Post call update: : A summary of the call can be found here.

The next community call is on October 29 2ET.

Join us at PEARC19 for a Birds of a Feather (BOF) session “Building a Community of Research Software Engineers.” Our session is scheduled for 5:15 PM on Monday, July 29.

Join us at SC19 for two RSE related panel sessions:

Our next community call is February 11, 2pm EST. The main topic of discussion is a draft US-RSE Communications Guide to help coordinate activities of the group.

2 Day Virtual Community Event

We are excited to announce that the US-RSE Association will host a virtual workshop on April 22 and 23, 2020!

PEARC20

Join us at PEARC20 for a workshop focused on Research Software Engineers.

Post call update: A summary of the call can be found here.

Post call update: : A summary of the call can be found here.

Creating Community, Building Careers, Addressing Challenges

We are excited to announce the Research Software Engineers in HPC Workshop (RSE-HPC-2020) to be held at SC20 this fall, fully virtual! This will be a half-day workshop on Thursday, November 12. The workshop will bring together RSEs and allies involved in HPC, from all over the world, to grow the ...

All Member US-RSE Event

The first US-RSE Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Friday December 4, 2020 from 1-3pm ET.

The next US-RSE community call is on January 14th at 12ET/11CT/10MT/9PT.

Watching and Observing as an Ally

We’ve teamed up with The Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) to host an Early Career Panel on Research Software Engineering and Data Science careers in academia on February 23, 2021 at 2ET/11PT. The event is primarily focused on students of all levels, postdocs, and those early in their careers...

The next US-RSE community call is on February 11th at 12ET/11CT/10MT/9PT.

The next US-RSE community call is on March 11th at 12ET/11CT/10MT/9PT.

US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series

The next US-RSE community call is on April 8th at 12ET/11CT/10MT/9PT.

Following the success of the 2020 US-RSE Virtual Workshop, we decided to keep the event this year virtual due to the ongoing pandemic. The 2021 US-RSE Virtual Workshop will be held on two non-consecutive half days: May 24 and 27, 2021, 1-4pm ET/12-3pm CT/10am-1pm PT.

The next US-RSE community call is on June 10th at 12ET/11CT/10MT/9PT.

Shifting Your Behavior

The next community call will be on July 8, 2021 at 12ET/11CT/10MT/9PT.

Better Allies Part III: Increasing Your Impact

RESCHEDULED - US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series

Event

The next community call will be on August 12, 2021 at 12ET/11CT/10MT/9PT.

The next community call will be on September 9, 2021 at 12ET/11CT/10MT/9PT.

Building safe spaces and harnessing psychological safety

In an effort to promote continual education and discussion, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG) at the US-RSE Association presents its next instance of the DEI Media Club.

On October 14th between 11:00 AM and 4:45 PM Eastern time we will be hosting a series of online talks and panels with discussion to celebrate the First International RSE Day. Events begin on the hour between 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM Eastern; feel free to join us for some or all of the day’s events.

Nominations, including self-nominations, for the US-RSE Steering Committee election are now open. Nominations are due November 5, 2021.

US-RSE community on November 10th, 2021 at 12ET/11CT/10MT/9PT.

Creating Community, Building Careers, Addressing Challenges

The Research Software Engineers in HPC Workshop (RSE-HPC-2021) will be held as part of SC21 (in St. Louis, MO and virtually). This will be a full-day workshop 9:00am-5:30pm CST (UTC-6), Monday, November 15, 2021.

All Member US-RSE Event

The second US-RSE Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Friday December 3, 2021 from 1-3pm ET.

US-RSE community on December 9th, 2021 at 12ET/11CT/10MT/9PT.

Code Switch - The Folk Devil Make Me Do It

In an effort to promote continuing education and discussion, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG) at the US-RSE Association presents its next instance of the DEI Media Club.

CANCELED

The results of the 2021 US-RSE Steering Committee election will be announced by December 17, 2021.

The voting period for the 2021 US-RSE Steering Committee election is from December 3 through December 10, 2021.

RSE Opportunities

Redesigning STEM education for diversity and inclusivity

In an effort to promote continual education and discussion, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG) at the US-RSE Association presents its next instance of the DEI Media Club.

RSE Code Testing Practices

Jupyter Notebooks in advanced RSE Workflows

DiveRSE Speaker Series

DiveRSE Speaker Series Info

US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series

New tools lightning talks

How to attract and retain RSEs (joint call with CaRCC)

RSE-domain research partnership for software sustainability (joint call with CaRCC)

DiveRSE Speaker Series

DiveRSE Speaker Series Info

Whitepaper: State of RSE in the US

US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series

US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series Info

US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series

US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series Info

September Community call

Reimagining software processes and practices for an inclusive RSE

The next meeting of the US-RSE DEI-WG Media Club will be on September 21, 2022 at 15ET / 14CT / 13MT / 11PT.

Following the success of the 2021 US-RSE Virtual Workshop, we decided to host another virtual event this year. The 2022 US-RSE Virtual Workshop will be held on two non-consecutive half days: September 14 and 16, 2022, 1-4pm ET/12-3pm CT/11am-2pm MT/10am-1pm PT/7-10am HT.

The Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) and the US Research Software Engineer Association (US-RSE) are hosting an in-person 2-day workshop on October 24-25, 2022 focused on elucidating best practices for recruitment, career development, and retention of staff data scientists and research softwa...

This month’s community call will be dedicated to the International RSE Day! Because of that it will be held on Thursday, October 13 at 12pm ET instead of Friday.

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

Join other RSEs in Salt Lake City following the RSEs in eScience workshop

The Outreach working group has two questions for you:

Stories of Application of RSE Expertise to Scientific Research

This workshop is to be held as part of eScience 2022, which will be held IN-PERSON.

US-RSE Funders Talk Series

US-RSE Funders Talk Series Info

The topic of the November Community Call will be RSE Project Management: Challenges of Adopting Agile Methodologies in RSE Projects. It will be held on November 10, 2022 at 12ET/11CT/10MT/9PT.

Join other RSEs in Dallas following the RSEs in HPC workshop

The Outreach working group has two questions for you:

We are excited to announce the Research Software Engineers in HPC Workshop (RSE-HPC-2022) to be held as part of SC22 (hybrid event, in Dallas, TX and virtually). This will be a half-day workshop 1:30pm-5:00pm CST (UTC-6), Sunday, November 13, 2022. The theme for this year’s workshop is “How Do RS...

Are you interested in running for steering committee? Come to this informal informative workshop where we will…

All Member US-RSE Event

The third US-RSE Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Friday December 2, 2022 from 1-3pm ET.

Drawing the Future: Making Scientific Python More Accessible with Comics

The topic of the December Community Call will be Testing large “standard” software stacks in HPC and shared system contexts. It will be held on December 9, 2022 at 2 pm ET / 1 pm CT / 12 pm MT / 11 am PT.

A First US-RSE Community Building Workshop

We are excited to announce that through a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, we will be able to hold a first US-RSE Association community building workshop, April 26-27, 2022 in Princeton, NJ. This won’t be an attempt to be an RSE conference, but a workshop focused on planning th...

The Education & Training Working group monthly meeting occurs on the first Tuesday of each month. 10:30-11:30 ET. In January 2023 only, we are meeting on the second Tuesday.

The February community call will be about Workflow Tools on February 10, 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT.

US-RSE Funders Talk Series

US-RSE Funders Talk Series Info

The next community call will be about Computational Notebooks as Scholarly Objects on Thursday, March 9, 12am ET/11am CT/10am MT/9am PT.

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

The inaugural RSE Group Leaders call is an attempt to bring together those who are leading RSE groups to discuss challenges, brainstorm solutions, share information, and develop resources to help us all succeed. The RSE-GLN will focus on topics such as project management, securing funding, hiring...

On Thursday, April 20 at 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT we will host a special Community Call to outline upcoming plans for our new grant that US-RSE has received from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This will provide an opportunity to answer any questions you may have. The call will be recorded...

The next community call will be all about US-RSE’23 on Friday, April 14, 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT.

US-RSE Funders Talk Series

US-RSE Funders Talk Series Info

Submission of computational notebooks are due Monday, May 1, 2023. To account for the broad variety of use cases for notebooks, we are accepting submissions in three categories, which were described in detail in the March 2023 Community Call and are available on the Notebooks Submissions page....

The next community call will be about Tips for Mentoring around Coding on Thursday, May 11, 12pm ET/11am CT/10am MT/9am PT.

DiveRSE Seminar

In the first of our 2023 series of DiveRSE talks, Dave Horsfall (University of Newcastle and Software Sustainability Institute Fellow) will talk about his work advocating for better mental health within the Research Software Community.

US-RSE Funders Talk Series

US-RSE Funders Talk Series Info

The next community call will be about Promoting Good Software Development Practices on Friday, June 9, 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT.

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

US-RSE Funders Talk Series

US-RSE Funders Talk Series Info

Come join us for the July 2023 Community Call - A Retrospective on Pride Month: Celebrating Diversity in Our Community! The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group will be leading the discussion on how the community has celebrated Pride Month this year, ways everyone in the communit...

DiveRSE Seminar

Mariann Hardey will talk about the “‘Whoddunit’ behind Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI/DEI) in the tech workplace” in her talk, Numbers Game.

Join other RSEs in Portland following the SE4RS'23 workshop

The Outreach working group has two questions for you:

We are excited to announce the Software Engineering for Research Software (SE4RS’23) to be held as part of PEARC23 in Portland, OR. This will be a half-day workshop 1:30pm-4:30pm PDT (UTC-7), Monday, July 24, 2023.

The next community call will be about Career Mentoring Plans on Friday, August 11, 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT.

US-RSE Funders Talk Series

US-RSE Funders Talk Series Info

Step into the future of AI at the US-RSE monthly community call, where we delve into the exciting realm of ChatGPT and Large Language Models (LLMs). Discover how these advanced AI technologies, with their impressive understanding and response generation capabilities, are revolutionizing academia ...

Sustainable RSE Ecosystems within eScience

This workshop is part of eScience 2023, which will be held IN-PERSON.

US-RSE Funders Talk Series

US-RSE Funders Talk Series Info

It is happening! Mark your calendar for the first ever US-RSE Conference taking place in Chicago, October 16-18, 2023. We are in the process of forming the organizing committee. Stay tuned for more information!

US-RSE has had a lot of momentum and positive energy from the beginning in 2017. It gained even more in the last couple of months, evident in the rising numbers of members growing to over 2000 and the sold-out inaugural conference in Chicago. The Sloan foundation grant allows for the first time t...

We are excited to announce the Research Software Engineers in HPC Workshop (RSE-HPC-2023) to be held as part of SC23 (hybrid event, in Denver, CO and virtually). This will be a half-day workshop 9:00am-12:30pm MST (UTC-7), Sunday, November 12, 2023. The theme for this year’s workshop is “Growing ...

All Member US-RSE Event

The fourth US-RSE Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Friday, December 1, 2023 from 1-3pm ET.

US-RSE Funders Talk Series

US-RSE Funders Talk Series Info

US-RSE Funders Talk Series

US-RSE Funders Talk Series Info

Our February Community Call will be all about Keeping Up With Changing Technology on Friday, February 9, 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT.

Our March Community Call will be all about The Wide World of RSE Positions on Thursday, March 14, 12pm ET/11am CT/10am MT/9am PT.

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

Our June Community Call will be about Getting to Know US-RSE: Working Groups on Friday, June 14, 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT.

Our July Community Call will be all about Version Control Systems on Thursday, July 11, 12pm ET/11am CT/10am MT/9am PT.

Our August Community Call will be a Community Coffee Chat on Friday, August 9, at 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT.

The next DEI Working Group (@wg-dei) meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 8th at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET.

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

Our September Community Call will be all about GPU Frameworks on Thursday, September 12, 12pm ET/11am CT/10am MT/9am PT.

The next DEI Working Group (@wg-dei) meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 19th at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET.

The November US-RSE Community Call will be all about computational workflow tools on Thursday, November 14, 12pm ET/11am CT/10am MT/9am PT. What is that, you ask? Come find out! Parsl and Pegasus are your daily bread and butter? Join us to talk shop with other RSEs! As usual we will have a few sp...

All Member US-RSE Event

The fifth US-RSE Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday December 5th, 2024 at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET.

This month we invite you to watch a few episodes from Garrison Hayes’ YouTube channel. Garrison explores a variety of interesting questions, usually at the intersection of Black history, politics and current events.

Our February Community Call will be all about Open Source Software Foundations on Friday, February 14, at 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT.

Join us for the first demo of the US-RSE’s Code Review Working Group’s “Code Review Demo Series”. Our first demo will be on “Reproducibility Audits” presented by Eric Scott. Please register for the event at https://arizona.zoom.us/meeting/register/TBDaXBUVT-evkLNR83bReg#/registration

Our March Community Call will be all about Code Review for Research Software on Thursday, March 13, 12pm ET/11am CT/10am MT/9am PT.

This month we invite you to watch the documentary film Coded Bias which investigates the bias in algorithms after M.I.T. Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini uncovered flaws in facial recognition technology.

Our April Community Call will be all about Git Branching Strategies and Continuous Integration Tools on Friday, April 11, at 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT.

Our May Community Call will be all about USRSE’25! Share your favorite conference experiences on Thursday, May 8, 12pm ET/11am CT/10am MT/9am PT.

The Testing working group is happy to introduce a new Talk Series on Software Testing on Wednesday May 21, 2-3 PM EDT. Title: “Software Testing for Fisheries Integrated Modeling System: strategies, challenges, and opportunities.” Presenter: Bai Li

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

US-RSE Education & Training Seminar Series

Reoccurring monthly: First Tuesday of the month, 1pm ET

Reoccurring monthly: Second Thursday of the month, 1pm ET

Reoccurring monthly: Third Thursday of the month, 1pm ET

The US-RSE community calls of each even month (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec) take place on the second Friday of the month, 2:00-3:00pm ET on Zoom. Community call topics, agenda, and zoom registration announcements are posted to Slack and sent to the US-RSE email list.

Planning meetings for US-RSE monthly community calls occur on the fourth Thursday of each month. 12:00-13:00 Eastern. This is a working meeting to plan for the next community call. All are welcome to join the call, zoom details will be posted to the Community Call channel.

The US-RSE community calls of each odd month (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov) take place on the second Thursday of the month, 12:00-1:00pm ET on Zoom. Community call topics, agenda, and zoom registration announcements are posted to Slack and sent to the US-RSE email list.

The DEI Working Group hosts a regular Media Club discussion in which we invite participants to read, listen to, or watch the chosen DEI media and come ready to discuss the content as a small group. Media club discussions will occur every 5th DEI Working Group meeting date, or every 10th Thursday ...

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group meets for one hour, every other Wednesday at 3 pm (ET), Noon (PT).

The Education & Training Working group monthly meeting occurs on the first Tuesday of each month. 10:30-11:30 ET.

October 14th is International RSE Day!

The Outreach Working Group meets for one hour, every other Monday at 12:30 pm (ET), 9:30 am (PT).

This project aims to advance science by increasing the productivity of researchers who use computational and data-intensive (CDI) methods for pushing the frontiers by developing a network for exchange of best practices in expert assistance and in the creation of supporting tool environments.