Lightning Talk: The Research Software Engineer - a new career path in academia

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A new academic role called Research Software Engineer exists to stop research code disappearing and to professionalize people who write it; EPSRC runs a fellowship scheme that attracts 211 expressions of interest and funds 7 fellowships awarded. The work produces tangible outputs—a maintained C++ codebase for modeling textiles and textile composites—and creates university ROC groups (UCL, Manchester) and a growing RSE association that centralizes support and reduces project risk.

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