US-RSE November 2025 Newsletter

💟 This Month: Thank YOU for a Successful USRSE'25 💟

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Published: Nov 6, 2025 by Tinashe M. Tapera (Author & Editor), Sandra Gesing (Editor), Dan Katz & Miranda Mundt (Reviewers)

Thanks for joining us at US-RSE’25! The conference was a huge success with many highlights to mention!

Conference

In this issue:

🔔 1. US-RSE Conference 2025 (USRSE’25)

Our third annual conference in Philadelphia was a huge success! We overcame a number of difficulties caused by the government shutdown, and had over 275 attendees from over 140 universities, national labs, companies, research institutes, and other organizations from all across the country, with an amazing array of talks, keynotes, posters, panels, workshops, and networking events. A huge thank you to all of you who attended, presented, volunteered, and sponsored the event.

We also had some wonderful feedback — attendees appreciated the diversity of topics and the quality of the presentations, with one attendee noting that it would take a natural disaster to keep them from coming back next year! Attendees particularly enjoyed Dr. Reed Maxwell’s brilliant keynote, which gave us all a timely reminder of the importance of research software engineering in advancing science and society. In addition, participants found the community to be vibrant, welcoming, and kind:

The conference brings together people from all different disciplines, domains, technologies, organizations, and walks of life. You will find someone you connect with. You will learn something new. And you will go back with a renewed enthusiasm for the work you do.

We truly hope you had a great time, made new connections, and learned new things. If you have any feedback or suggestions for future conferences, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Slack!

You can find the full proceedings, including talks, posters, and panels, on the Proceedings Page. Photographs from the event are still in the process of being vetted and will be shared soon.

USRSE’25 was made possible thanks to our Platinum and Gold Conference Sponsors: Dell Technologies, SHI, Schmidt Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Princeton University, Globus, Los Alamos National Laboratory, IBM, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

😲 2. USRSE’26 Conference

USRSE’25 may have just wrapped up, but planning for USRSE’26 is already underway. The fourth annual conference will be in…….

You can volunteer for the planning committee at https://us-rse.org/usrse26/

Start working on those paper submissions for next year as well. Expect the submission deadline to be in late Spring 2026. Accepted full papers have a publication opportunity following the conference, so block off time on your calendar now to work on that write-up you’ve been putting off.

🛞 3. Steering Committee Updates

In October, the Steering Committee focused on the USRSE’25 Conference and community engagement initiatives. We conducted a thorough debrief with the conference chairs to assess what worked well and what needs improvement, and discussed strategies to secure more sponsors. We also outlined general planning timelines for future conferences and initiated an in-person discussion tradition during the conference. Additionally, we explored ways to make the processes related to our fiscal sponsorship work more smoothly.

The committee also began preparations for the upcoming International RSE Survey and discussed finalizing our own internal US-RSE annual survey. These surveys will provide valuable insights into the RSE community and help us steer our initiatives more effectively.

💎 4. SC25: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis

This year, we have representation from US-RSE in multiple capacities, including:

  • Daniel S. Katz, moderating the Research Software Engineering in the Age of AI panel on Thursday, 20 November, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, rooms 240-241-242 Link here.

  • Sandra Gesing, representing RSE’s on the Finding Your Career Fit panel discussion titled, “Voices from the Field: Navigating Careers in Academia, Government, and Industry,” on Monday Nov 17th, 3:30-4:45pm. Location: Room 262

  • Sandra Gesing, speaking in the Birds of a Feather (BoF) session “Scientific Software and the People Who Make It Happen: Building Our Communities and Practices”, on Wednesday 19 November in Room 131 Link here.

  • The RSE-HPC workshop at SC25 this year, on Sunday, 16 November 2025 from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm in room 267: Link here.

  • Find us at Booth #3911: Stop by to say hello, meet fellow RSEs, and learn what’s new in our community!

  • Sandra Gesing and Steve Van Tuyl co-lead the RSE Focus Group on November 18th from 6-7pm. The topic will be The State of AI at the RSE Workplace, which will be immediately followed by…

  • Social Hour Nov 18 7–9pm: No sign-up needed—just join us at Top Golf at the Four Seasons!

  • We’re looking for volunteers to help staff the booth or assist with other activities during the conference: Please use this sign-up sheet Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet

See the event website to learn more and plan for your attendance, and hop into our Slack channel #sc-conference-planning to connect, coordinate, and get the latest updates

🤝 5. Organizational Founding Membership

US-RSE envisions a future where Research Software Engineers are universally respected for advancing science, technology, and society through the transformative power of research software engineering. We’re excited to share that the momentum around our Organizational Founding Membership continues to grow! See the list below for the current members (six more are onboarding at the moment).

Organizations that join on or before November 30, 2025, will be recognized in perpetuity as founding members. Founding organizations will also lock in current membership fees through December 31, 2028. Organizational support helps sustain and expand vital community offerings, including the annual conference, monthly calls and newsletter, job board, working groups, and new resources.

Please reach out to Sandra Gesing at sandra@us-rse.org if you are interested in becoming an organizational founding member!

Premier Members

Standard Members

Basic Members

🗞️ 6. Community News

Annual General Meeting!

The sixth US-RSE Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday, December 4th, 2025 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT.

Registration is free, but required for all attendees, so please make sure to sign up here. The agenda will include:

  • State of the US-RSE Association: The 2025 year in review and plans for 2026
  • Updates from our Executive Director
  • Updates from Working Groups
  • Meet the Steering Committee Candidates
  • Financial Status and Budget Review
  • US-RSE leadership Q&A & Open Member Discussion

Steering Committee Election Candidates

The 17 candidates running for the 5 open Steering Committee seats this year have been announced! You can find their bios and statements on the candidates page. To vote, visit the #election channel in Slack — please note that you must be a US-RSE member by Friday, November 14th to participate in the election. Visit the elections page to learn more.

Newsletter Cadence Update

Notice anything odd about the timing of this newsletter? We are shifting our newsletter cadence to come out at the beginning of each month, rather than the end of the month. This will help us better align with other US-RSE administration teams and provide a more consistent schedule for our readers. Additionally, if you’d like to help us review and edit future newsletters, please reach out to Tinashe M. Tapera

Community Calls

The next community call will be on Thursday, November 13, 2025, 12pm ET/11am CT/10am MT/9am PT

Topic: Show Me the Money (for Research Software Engineering)

Abstract:

It’s no secret — funding for RSEs and RSE work can sometimes feel like hunting for treasure without a map. In this month’s community call, we’re diving into the big questions: How do you find funding? How do you actually secure it? And perhaps the trickiest part—how do you convince funders that your project (or your role as an RSE) is worth investing in? But maybe grants aren’t the only answer. Are there other ways to keep a project alive and thriving? Have you found creative approaches to support your work when grants didn’t come through? We’d love for you to bring your stories—both the epic wins and the “learning experiences” (aka not-so-successful applications). Come swap tips, share laughs, and pick up ideas from others who are navigating the same unpredictable funding waters.

Registration link: Zoom

👀 7. Interesting Events and Opportunities

📚 8. Featured Reads, Videos, and Podcasts

📑 Recent Publications

  • Di Cosmo, R., Granger, S., Hinsen, K., Jullien, N., Le Berre, D., Louvet, V., Maumet, C., Maurice, C., Monat, R., & Rougier, N. P. (2025). “Stop treating code like an afterthought: Record, share and value it.” Nature, 646(8084), 284–286. Read the article.

  • Atkins, P., Gesing, S., Katz, D. S., Stone, S., & Washington, T. (2025). “Finding Computing and Data Infrastructure to Get Started in Data-Intensive Research”. Academic Data Science Alliance. Read the post.

  • Kaiser, J., & Datta, S. (2021). “Probabilistic computing with p-bits.” Applied Physics Letters, 119(15), 150503. Read the article.

  • McMahon, P. L. (2023). “The physics of optical computing.” Nature Reviews Physics, 5(12), 717–734. Read the article.

  • Stanford News (2025), “MingKwai prototype, the ‘origin of Chinese computing,’ finds a home at Stanford”. Read the post.

  • Nature Reviews Physics (2025), “Physics needs research software engineers.” Nature Reviews Physics, 7(7), 349–349. Read the editorial.

  • Ramanathan, S., & Sengupta, A. (2025). “Introduction to Neuromorphic Computing.” Cambridge University Press. Pre-order the book.

  • Saul, B. (2025). “Great expectations: Unifying Statistical Theory and Programming.” arXiv. Read the pre-print.

  • Wyrich, M., Tinnes, C., Baltes, S., & Apel, S. (2025). “The Silent Scientist: When Software Research Fails to Reach Its Audience.” Read the post.

  • Katz, D., Jensen, E., & Barker, M. (2025). “Understanding and advancing research software grant funding models.” Read the article.

🏃 9. Get Involved

US-RSE Working Groups:

🧑‍💼 10. Recent Job Postings

  • Software Scientist II
    📍 Alabama Water Institute, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
    🗓️ Posted: 2025-10-30 | Expires: 2025-11-14
  • Scientific Web Developer
    📍 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
    🗓️ Posted: 2025-10-29 | Expires: 2025-11-18
  • Senior Research Software Engineer
    📍 Purdue University, Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, West Lafayette, IN
    🗓️ Posted: 2025-09-30 | Expires: 2025-11-30
  • Computational Scientist
    📍 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
    🗓️ Posted: 2025-08-28 | Expires: 2025-12-28
  • Associate Computational Scientist
    📍 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
    🗓️ Posted: 2025-08-28 | Expires: 2025-12-28
  • Lead Research Software Engineer
    📍 Princeton Language and Intelligence Initiative, Princeton, NJ
    🗓️ Posted: 2025-07-30 | Expires: 2026-01-30
  • Data scientist
    📍 University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    🗓️ Posted: 2025-07-13 | Expires: 2025-12-31
  • Research Scientist, Associate or Assistant (two openings)
    📍 School of Computing, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
    🗓️ Posted: 2024-12-16 | Expires: 2025-12-16

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