Rowland Mosbergen1, Dr. Manodeep Sinha2, Mercedes Randell3
1WEHI, , Australia, 2Sorsery Consulting, , Australia, 3NeSI, , New Zealand
Biography:
Rowland has 25 years of experience as a generalist in highly complex environments in the not-for-profit, private, and research sectors and is a Research Software Engineer since 2010.
Over his career he has delivered over $230 million of value in business improvements, recruited 4 multi-disciplinary teams and grown 2 more, and has a strong sales and marketing background. Building an inclusive vision and creating buy-in with marginalised stakeholders within complex environments is his specialty.
Abstract:
This presentation is to raise awareness within eResearch of the community of people who work on Research Software, the Research Software Engineer Australia New Zealand (RSE-AUNZ) community, explain the current state of the RSE-AUNZ community, and to present the needs of the members of the RSE-AUNZ community that were present at the earlier BoF.
This presentation would be of interest to people who:
– Develop research software and are worried about career progression,
– Want to make the research software more visible,
– Streamline and scale research workflows but feel undervalued,
– Balance researcher needs with good software practices, and
– Make research software easier to use.
It would also be useful to those who manage RSEs or who struggle to recruit or maintain RSEs within their project lifecycles, and those who would like to help sustain this community.
Challenges we will review from the BoF will include:
– What are the needs of the community and is the RSE-AUNZ meeting those needs?
– What can we do to get more active community participation? Eg. proactively sharing knowledge, joining the steering committee, or asking for help?
– Do we need to apply for grants to help sustain the community, as per the US-RSE?
– How can we ensure greater equity and inclusion within the RSE-AUNZ community to better support and represent all members?