commitment to the sustainability of research software and the people who develop and maintain it. ReSA is pleased to highlight some of the Funders Forum’s accomplishments in this blog post, which follows the 2024 [Global Research Council (GRC)](https://globalresearchcouncil.org/) annual meeting in Interlaken, Switzerland. A key outcome of the Funders Forum’s work is the inclusion of a research software side event at the GRC meeting. The importance of research software is becoming increasingly clear. Not only has research software expedited scientific progress, it is now a crucial tool for ensuring the reproducibility of research outcomes. Research shows, for example, that [~20% of National Science Foundation (NSF) projects (totalling USD$10b) over 11 years discussed software in their abstracts](https://zenodo.org/records/5748175); [software-intensive projects are a majority of current publications](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8109183); [33% of research results in new code](https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/charting-the-digital-transformation-of-science_1b06c47c-en); and [47% of 13,784 Australian Research Council (ARC) grants between 2010 and 2019 produced software](https://zenodo.org/records/10530616). Moreover, [Software and skills for research computing in the UK](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10473186) reports that “software has transformed every stage of the research lifecycle”. And the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) [has released a dataset](https://medium.com/czi-technology/new-data-reveals-the-hidden-impact-of-open-source-in-science-11cc4a16fea2) entirely composed of 67 million software mentions mined from the scientific literature to understand how widely research software and open source tools are used across disciplines, and which software is used where. @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ As a secretariat, ReSA convenes and manages the Funders Forum community. Funders ReSA is grateful to all the funders who engage in this important work and support the sustainability of the Funders Forum through ReSA’s [Organisational Membership program](https://www.researchsoft.org/membership/), such as the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). As Dr. Susan Gregurick, Associate Director for Data Science and Director of the [Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS)](https://datascience.nih.gov/) and Ishwar Chandramouliswaran, Lead, FAIR Data & Resources, ODSS, describe, -_"NIH is pleased to support, through membership and relevant activities, -the Research Software Alliance (ReSA). ReSA’s mission to bring research +_"NIH is pleased to support, through membership and relevant activities, +the Research Software Alliance (ReSA). ReSA’s mission to bring research software communities together to collaborate and advance science aligns with the NIH’s mission to accelerate health discovery by supporting the development and sustainment of biomedical research software. As a funders forum participant, we have the opportunity to engage with other funders who share similar missions and learn about their programs including identifying opportunities for potential collaboration. And as an organizational member, NIH and our community benefit from various resources developed by ReSA such as the FAIR for Research Software principles and the catalog of [funding opportunities](https://www.researchsoft.org/funding-opportunities/) made available to the community. NIH is pleased to support this vibrant community and its leadership and we believe it is timely given the critical role of software and AI/ML applications in advancing health research."_ Moreover, Dr. Maria Cruz, Programme Leader Open Research Software and Senior Open Science Policy Advisor at the [Dutch Research Council (NWO)](https://www.nwo.nl/en), shares that, @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ This side event on _Research Software - Challenges and Funding_ discussed gaps r Dr. Florian Mannseicher, Programme Officer at DFG, reflects that, _"Despite its ubiquitous use for scientific research in all fields, research software is still often overlooked by many research funding agencies worldwide. The lack of proper funding for maintaining research software leads to waste of resources, duplication of effort, and difficulties in reproducibility as well as long-term availability of research software._ - + _The side event at the GRC annual meeting in Interlaken aimed to discuss and evaluate, on a global scale, how the development, use, and evolution of research software can be advanced in a concerted manner via concrete actions by research funding organizations. For example, the side event addressed how funding organizations can help tackle key social challenges facing the research software community and thus contribute to a culture change toward open, digital science._ _This initiative is another step in the ongoing collaboration between DFG, NWO, and ReSA regarding the topic research software. It originated as part of activities around the Funders Forum and was initiated by FAPESP. DFG and NWO have recently joined ReSA as organisational members and will thus continue to help contribute to ReSA's [vision](https://www.researchsoft.org/about-resa/) in the long term. Moreover, DFG has demonstrated its support of research software through significant investments in research software sustainability, quality, and reusability. DFG [recently announced a new funding programme](https://www.dfg.de/en/news/news-topics/announcements-proposals/2024/ifr-24-41) to facilitate the development of infrastructures for research software. The [Research Software Infrastructures program](https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/funding-opportunities/programmes/infrastructure/lis/funding-opportunities/research-software-infrastructures) aims to pave the way for the improvement of subject-specific handling of research software while supporting the development of a community-based framework of research software infrastructures in Germany."_ @@ -145,4 +145,3 @@ We look forward to welcoming you! **Acknowledgements** This project has been made possible in part by grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: G-2022-19564 and G-2021-17001. - diff --git a/content/blog/2024-06/index.md b/content/blog/2024-06/index.md index 7e6685f4..443153e4 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024-06/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2024-06/index.md @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ author = ["Michelle Barker, Domhnall Carlin, Jeremy Cohen, Eric A. Jensen, Cathe +++ -June 2024 - By Michelle Barker, Domhnall Carlin, Jeremy Cohen, Eric A. Jensen, Catherine M. Jones, Carlos Martinez Ortiz and Dan Rudmann +10 June, 2024 + As software has become an increasingly important element of research across almost all domains, there is a need for better recognition of the importance and value of software to modern research processes and outputs. This includes the need for research organisations to provide guidance and policies relating to research software, as part of the institutional change to more effectively support the sustainability and impact of research software that is now critical to the research enterprise. The [Policies in Research Organisations for Research Software (PRO4RS) Working Group](https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-resa-policies-research-organisations-research-software-pro4rs/posts/) is helping to support this shift by developing examples and recommendations for institutional policies. [Resources for supporting policy change in research institutions in practice: A report from Subgroup 2](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11529659) is one of the outputs of the [PRO4RS](https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-resa-policies-in-research-organisations-for-research-software-pro4rs/members/all-members/) Working Group, which is co-convened by the [Research Software Alliance](https://www.researchsoft.org/) (ReSA) and [Research Data Alliance](https://www.rd-alliance.org/) (RDA). The [report](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11529659) highlights the challenges that the working group is addressing and our motivation for looking at them. It then summarises a variety of existing resources relevant to different stakeholders. diff --git a/content/blog/2024-08/index.md b/content/blog/2024-08/index.md index 0dc28725..c2205765 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024-08/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2024-08/index.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ weight = 100 categories = ["Blog"] title = "Research software is critical to the future of AI-driven research" -#subtitle = "" + +# subtitle = "" + title_align = "left" disabled = false @@ -17,23 +19,24 @@ authors = ["Michelle Barker, Kim Hartley, Daniel S. Katz, Richard Littauer, Qian align = "right" sticky = false content = """ - * [DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13350747](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13350747) - * [Digital Research Alliance of Canada](https://alliancecan.ca/en) - * [ReSA newsletter](https://www.researchsoft.org/news/) - * [Sign up for the ReSA mailing list](https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/778129/110635094443558050/share) - * [ReSA resources](https://www.researchsoft.org/resa-resources/) - * [Contact us](https://www.researchsoft.org/contact/) + +* [DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13350747](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13350747) +* [Digital Research Alliance of Canada](https://alliancecan.ca/en) +* [ReSA newsletter](https://www.researchsoft.org/news/) +* [Sign up for the ReSA mailing list](https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/778129/110635094443558050/share) +* [ReSA resources](https://www.researchsoft.org/resa-resources/) +* [Contact us](https://www.researchsoft.org/contact/) """ +++ -![My Image](AI-research-software.jpg) -_Image was created with the assistance of AI._ + +_Image was created with the assistance of AI._ By Michelle Barker, Kim Hartley, Daniel S. Katz, Richard Littauer, Qian Zhang, Shurui Zhou, Jyoti Bhogal -August 2024 +22 August, 2024 [This blog post has been cross-posted by the [Netherlands eScience Center](https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/research-software-is-critical-to-the-future-of-ai-driven-research-8a408eea6879) and the [Software Sustainability Institute](https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/research-software-critical-future-ai-driven-research).] @@ -50,11 +53,13 @@ This paper was written as a collaboration between the Research Software Alliance The Digital Research Alliance of Canada is funded by the Government of Canada to serve Canadian researchers, including the infrastructure and activities required for research software. Other community leaders also provided inputs from institutional and open source perspectives. ### 1. Introduction + This position paper provides a statement on the criticality of research software in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven research. This is needed to ensure that the focus on technological infrastructure to support AI acceleration includes research software - a vital part of that infrastructure. This paper begins by providing definitions for key terms, demonstrating the importance of research software in AI-driven research, and explaining why this paper was developed. The paper then explores the need for AI strategies to recognise research software as a key building block of the AI-driven research, and to include this element alongside a focus on computing systems, data, and models. To do this, evidence on the issues in supporting research software, including open-source scientific software, are presented. The paper then explores how to better support the people who develop and maintain the research software in AI-driven research. AI strategies often consider people elements such as skills and career paths, which also reflect broader issues for personnel. The paper then illustrates how some countries are operationalising AI strategies that could support the critical element of research software, and have the potential to do so by building on existing investments in research software. Finally, the paper makes recommendations for stakeholders to consider research software in their AI strategies. ### 2. What is research software and why is it critical to AI? + Research software is defined in accordance with the FAIR for Research Software Principles (Barker et al. 2022) as “source code files, algorithms, scripts, computational workflows and executables that were created during the research process or for a research purpose. Software components (e.g., operating systems, libraries, dependencies, packages, scripts, etc.) that are used for research but were not created during or with a clear research intent should be considered software in research and not research software. This differentiation may vary between disciplines” (Gruenpeter et al. 2021). Research software supports AI, both 1) in more traditional machine learning (ML), where models are trained on data and then used to infer knowledge about new data, and 2) in generative AI, which can be defined as “deep-learning models that can generate high quality text, images, and other content based on the data they were trained on” (Martineau 2021). @@ -63,13 +68,13 @@ Research software is already recognised as critical to research outcomes (Barker Consequently, research software is essential in AI-based research, where newly developed methods **are** research software. Some AI reports and strategies recognise this; for example, OECD’s [Artificial Intelligence in Science](https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/artificial-intelligence-in-science_a8d820bd-en) report (OECD 2023) highlights the need to better support research software as part of utilising AI to accelerate scientific productivity, in a number of ways, including: -- Increase access to software -- Share best practices and applications of research software -- Facilitate more regular funding and more secure positions -- Improve ways to measure research impact and productivity -- Consider academic training changes needed -- Utilise disciplinary consortiums to accelerate discovery and improve reproducibility through sharing of software -- Understand how AI can speed up research software development +* Increase access to software +* Share best practices and applications of research software +* Facilitate more regular funding and more secure positions +* Improve ways to measure research impact and productivity +* Consider academic training changes needed +* Utilise disciplinary consortiums to accelerate discovery and improve reproducibility through sharing of software +* Understand how AI can speed up research software development The research community personnel who develop and maintain research software are just as important as the research software itself, if not more important, as the software will stop working without ongoing maintenance. This maintenance is needed 1) to respond to bugs so that the software continues to be correct, 2) to add new features so that the software continues to be useful as research progresses, 3) to adapt to change in underlying software and hardware or in related software ecosystems, such as changed libraries and computing systems, so that the software continues to work. @@ -80,6 +85,7 @@ ReSA’s initial research on recognition of research software in the AI landscap The research in this position paper was undertaken as a partnership between [ReSA](https://www.researchsoft.org/) and the [Digital Research Alliance of Canada](https://alliancecan.ca/en), one of ReSA’s [Founding Members](https://www.researchsoft.org/about-resa/). One of ReSA’s key functions is to ensure that research software is considered in international discussions on how to advance research capabilities. ReSA is a global organisation that unites decision-makers and influencers across the international research software community. The Digital Research Alliance of Canada is a non-profit organisation funded by the Government of Canada. It advances Canada’s position as a leader in the knowledge economy on the international stage by integrating, championing and funding the infrastructure and activities required, with research software as one of the three main areas. Other community leaders were also brought in on this paper in order to present more balanced perspectives on the need for research software in AI, particularly from institutional and open source perspectives. ### 3. Consequences if research software is not supported + There is a tendency for AI initiatives to minimise or exclude focus on research software. This minimisation creates challenges. To show this, evidence on the issues in supporting research software, including open-source scientific software, is also presented here. Many AI initiatives tend to focus on computing systems, data, and models, considering issues such as availability of systems that can train models and use them for inference in reasonable time periods; FAIRness of underlying data as well as its suitability for training models, including regularity and labelling; understanding and reducing bias in data and models; and understanding privacy. The fact that AI models are implemented in software, and that software is required for training, is rarely considered. Basically, models are thought of as extensions of data, not of software as well. Consequently, many AI strategies focus on data and models, but exclude the underlying software. An example of an AI strategy that does not necessarily adequately include a research software focus include the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) workshop, [Towards an ethical framework for AI in biomedical and behavioural research](https://www.scgcorp.com/ethicalframework2024/Agenda), which focused on data and models, but not the research software inherent in using the data and models (ODSS 2024). @@ -93,11 +99,13 @@ There has been some recent work done on software bills of materials (SBOMs) in o This paper suggests that infrastructural issues with using and supporting open source software are similar or identical to issues with using research software. Where AI is involved, the same questions of continued support for the research software being used to develop, train, and run the AI systems are raised. Any AI initiative that plans to use global infrastructure, to adapt to new fields and target areas, or which hopes to exist for the long haul must consider the research software that enables those goals. ### 4. Challenges if research software personnel are not supported + There is also a need to better support the people who develop and maintain research software that is important to AI-driven research. This is recognised in relation to research software personnel in general, particularly in relation to the training, hiring, and funding of both professional research and technical staff able to reuse, develop, and maintain sustainable research software; appropriate reward and recognition measures that enable career progression for all people involved in the creation and maintenance of research software; and citation practices for research software that recognise substantial contributors to all aspects of the software (Van Tuyl 2023; US-RSE Association and IEEE Computer Society 2023; Barker and Katz 2022a; ReSA 2023). For example, [Software and skills for research computing in the UK](https://zenodo.org/records/10473186) recommendations include facilitating detailed analysis of how to professionalise RSE roles; and collaboration between government, funders, and employers to create national policies aimed at improving standards of employment (Barker et al. 2024). Whilst many of the issues for research software in general are the same for research software to support AI-driven research, one area of difference is in the specifics of skills and training. Human skills, training, and career paths often feature in AI strategies, and it is important that these focus on relevant research software practices. For example, the [Review of Digital Research Infrastructure Requirements for AI](https://www.turing.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2022-09/ukri-requirements-report_final_edits.pdf) specifically emphasises the lack of AI skills and training, and career paths for research personnel, including for RSEs. It highlights that these staff often lack formal training, and ongoing professional development is crucial in the fast-paced world of AI tools and techniques (Lazauskas et al. 2022). With many researchers now using GenAI for coding tasks (Nordling 2023, cited in Hosseini et al. 2024), software development skills need to change to reflect this (Caballar 2024; Dursi 2024). ### 5. National approaches + AI is now seen as a geopolitical asset, and as international organisations and a range of countries seek to show leadership for AI in science, some countries are operationalising AI strategies that could support the critical element of research software. However, more focus is needed. One example of discussing software within a national AI strategy is the US [National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource](https://new.nsf.gov/focus-areas/artificial-intelligence/nairr) (NAIRR). NAIRR aims to provide a shared national research infrastructure for responsible discovery and innovation in AI, to address the fact that many researchers lack the necessary access to the computing, data, software and educational resources needed. The NAIRR pilot’s four operational focus areas include one area dedicated to software, to “facilitate and investigate interoperable use of AI software, platforms, tools and services for NAIRR pilot resources” (NSF 2024). However, there are potential challenges with this approach as the focus is on interoperability of existing software, which assumes that sustainable software is already in place. Many countries also have existing investments in research software (Barker and Katz 2022b; ReSA 2024b) that national initiatives have the potential to build on. The UK’s [AI Research Resource](https://www.ukri.org/news/300-million-to-launch-first-phase-of-new-ai-research-resource/) (AIRR) is another example of a national initiative, which focuses on increasing computational power to support AI-driven research (UKRI 2023), although its funding is now uncertain (Trueman 2024). Whilst AIRR does not seem to include a focus on research software, AIRR is a key component of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s [Digital Research Infrastructure](https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/creating-world-class-research-and-innovation-infrastructure/digital-research-infrastructure/) (DRI) which has featured a number of recent investments in research software, including funding of research technical professionals (RTPs), such as RSEs. For example, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and UKRI DRI have invested £16 million to support community-driven projects providing training and development for RTPs (UKRI 2024a). UKRI’s [Digital RTP Skills NetworkPlus](https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/ukri-digital-research-technical-professional-skills-networkplus/) aims to explore key challenges and interventions related to skills and careers that are faced by digital RTP communities across the UK research and innovation landscape (UKRI 2024b). @@ -105,6 +113,7 @@ Many countries also have existing investments in research software (Barker and K Canada has been a leader in AI, as the first country in the world to put in place in 2017 a fully-funded AI strategy, the [Pan-Canadian AI Strategy](https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ai-strategy/en) (ISED 2022). The strategy included establishment of a national program of research chairs to recruit and retain top researchers at Canadian universities, establishment of three national AI institutes to be global centres of training and research excellence, and the creation of a Pan-Canadian AI Compute Environment (PAICE) platform. The Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s [National Research Software Strategy](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10214741) for 2025-2030 (Digital Research Alliance of Canada, National Research Software Strategy Working Group 2023) also reviewed (inter)national research software funding programs in support of AI, deep learning, and ML-facilitated research. Before the Alliance, CANARIE has been a national Research Software funder and service provider since 2007, whose successful research software initiatives had resulted in the development of sophisticated software tools, known as research platforms, that typically support end-to-end research workflow within a specific domain. New platforms re-used software components previously developed through CANARIE funding, and contributed additional components back to the research community, creating a powerful cycle of software development and reuse (CANARIE 2024). The Alliance is now using the [Research Software Directory](https://research-software-directory.org/organisations/digital-research-alliance-of-canada?tab=software&order=is_featured) to continue promoting the visibility, impact, and reuse of the Canadian research software (Digital Research Alliance of Canada 2024). ### 6. Recommendations for research software to support AI + Research software needs to be included in AI strategies. Our recommendations for doing so are listed below, organised in three areas from the [Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8325436) (ReSA 2023): 1. Research software practice: @@ -112,99 +121,100 @@ Research software needs to be included in AI strategies. Our recommendations for a. AI strategies and funding must recognise that research software is a key part of the (publicly funded) AI pipeline and that AI is dependent on software, and therefore should stimulate the development and maintenance of research software to ensure the success of the AI work. 2. Research software ecosystem: - + a. Because AI-driven research is dependent on the existing research software ecosystem, AI strategies should provide long-term support for its elements, including personnel, communities, and infrastructure, and should add new elements that focus on AI-specific parts as needed. 3. Research software personnel: a. Because the existing research software ecosystem that supports AI-driven research is dependent on research software personnel, AI strategies should facilitate appropriate reward and recognition measures that enable career progression for all people involved in the creation and maintenance of research software that supports AI- driven research. - + Other ways to help ensure that the focus on technological infrastructure to support AI acceleration includes research software and its personnel as a vital part of that infrastructure include: -- [Signing](https://adore.software/get-involved/) the [Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability](https://adore.software/declaration/) (ADORE.software), which represents a first step to formalise, on a global level, the basic principles and recommendations related to funding the sustainability of research software, including the people needed to achieve this goal. -- Supporting ReSA in its aim to ensure that research software is considered in international discussions on how to advance research capabilities. Become a ReSA [Organisational Member](https://www.researchsoft.org/membership/), [support a task force](https://www.researchsoft.org/tf-support/), or [donate](https://www.researchsoft.org/donate/). -- For funders, joining the [Research Software Funders Forum](https://www.researchsoft.org/funders-forum/), a global collaboration of funding organisations committed to supporting research software, and those who develop and maintain it, as fundamental and vital to research. +* [Signing](https://adore.software/get-involved/) the [Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability](https://adore.software/declaration/) (ADORE.software), which represents a first step to formalise, on a global level, the basic principles and recommendations related to funding the sustainability of research software, including the people needed to achieve this goal. +* Supporting ReSA in its aim to ensure that research software is considered in international discussions on how to advance research capabilities. 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Zenodo. . diff --git a/content/blog/2024-09-23/index.md b/content/blog/2024-09-23/index.md index d0fe62c9..a0822ee4 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024-09-23/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2024-09-23/index.md @@ -24,22 +24,23 @@ authors = ["Michelle Barker", "Wilhelm Hasselbring"] +++ -_September, 2024_ +By Michelle Barker, Wilhelm Hasselbring -Authors: Michelle Barker, Wilhelm Hasselbring +19 September, 2024 ## Directions for Research Software Engineering Research RSE research is a new direction in the evolving field of Research Software Engineering (RSE). This concept was highlighted in a [panel](https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/60691/) chaired by Wilhelm Hasselbring (Kiel University) at [RSECon](https://rsecon24.society-rse.org/) in September 2024. The panel brought together experts to discuss how research on RSE can improve outcomes for the research software community, and research in general. -The emergence of a professional cadre of research software engineers and associated professional societies has taken place across the world in the last decade, all promoting the practice of RSE with national conferences and initiatives. RSE Research goes beyond simply improving software development to assist researchers, to considering broader sectoral issues. It builds on existing work, including: +The emergence of a professional cadre of research software engineers and associated professional societies has taken place across the world in the last decade, all promoting the practice of RSE with national conferences and initiatives. RSE Research goes beyond simply improving software development to assist researchers, to considering broader sectoral issues. It builds on existing work, including: * [What do we (not) know about Research Software Engineering?](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6395908) By Anna-Lena Lamprecht et al., March 2022 -* [Toward Research Software Engineering Research](https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.8020525) by Michael Felderer et al., June 2023. +* [Toward Research Software Engineering Research](https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.8020525) by Michael Felderer et al., June 2023. * [International Research Software Engineering Research Community Meetup](https://fg-rse.gi.de/veranstaltung/international-research-software-engineering-research-community-meetup) led by Wilhelm Hasselbring, January 2024. The panel identified key questions in RSE research, and featured Michelle Barker (Research Software Alliance), Neil Chue Hong (University of Edinburgh), Simon Hettrick (University of Southampton), and Inga Ulusoy (University of Heidelberg). Additional inputs were also provided by Jeff Carver (University of Alabama) and Caroline Jay (University of Manchester). The questions under discussion can be classified into three main areas, as follows: People: + * What are the characteristics of RSEs (or their research context) that make them more or less likely to embrace traditional software engineering practices (e.g. requirements, design, or testing)? * Which are the essential skills for RSEs? * How is recognition enabled for RSE work in recruitment and promotion? @@ -48,11 +49,13 @@ People: * What are the most effective methods for sharing knowledge about different software projects across a group of RSEs? Policy: + * What proportion of funding should be dedicated to the research software element of research? * What is the economic impact of research software, and how might “return on investment” be defined in a sensible way? * How is the critical research software defined that underpins research, and the impact if it was not available? Engineering: + * Can research software be categorised based on software engineering analysis, and are there any significant differences from other types of software? * What practical methods do RSEs use to determine the cost of requirements gathering? * What are the stages in the life cycle of a research software, and what characteristics define these? (i.e. prototype, lab software, research infrastructure) diff --git a/content/blog/2024-09-24/index.md b/content/blog/2024-09-24/index.md index aaad9d19..8a921636 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024-09-24/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2024-09-24/index.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ weight = 100 categories = ["Blog"] title = "RSE Worldwide: Opportunities to Strengthen the Global RSE Community" -#subtitle = "" + +# subtitle = "" + title_align = "left" disabled = false @@ -17,21 +19,23 @@ authors = ["Michelle Barker, Sandra Gesing, Rowland Mosbergen, Uwe Schmitt, Carl align = "right" sticky = false content = """ - * [Blog post DOI: https://doi.org/10.59350/fzjbr-tna85](https://doi.org/10.59350/fzjbr-tna85) - * [RSE Worldwide sessions](https://rsecon24.society-rse.org/programme/rse-worldwide/) - * [Research Software Engineering Conference](https://rsecon24.society-rse.org/programme/rse-worldwide/) - * [ReSA newsletter](https://www.researchsoft.org/news/) - * [Sign up for the ReSA mailing list](https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/778129/110635094443558050/share) + +* [Blog post DOI: https://doi.org/10.59350/fzjbr-tna85](https://doi.org/10.59350/fzjbr-tna85) +* [RSE Worldwide sessions](https://rsecon24.society-rse.org/programme/rse-worldwide/) +* [Research Software Engineering Conference](https://rsecon24.society-rse.org/programme/rse-worldwide/) +* [ReSA newsletter](https://www.researchsoft.org/news/) +* [Sign up for the ReSA mailing list](https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/778129/110635094443558050/share) """ +++ -![My Image](2024-09-24-image.jpeg) -_Image credit: Viri Gutiérrez, [Lummi](https://www.lummi.ai/photo/global-connectivity-work-on-laptop-hhipk)_ + + +_Image credit: Viri Gutiérrez, [Lummi](https://www.lummi.ai/photo/global-connectivity-work-on-laptop-hhipk)_ By Michelle Barker, Sandra Gesing, Rowland Mosbergen, Uwe Schmitt, Carlos Martinez-Ortiz -September 2024 +25 September, 2024 The [RSE Worldwide sessions](https://rsecon24.society-rse.org/programme/rse-worldwide/) at this year’s [Research Software Engineering Conference](https://rsecon24.society-rse.org/) (RSECon) in the UK continue to address the importance of connecting these emerging communities with the global research software community. The RSE community continues to grow globally, with numerous regional and national conferences and associations. While there are established networks in many parts of the world, there are still regions where research software engineering happens without structured support. Each community brings unique regional and cultural contexts, and while challenges differ, the lessons learned in one area can be invaluable to others. @@ -41,15 +45,15 @@ A list of [resources on how to create an RSE group (within an organisation) or a The RSE Worldwide sessions commenced with a keynote by Sandra Gesing on US-RSE followed by lightning talks by international community members, with highlights as follows (and see the [collaborative notes](https://annuel2.framapad.org/p/rsecon24-rseww-a9eb?lang=en) for more details and a link to the slides): -- Africa: RSSE Africa (Anelda van der Walt): RSSE Africa is making strides in community engagement and has launched a bilingual newsletter. They are actively seeking French-language RSE training material to include in the French version of the newsletter. On International RSE Day they will relaunch monthly community meetups, this time partnering with RSE Asia, the African Reproducibility Network, and ReSA to optimise investment, networking opportunities, and community building. They encourage international RSEs with African collaborations to share news about RSSE Africa and the monthly meetups with their African partners. -- Asia: RSE Asia Association (Jyoti Bhogal): RSE Asia has 90+ community members and the co-founders have recently successfully completed the Community Engagement Fundamentals certification by CSCCE. RSE Asia has also joined forces with RSSE Africa to deliver a monthly webinar session on Open Science and Research Software. RSE Asia has been successful in running three annual unconferences with RSE AU-NZ since 2022. Sustaining the community is a struggle, as there is a lack of continuous funding. -- Australia & New Zealand: RSE AU-NZ (Rowland Mosbergen): The RSE AU-NZ community has grown to 479 members and is preparing for the RSE Asia-Australia (RSEAA) 2024 event, representing 22 countries. -- Belgium: be-RSE (Alexander Botzki): Linked with VIB, ELIXIR Belgium, and KU Leuven, be-RSE is organising its [RSE Day event](https://www.vibconferences.be/events/research-software-engineers-day) on December 6, 2024, in Brussels, bringing together the Belgian RSE community. Currently, VIB, ELIXIR Belgium, imec, the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, and KU Leuven are actively supporting their internal RSE communities, eager to join forces to re-establish meetups and online meetings on the regional and national level. -- Canadian Research Software Community (Qian Zhang): A young community, established just four months ago with 160+ active membership via two communication channels (Slack and mailing list), which engages with key initiatives such as the [National Software Management Plan](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13242504) for both funders and software developers/users. -- Germany: de-RSE (Jan Linxweiler, Frank Löffler): From its beginnings in 2016 as just an email list, de-RSE became official non-profit association in 2018 and is now an established community with national recognition, networks with funders and research institutions, is integrated into national RDM efforts, helps to publish position papers on RSE topics, fosters local RSE chapters, and hosts regular conferences. -- Netherlands: NL-RSE (Carlos Martinez Ortiz): NL-RSE organises [regular meetups](https://nl-rse.org/pages/meetups), on different topics (technical, organisational and networking). NL-RSE have a [mailing list](https://lists.nl-rse.org/mailman/listinfo/everyone) and use the #netherlands channel in the UK-RSE slack (although not very active). Their greatest challenge is reaching RSEs in universities (especially when they do RSE work but do not call themselves RSEs). They were recently involved in the [National Research Software Day](https://www.esciencecenter.nl/news/national-research-software-day-recap/) event and had a very good response from the community. -- Nordic-RSE (Samantha Wittke): Starting from first informal chats in 2018, [Nordic-RSE](https://nordic-rse.org/) became an officially registered association in Finland in 2021 (including Nordics and Baltics). Nordic-RSE organised a successful first in-person conference in May 2024 and has a weekly open coffee chat in addition to biweekly meetings. Their main communication channel is the [Zulip chat](https://coderefinery.zulipchat.com), which is shared with [CodeRefinery](https://coderefinery.org/). -- Switzerland: Swiss RSE (Uwe Schmitt): Volunteers from the [Scientific IT Services of ETH Zurich](https://sis.id.ethz.ch) started community building in late 2023 and secured two years of funding 1.5 FTE from the [ETH domain ORD programme](https://ethrat.ch/de/eth-bereich/open-research-data/) across six institutes from the [ETH domain](https://ethrat.ch/en/eth-domain/portrait-eth-domain/). Other Swiss academic institutions have already expressed interest in joining the community. In addition to organising meetups and online calls, the initiative also established a website (https://rse.ethz.ch), a mailing list, and a [matrix space](https://matrix.to/#/#rse-ch:matrix.org) to increase visibility and facilitate communications. -- US: US-RSE (Sandra Gesing): US-RSE [has grown](https://us-rse.org/join/) from 20 members in 2018 to over 2700 in 2024. US-RSE is a grass-root organisation that supports RSEs through several initiatives: [resources](https://us-rse.org/resources/rses/), community-building activities such as over [12 working groups](https://us-rse.org/working-groups/), [community calls](https://us-rse.org/events/), and the annual conference - [USRSE’24](https://us-rse.org/usrse24/) comes up in October 2024 - and initiatives like the [awards](https://us-rse.org/community-awards/) and the [US-RSE Community Fund](https://us-rse.org/community-funds/). Currently, US-RSE is setting up an organisational membership model with organisations being able to join as founding members for life. The organisation's future plans include securing more funding to benefit the community, to support volunteers, and to invest in creating sustainable career paths for RSEs. +* Africa: RSSE Africa (Anelda van der Walt): RSSE Africa is making strides in community engagement and has launched a bilingual newsletter. They are actively seeking French-language RSE training material to include in the French version of the newsletter. On International RSE Day they will relaunch monthly community meetups, this time partnering with RSE Asia, the African Reproducibility Network, and ReSA to optimise investment, networking opportunities, and community building. They encourage international RSEs with African collaborations to share news about RSSE Africa and the monthly meetups with their African partners. +* Asia: RSE Asia Association (Jyoti Bhogal): RSE Asia has 90+ community members and the co-founders have recently successfully completed the Community Engagement Fundamentals certification by CSCCE. RSE Asia has also joined forces with RSSE Africa to deliver a monthly webinar session on Open Science and Research Software. RSE Asia has been successful in running three annual unconferences with RSE AU-NZ since 2022. Sustaining the community is a struggle, as there is a lack of continuous funding. +* Australia & New Zealand: RSE AU-NZ (Rowland Mosbergen): The RSE AU-NZ community has grown to 479 members and is preparing for the RSE Asia-Australia (RSEAA) 2024 event, representing 22 countries. +* Belgium: be-RSE (Alexander Botzki): Linked with VIB, ELIXIR Belgium, and KU Leuven, be-RSE is organising its [RSE Day event](https://www.vibconferences.be/events/research-software-engineers-day) on December 6, 2024, in Brussels, bringing together the Belgian RSE community. Currently, VIB, ELIXIR Belgium, imec, the Flemish Supercomputer Center VSC, and KU Leuven are actively supporting their internal RSE communities, eager to join forces to re-establish meetups and online meetings on the regional and national level. +* Canadian Research Software Community (Qian Zhang): A young community, established just four months ago with 160+ active membership via two communication channels (Slack and mailing list), which engages with key initiatives such as the [National Software Management Plan](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13242504) for both funders and software developers/users. +* Germany: de-RSE (Jan Linxweiler, Frank Löffler): From its beginnings in 2016 as just an email list, de-RSE became official non-profit association in 2018 and is now an established community with national recognition, networks with funders and research institutions, is integrated into national RDM efforts, helps to publish position papers on RSE topics, fosters local RSE chapters, and hosts regular conferences. +* Netherlands: NL-RSE (Carlos Martinez Ortiz): NL-RSE organises [regular meetups](https://nl-rse.org/pages/meetups), on different topics (technical, organisational and networking). NL-RSE have a [mailing list](https://lists.nl-rse.org/mailman/listinfo/everyone) and use the #netherlands channel in the UK-RSE slack (although not very active). Their greatest challenge is reaching RSEs in universities (especially when they do RSE work but do not call themselves RSEs). They were recently involved in the [National Research Software Day](https://www.esciencecenter.nl/news/national-research-software-day-recap/) event and had a very good response from the community. +* Nordic-RSE (Samantha Wittke): Starting from first informal chats in 2018, [Nordic-RSE](https://nordic-rse.org/) became an officially registered association in Finland in 2021 (including Nordics and Baltics). Nordic-RSE organised a successful first in-person conference in May 2024 and has a weekly open coffee chat in addition to biweekly meetings. Their main communication channel is the [Zulip chat](https://coderefinery.zulipchat.com), which is shared with [CodeRefinery](https://coderefinery.org/). +* Switzerland: Swiss RSE (Uwe Schmitt): Volunteers from the [Scientific IT Services of ETH Zurich](https://sis.id.ethz.ch) started community building in late 2023 and secured two years of funding 1.5 FTE from the [ETH domain ORD programme](https://ethrat.ch/de/eth-bereich/open-research-data/) across six institutes from the [ETH domain](https://ethrat.ch/en/eth-domain/portrait-eth-domain/). Other Swiss academic institutions have already expressed interest in joining the community. In addition to organising meetups and online calls, the initiative also established a website (), a mailing list, and a [matrix space](https://matrix.to/#/#rse-ch:matrix.org) to increase visibility and facilitate communications. +* US: US-RSE (Sandra Gesing): US-RSE [has grown](https://us-rse.org/join/) from 20 members in 2018 to over 2700 in 2024. US-RSE is a grass-root organisation that supports RSEs through several initiatives: [resources](https://us-rse.org/resources/rses/), community-building activities such as over [12 working groups](https://us-rse.org/working-groups/), [community calls](https://us-rse.org/events/), and the annual conference - [USRSE’24](https://us-rse.org/usrse24/) comes up in October 2024 - and initiatives like the [awards](https://us-rse.org/community-awards/) and the [US-RSE Community Fund](https://us-rse.org/community-funds/). Currently, US-RSE is setting up an organisational membership model with organisations being able to join as founding members for life. The organisation's future plans include securing more funding to benefit the community, to support volunteers, and to invest in creating sustainable career paths for RSEs. Participants engaged in discussions around key topics such as building RSE communities, and ensuring volunteer sustainability; and established communities shared strategies for securing funding and organisational support. ReSA also shared updates on its activities, including the scoping of an international research software conference. This session highlighted the need for continued collaboration and international engagement to support both emerging and established RSE groups worldwide. diff --git a/content/blog/2024-10/index.md b/content/blog/2024-10/index.md index 69eaff77..65dcc51b 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024-10/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2024-10/index.md @@ -25,18 +25,19 @@ authors = ["Michelle Barker, Chris Erdmann, Eric Jensen, Kim Hartley, Anna Henri +++ -![My Image](Group_image_3.jpeg) + + _Image credit: [SciLifeLab](https://www.scilifelab.se/)_ By Michelle Barker, Chris Erdmann, Eric Jensen, Kim Hartley, Anna Henriksson, Suné Joubert -October 2024 +16 October, 2024 -The 2024 [International Research Software Funders Workshop](https://adore.software/2024-international-research-software-funders-workshop/) continued to progress the way funders sustain and support research software. This hybrid event in September in Uppsala, Sweden, brought together [funders and experts in research software](https://adore.software/2024-international-research-software-funders-workshop/) to discuss operationalising the [Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability](https://adore.software/) (ADORE.software). ADORE.software aims to raise awareness of the role of funding practice in the sustainability of research software, and to improve that practice. +The 2024 [International Research Software Funders Workshop](https://adore.software/2024-international-research-software-funders-workshop/) continued to progress the way funders sustain and support research software. This hybrid event in September in Uppsala, Sweden, brought together [funders and experts in research software](https://adore.software/2024-international-research-software-funders-workshop/) to discuss operationalising the [Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability](https://adore.software/) (ADORE.software). ADORE.software aims to raise awareness of the role of funding practice in the sustainability of research software, and to improve that practice. This year's workshop focused on developing funders’ monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess what is working and why in funders’ support for research software impact. Presentations from this year’s Funder Workshop and the [EVERSE](https://everse.software/) (European Virtual Institute for Research Software Excellence) satellite event are available [here](https://zenodo.org/communities/2024-research-software-funders-workshop/records?q=&l=list&p=1&s=10&sort=newest). See also [SciLifeLab and Data Centre co-host two events: Elevating the importance of research software in Sweden](https://www.scilifelab.se/news/scilifelab-and-data-centre-co-host-two-events-elevating-the-importance-of-research-software-in-sweden/) and a summary of the EVERSE event, [Building the future of research software as a first-class citizen in science; a global perspective](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13915755). -The first day of the [agenda](https://adore.software/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-Funders-Workshop-agenda.pdf) set the stage for monitoring and evaluating research software impact. It began with introductions from the event co-hosts, the [SciLifeLab](https://www.scilifelab.se/) [Data Centre](https://www.scilifelab.se/data/) and the [Research Software Alliance](https://www.researchsoft.org/) (ReSA). This was followed by a keynote focusing on mapping the impact of software in science, by Dario Taraborelli from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Dario shared lessons learned from a [report](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11201216) analysing the impact of five cycles of [Essential Open Source Software for Science](https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/) (EOSS) program. He further explored how research software impact is measured in the EOSS program, which supports the maintenance, growth, development, and community engagement for critical open source tools that are used globally in the life sciences. Stories and data from this unique grantee community represent one of the best available accounts on the impact of the open source foundations of science, and the urgent need to continue and expand support for them. +The first day of the [agenda](https://adore.software/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-Funders-Workshop-agenda.pdf) set the stage for monitoring and evaluating research software impact. It began with introductions from the event co-hosts, the [SciLifeLab](https://www.scilifelab.se/) [Data Centre](https://www.scilifelab.se/data/) and the [Research Software Alliance](https://www.researchsoft.org/) (ReSA). This was followed by a keynote focusing on mapping the impact of software in science, by Dario Taraborelli from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Dario shared lessons learned from a [report](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11201216) analysing the impact of five cycles of [Essential Open Source Software for Science](https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/) (EOSS) program. He further explored how research software impact is measured in the EOSS program, which supports the maintenance, growth, development, and community engagement for critical open source tools that are used globally in the life sciences. Stories and data from this unique grantee community represent one of the best available accounts on the impact of the open source foundations of science, and the urgent need to continue and expand support for them. The day's agenda included a presentation by Colette Bos from the Netherlands eScience Center on ADORE.software. Colette shared the [news](https://adore.software/2024/09/the-amsterdam-declaration-is-now-open-for-all-to-sign/) that ADORE.software has now broadened the criteria of who can be a signatory: “The Declaration can be [signed](https://adore.software/sign/) by individuals and organisations that support research software and/or the people who develop and maintain it. By becoming a Signatory, individuals and organisations publicly state that they agree with the recommendations in the Declaration.” Eric Jensen from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign delivered a talk framing the effort to evaluate research software impact as part of a strategic, evidence-based funding approach.