United States Research Software Engineer Association https://us-rse.org 🤳 Just Hit Me Up On Slack 🤳 - Welcome to the April 2026 issue of the US Research Software Engineer (US-RSE) newsletter! If you’re reading this, you’re probably connected with US-RSE through Slack, which is our organization’s primary platform for instant messaging. Most people consider Slack a necessary burden of the workplace, having taken the place of phone... Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2026-04-13-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2026-04-13-newsletter/ 💋 Who Run the Code…? GIRLS! 💋 - Welcome to the March 2026 issue of the US Research Software Engineer (US-RSE) newsletter! Right off of the heels of Black History Month, this March we are taking the opportunity to celebrate all of the women in Research Software Engineering, because March is Women’s History Month! We hope you find... Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2026-03-12-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2026-03-12-newsletter/ This Month: Cold Weather, Cold AI Reviews, and a Cold World - 🎵 Coders, it’s cooooold outside in 2026 🎵 Here in the Northern hemisphere, especially for those of us in the East Coast of the US, an unprecedented Stratospheric Warming event has been swelling over North America. What this means is that Polar Vorteces, which is a term meteorological reporters use... Tue, 17 Feb 2026 04:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2026-02-17-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2026-02-17-newsletter/ This Month: Welcome to 2026! 🎆 - As we open up for another fantastic year for the US-RSE community, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for being part of this journey. Your participation and contributions made 2025 a wonderful year of growth, learning, and collaboration across the research software... Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2026-01-10-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2026-01-10-newsletter/ Dear Colleagues, The United States Research Software Engineer Association (US-RSE) is voicing our profound concern regarding the recent announcement regarding the intent to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The article published by USA Today1 on Dec 16th, discusses the announcement to break up NCAR, but it fails to... Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 leadership https://us-rse.org/2025-12-19-dismantling-of-ncar/ https://us-rse.org/2025-12-19-dismantling-of-ncar/ Dear US-RSE Members and Allies, As we reach the end of 2025, I am grateful for the strength, generosity, and momentum of the US-RSE community. Now numbering over 3,700 members, this community continues to show that progress is built through collaboration, care, and a shared commitment to improving research through... Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 leadership https://us-rse.org/2025-12-15-executive-director-statement/ https://us-rse.org/2025-12-15-executive-director-statement/ Candidates for the 2025 US-RSE Steering Committee election are listed below. Five of these candidates will be elected for a two-year term starting January 2026. If you have questions for the candidates, or questions about the election, please use the #election channel on Slack. You must be registered as a... Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2025-11-11-sc-candidates/ https://us-rse.org/2025-11-11-sc-candidates/ 💟 This Month: Thank YOU for a Successful USRSE'25 💟 - Thanks for joining us at US-RSE’25! The conference was a huge success with many highlights to mention! In this issue: 1. USRSE’25 Recap 2. USRSE’26 Announcement 3. Steering Committee Updates 4. SC25 Conference! 5. Organizational Founding Membership 6. Community News (Including a Special Announcement about the AGM!) 7. Interesting Events... Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2025-11-06-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2025-11-06-newsletter/ ⛰️ This Month: Get Prepared for USRSE'25 ⛰️ - US-RSE’25 is finally here! For those making the pilgrimage to sunny Philadelphia in a few short days, we’ve compiled a handy task list that ensures that you’ll be prepared and ready to make the most of this year’s exciting conference! Read on for more… In this issue: 1. USRSE’25 Conference... Sat, 27 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2025-09-27-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2025-09-27-newsletter/ Overview The 2025 US-RSE Community Awards recognize and celebrate the impactful contributions of individuals and teams who are advancing the field of research software engineering in the United States. This year there were two categories of awards: Technical Excellence: Recognizes outstanding technical contributions that materially advance research software engineering practice.... Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2025-09-04-community-awards-results/ https://us-rse.org/2025-09-04-community-awards-results/ ⛰️ This Month: What to Expect at USRSE'25 ⛰️ - Welcome to this month’s edition of the US-RSE Newsletter! USRSE’25 is right around the corner, and we’re so excited to see you there! This month, we’ll tease some of the exciting things we have planned for the conference, including a sneak peek at the program and some of the fantastic... Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2025-08-28-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2025-08-28-newsletter/ 🫶 This Month: THANK YOU for Contributing to US-RSE'25 🫶 - Welcome to this month’s edition of the US-RSE Newsletter! US-RSE’25 is right around the corner, and we’re so pleased to have received so many great submissions! In this issue: 1. USRSE’25 Conference 2. Executive Update: AI in the Workplace 3. Steering Committee Updates 4. Organizational Founding Membership 5. Community and... Tue, 29 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2025-07-29-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2025-07-29-newsletter/ 🔍 This Month: A Peek at the US-RSE Website — What Brings You Here? 🔍 - Welcome to this month’s edition of the US-RSE Newsletter! A few weeks ago, I found myself wondering: Who visits the US-RSE website? What are they looking for? How are they finding us? To satisfy that curiosity, I took a dive into our Google Analytics data, and uncovered some interesting patterns.... Sun, 29 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2025-06-29-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2025-06-29-newsletter/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Pride Month. Throughout June, the US-RSE will spotlight LGBTQ+ individuals who have been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their accomplishments in their careers and their personal stories. This... Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2025-06-16-edith-windsor/ https://us-rse.org/2025-06-16-edith-windsor/ Happy Pride Month, everyone! If you are new to US-RSE this year, you might not have had a chance to see our nifty US-RSE Pride Logo before. Be sure to check out this article about the history of the Pride Flag and its many variants (Wikipedia).      At US-RSE, we... Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2025-06-13-pride-month/ https://us-rse.org/2025-06-13-pride-month/ 👯 This Month: Meetups! 👯 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE. This month, we’re highlighting the importance and impact of meetups... Wed, 28 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2025-05-28-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2025-05-28-newsletter/ Thanks to the US-RSE Community and Travel Funds program, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, I had the chance to bring together RSE team members from Purdue, Indiana University, and the University of Notre Dame for a meetup in Indianapolis. We wanted to better understand how each of our... Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2025-05-27-madren-community-travel-funds-report/ https://us-rse.org/2025-05-27-madren-community-travel-funds-report/ April 2025 - 💜 This Month: Celebrating Our RSE Community 💜 In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the... Fri, 25 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2025-04-25-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2025-04-25-newsletter/ March 2025 - 🎊We’re back!🎊 After a brief hiatus, the US-RSE Newsletter is back in production! In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing... Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2025-03-28-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2025-03-28-newsletter/ I’m thankful to have been partially supported by US-RSE’s Community and Travel Funds program, using a grant from the Alfred P Sloan foundation, to attend the 2025 German RSE Conference (deRSE25), which was co-located with the 2025 German Software Engineering Conference (SE25). While at the conference in Karlsruhe, Germany, I... Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2025-03-28-katz-community-travel-funds-report/ https://us-rse.org/2025-03-28-katz-community-travel-funds-report/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Black History Month. Each week during Black History Month, the US-RSE will spotlight Black/African Americans who have been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their accomplishments in their careers... Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2025-02-25-black-history-spotlight-charles-r-drew/ https://us-rse.org/2025-02-25-black-history-spotlight-charles-r-drew/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Black History Month. Each week during Black History Month, the US-RSE will spotlight Black/African Americans who have been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their accomplishments in their careers... Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2025-02-19-black-history-spotlight-gladys-west/ https://us-rse.org/2025-02-19-black-history-spotlight-gladys-west/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Black History Month. Each week during Black History Month, the US-RSE will spotlight Black/African Americans who have been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their accomplishments in their careers... Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2025-02-10-black-history-spotlight-charles-turner/ https://us-rse.org/2025-02-10-black-history-spotlight-charles-turner/ Originally posted on Medium In 1925, A. Philip Randolph took on a challenge that many deemed impossible - organizing Black railroad porters into a union that would demand fair wages, humane working conditions, and respect. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids became the first Black-led union to receive a charter... Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2025-01-31-randolph/ https://us-rse.org/2025-01-31-randolph/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to lead the US-RSE’s participation in celebrating Black History Month. First up, we’ll be sharing stories throughout the month that recognize and celebrate African Americans who have inspired our members through their accomplishments in their careers and their personal stories. We’ll be publishing... Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2025-01-31-black-history-month/ https://us-rse.org/2025-01-31-black-history-month/ January 2025 - The second meetup of the DMV (Delaware-Maryland-Virginia) RSE affinity group met in January to discuss RSE Career Development broadly. The meetup started strong with pizza, drinks, with some casual introductory chatter and professional updates. After that, a small but dedicated crowd heard from Dr. Angeline Burrell, a research physicist at... Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 update https://us-rse.org/2025-01-30-update-dmv-rse/ https://us-rse.org/2025-01-30-update-dmv-rse/ Dear US-RSE Members and Allies, As this year ends, I’m filled with gratitude and pride for the incredible progress our vibrant US-RSE community has made. With over 3,000 members and the success of our second in-person US-RSE conference, we have strengthened our space for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mutual support.... Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 leadership https://us-rse.org/2024-12-01-executive-director-statement/ https://us-rse.org/2024-12-01-executive-director-statement/ November 2024 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2024-11-15-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2024-11-15-newsletter/ Candidates for the 2024 US-RSE Steering Committee election are listed below. Four of these candidates will be elected for a two-year term starting January 2025. If you have questions for the candidates, or questions about the election, please use the #election channel on Slack. You must be registered as a... Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2024-11-08-sc-candidates/ https://us-rse.org/2024-11-08-sc-candidates/ September 2024 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2024-09-24-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2024-09-24-newsletter/ August 2024 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2024-08-23-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2024-08-23-newsletter/ July 2024 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2024-07-22-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2024-07-22-newsletter/ June 2024 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2024-06-24-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2024-06-24-newsletter/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Pride Month. Throughout June, the US-RSE will spotlight LGBTQ+ individuals who have been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their accomplishments in their careers and their personal stories. This... Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2024-06-12-pride-spotlight-sally-ride/ https://us-rse.org/2024-06-12-pride-spotlight-sally-ride/ Happy Pride Month, everyone! If you are new to US-RSE this year, you haven’t gotten a chance to see our nifty US-RSE Pride Logo, graciously created for us by @Reed Milewicz. Be sure to check out this article about the history of the Pride Flag and its many variants (Wikipedia).... Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2024-06-01-pride-month/ https://us-rse.org/2024-06-01-pride-month/ Announcing the winners of the 2024 US-RSE Community Awards! About the Awards: The US-RSE Community Awards are a new initiative, launched in 2024 to celebrate the outstanding achievements of individuals who have made a lasting impact on the Research Software Engineer community. These prestigious awards recognize excellence in two categories:... Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2024-05-29-community-awards-results/ https://us-rse.org/2024-05-29-community-awards-results/ May 2024 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2024-05-28-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2024-05-28-newsletter/ April 2024 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2024-04-25-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2024-04-25-newsletter/ In February, the Steering Committee continued the tradition of yearly strategic planning meetings. Like last year, we focused on the direction and areas of focus for US-RSE over the next 3-5 years. We started by reflecting on the highlights and successes of the past year, including the receipt of the... Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2024-04-11-sc-planning/ https://us-rse.org/2024-04-11-sc-planning/ March 2024 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2024-03-28-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2024-03-28-newsletter/ February 2024 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2024-02-29-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2024-02-29-newsletter/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Black History Month. Each week during Black History Month, the US-RSE will spotlight Black/African Americans who have been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their accomplishments in their careers... Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott/ https://us-rse.org/2024-02-28-black-history-spotlight-lyndsey-scott/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Black History Month. Each week during Black History Month, the US-RSE will spotlight Black/African Americans who have been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their accomplishments in their careers... Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2024-02-07-black-history-spotlight-annie-easley/ https://us-rse.org/2024-02-07-black-history-spotlight-annie-easley/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to lead the US-RSE’s participation in celebrating Black History Month. Throughout the month, US-RSE members will be sharing stories that recognize and celebrate inspirational African Americans who have been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their... Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2024-02-01-black-history-month/ https://us-rse.org/2024-02-01-black-history-month/ January 2024 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2024-01-24-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2024-01-24-newsletter/ December 2023 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2023-12-20-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2023-12-20-newsletter/ After 108 votes, the results of the 2023 Steering Committee Election are in. The five candidates elected to a two-year term are: Abbey Roelofs Alex Koufos Ian Cosden Jeff Carver Keith Beattie We extend a warm welcome to the three new members joining the Steering Committee and express our excitement... Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-12-10-election-results/ https://us-rse.org/2023-12-10-election-results/ Candidates for the 2023 US-RSE Steering Committee election are listed below. Five of these candidates will be elected for a two-year term starting January 2024. If you have questions for the candidates, or questions about the election, please use the #election channel on Slack. You must be registered as a... Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-11-10-sc-candidates/ https://us-rse.org/2023-11-10-sc-candidates/ Dear US-RSE members and allies, I’m honored and thrilled to be appointed the inaugural Executive Director of US-RSE. My whole work life has been immersed around software with me starting already at high-school with programming. I enjoyed working in industry as an administrator, system developer and head of a systems... Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 leadership https://us-rse.org/2023-10-01-executive-director-statement/ https://us-rse.org/2023-10-01-executive-director-statement/ Pride month has always been both a fight and a celebration for the LGBTQ+ community, and for me that continues to ring true as my own rights - as a trans man - are threatened across this nation in 2023. 1 The very first Pride march was held in honor... Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-06-30-pride-spotlight-turing-barres/ https://us-rse.org/2023-06-30-pride-spotlight-turing-barres/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Pride Month. Each week during Pride Month, the US-RSE will spotlight a member of the LGBTQIA+ community who has been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their accomplishments in... Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-06-26-pride-spotlight-lynn-conway/ https://us-rse.org/2023-06-26-pride-spotlight-lynn-conway/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Pride Month. Each week during Pride Month, the US-RSE will spotlight a member of the LGBTQIA+ community who has been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their accomplishments in... Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-06-19-pride-spotlight-rebecca-heineman/ https://us-rse.org/2023-06-19-pride-spotlight-rebecca-heineman/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Pride Month. Each week during Pride Month, the US-RSE will spotlight a member of the LGBTQIA+ community who has been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their accomplishments in... Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-06-12-pride-spotlight-megan-smith/ https://us-rse.org/2023-06-12-pride-spotlight-megan-smith/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Pride Month. Each week during Pride Month, the US-RSE will spotlight a member of the LGBTQIA+ community who has been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through their accomplishments in... Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-06-05-pride-spotlight-sophie-wilson/ https://us-rse.org/2023-06-05-pride-spotlight-sophie-wilson/ US-RSE’s DEI working group (DEI-WG) is proud to help US-RSE celebrate and participate in Pride Month. Throughout the month members of our community will be writing blog posts recognizing compelling stories about LGBTQ+ people who have been involved in computing, science, engineering, and/or math, and have inspired our members through... Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-06-01-pride-month/ https://us-rse.org/2023-06-01-pride-month/ As previously announced, US-RSE has received a substantial new grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation! This update aims to provide you with more detailed information about the grant, the various activities and initiatives it will enable, and opportunities for US-RSE members to actively participate in them. The grant, which... Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-04-27-sloan-grant-initiatives/ https://us-rse.org/2023-04-27-sloan-grant-initiatives/ March 2023 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2023-03-29-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2023-03-29-newsletter/ The Steering Committee continued the tradition of yearly strategic planning meetings in February. Like last year, we focused on where US-RSE is headed over the next 3-5 years and what we need to do to get there. We discussed our vision for how we fulfill our mission in the areas... Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-03-29-sc-planning/ https://us-rse.org/2023-03-29-sc-planning/ We are thrilled to announce that US-RSE has received a two-year grant, totaling nearly $800k, from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation! This grant represents a major turning point in our organization’s growth and will enable many new community initiatives, programs, and events over the coming years. We would like to... Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-03-27-grant-announcement/ https://us-rse.org/2023-03-27-grant-announcement/ We’re excited to announce that US-RSE has switched to a new fiscal sponsor. We are now a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives (CI)! Our previous fiscal sponsor, Open Collective Foundation (OCF), represented an important first step allowing us to accept donations and making it possible to reimburse members for... Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-03-21-announcing-ci/ https://us-rse.org/2023-03-21-announcing-ci/ After several years of discussions, we’re happy to announce the formation of a US-based RSE Group Leaders’ Network (RSE-GLN)! Inspired (as many US-RSE activities are) by the UK’s RSE Leaders Meetings and discussions like those at the Community Building Workshop about how RSE groups form and are managed, the network... Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-02-02-announcing-rse-gln/ https://us-rse.org/2023-02-02-announcing-rse-gln/ January 2023 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2023-01-24-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2023-01-24-newsletter/ The US-RSE Outreach Working Group hosted the first RSEs in eScience Workshop as part of the 18th International Conference on e-Science in Salt Lake City, UT. Introduction In October 2022, US-RSE hosted the first ever Research Software Engineers in eScience Workshop as part of the 18th International Conference on e-Science... Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2023-01-17-escience-2022-report-out/ https://us-rse.org/2023-01-17-escience-2022-report-out/ After 135 votes, the results of the 2022 Steering Committee Election are in. The four candidates elected to a two-year term are: Julia Damerow Rinku Gupta Kenton McHenry Miranda Mundt We’re excited to welcome three new members to the Steering Committee and to have Julia back for two more years.... Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2022-12-10-election-results/ https://us-rse.org/2022-12-10-election-results/ The explosion of Research Software Engineers (RSEs) in the United States created the opportunity to form communities of practice (CoP), groups that share a passion for an activity and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly, specifically to benefit their local organization or region. CoPs, however, only... Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2022-11-21-vws-rse-cop-summary/ https://us-rse.org/2022-11-21-vws-rse-cop-summary/ Candidates for the 2022 US-RSE Steering Committee election are listed below. Four of these candidates will be elected for a two-year term starting January 2023. If you have questions for the candidates, or questions about the election, please use the #election channel on Slack. You must be registered as a... Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2022-11-18-sc-candidates/ https://us-rse.org/2022-11-18-sc-candidates/ October 2022 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE.... Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2022-11-04-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2022-11-04-newsletter/ US-RSE is a community driven organization, but do you know all the groups in the community? You may have heard someone talking about a “working group,” but do you know what that means? This month’s community call was all about groups within US-RSE! It’s the first in a series we’re... Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2022-08-30-sept-comm-call-on-groups-summary/ https://us-rse.org/2022-08-30-sept-comm-call-on-groups-summary/ The US-RSE Association has grown to become a major resource for RSEs and people in RSE-like roles. A primary area of support is in organizing meetings including monthly community calls and working groups. Because of the distributed nature of the research software engineering community across the United States, exaggerated by... Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2022-08-04-local-regional-working-group/ https://us-rse.org/2022-08-04-local-regional-working-group/ July 2022 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE... Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2022-08-02-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2022-08-02-newsletter/ A 2022 Community Workshop post by - Lauren Milechin (MIT), Jeffrey C. Carver (University of Alabama), Patrick Clemins (Vermont EPSCoR, University of Vermont), Julia Damerow (Arizona State University), Angela Herring (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Miranda Mundt (Sandia National Laboratories), Lance Parsons (Princeton University), Alan Sussman (National Science Foundation), Alicja Tadych... Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2022-08-01-education-training/ https://us-rse.org/2022-08-01-education-training/ *This post is the result of work from attendees of the 2022 Community Building Workshop and members of the DEI Working Group. The content is relevant as of year 2023. Our community is always interested in improving our methods for ensuring an equitable and inclusive space to celebrate and support... Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2022-07-01-candidate-guidance/ https://us-rse.org/2022-07-01-candidate-guidance/ Thinking About US-RSE Financial Sustainability A 2022 Community Workshop post by - Jeff Carver, Julia Damerow, Meag Doherty, Angela Herring, Chris Hill, Blake Joyce, Allen Lee, Elaine Raybourn, Liz Vu At the 2022 Community Workshop a group met to think about advancing the US-RSE financial sustainability vision. The group discussed... Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2022-06-22-community-meeting-financial-group-blog-report/ https://us-rse.org/2022-06-22-community-meeting-financial-group-blog-report/ How do you form a Research Software Engineering group at your organization or institution? The answer depends on many things: who you are, what research areas you are familiar with, and where within the organization your group will be located, to name just a few. Because this career path is... Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2022-06-04-info-interview-form-rse-group/ https://us-rse.org/2022-06-04-info-interview-form-rse-group/ May 2022 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE... Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2022-06-02-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2022-06-02-newsletter/ March 2022 - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE... Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2022-03-31-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2022-03-31-newsletter/ As we did last year, the US-RSE Steering Committee held a strategic planning retreat to assess the current state of US-RSE, identify priorities for the upcoming year, and discuss where US-RSE is headed over the next 3-5 years. SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis To help focus discussions, we compiled... Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2022-03-23-sc-planning/ https://us-rse.org/2022-03-23-sc-planning/ The history of a community is a valuable thing to know, including everything from early correspondence to how events unfolded and the culture at the time. We, the US Research Software Engineer Association, are finishing up our third year and starting our fourth, and while our history is still somewhat... Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2022-02-06-a-brief-history-of-usrse/ https://us-rse.org/2022-02-06-a-brief-history-of-usrse/ January 2022 Newsletter - In this monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE... Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2022-01-31-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2022-01-31-newsletter/ The election period for the US-RSE Steering Committee has ended. 61 US-RSE members voted in the election. We’re excited to announce that the following five US-RSE members have been selected to serve on the committee for the term 2022-2023: Nicole Brewer Jeffrey Carver Ian Cosden Sandra Gesing Christina Maimone A... Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-12-15-election-results/ https://us-rse.org/2021-12-15-election-results/ Last week, US-RSE held its monthly community call. For a topic, we chose “Conducting Constructive Code Reviews”, as suggested on GitHub. Judging from the number of new faces that registered for the call, the US-RSE community is very interested in this topic. We’d like to share a couple of highlights... Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-12-14-dec-community-call-summary/ https://us-rse.org/2021-12-14-dec-community-call-summary/ November 2021 Newsletter - In this bi-monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE... Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2021-11-30-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2021-11-30-newsletter/ As part of an international effort, the US-RSE has worked with RSE organizations in other countries to develop the 2021 RSE Survey. You don’t need to be called an RSE to complete the survey. Your formal job title does not matter: we want to hear from you if you develop... Mon, 22 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-11-22-rse-survey/ https://us-rse.org/2021-11-22-rse-survey/ Candidates for the 2021 US-RSE Steering Committee election are listed below. Five of these candidates will be elected for a two-year term starting January 2022. If you have questions for the candidates, or questions about the election, please use the #election channel on Slack. You must be registered as a... Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-11-12-sc-candidates/ https://us-rse.org/2021-11-12-sc-candidates/ October 2021 Newsletter - In this bi-monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. To receive our newsletter, join US-RSE... Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2021-10-27-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2021-10-27-newsletter/ Nominations, including self-nominations, for the US-RSE Steering Committee election are now open. Nominations are due November 5, 2021. Interested members are encouraged to nominate themselves. Alternatively, if you know of a member who you think would make a good candidate, you can submit a nomination for someone else. All US-RSE... Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-10-22-sc-nominations-open/ https://us-rse.org/2021-10-22-sc-nominations-open/ On Thursday, August 12th, US-RSE held the second talk of our speaker series organized by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) working group. We were joined by Joanne Esch and Andrea Bowen-Jones from The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). They spoke with us about the biases and... Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-10-04-sharing-materials-from-ncwit-talk/ https://us-rse.org/2021-10-04-sharing-materials-from-ncwit-talk/ July 2021 Newsletter - In this bi-monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. A sign-up option for our newsletter... Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2021-07-27-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2021-07-27-newsletter/ Members of the US-RSE Association led the panel “Research Software Engineer (RSE) Careers - State of the Profession, Opportunities, and Challenges in Academia” at the Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing conference (PEARC21) on July 20, 2021. The panel included Ian Cosden, Sandra Gesing, Christina Maimone, Kenton McHenry, and... Tue, 20 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-07-20-pearc21-panel/ https://us-rse.org/2021-07-20-pearc21-panel/ We are excited to announce the Research Software Engineers in HPC Workshop (RSE-HPC-2021) to be held as part of SC21 (in St. Louis, MO and virtually). This will be a full-day workshop 9:00am-5:30pm CST, Monday, November 15, 2021. This workshop will bring together RSEs and allies involved in HPC, from... Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-07-16-SC21-workshop-cfp/ https://us-rse.org/2021-07-16-SC21-workshop-cfp/ May 2021 Newsletter - In this bi-monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. A sign-up option for our newsletter... Sun, 23 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2021-05-23-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2021-05-23-newsletter/ As we are preparing for the workshop, we would like to share a few updates. Akin to our previous meetings and community calls, the virtual workshop will be held on Zoom. Registration information will be made available as we get closer to the workshop date. Please see this page for... Thu, 22 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-04-22-virtual-workshop-update/ https://us-rse.org/2021-04-22-virtual-workshop-update/ 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 theme of the workshop... Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-04-14-virtual-workshop-announcement/ https://us-rse.org/2021-04-14-virtual-workshop-announcement/ March 2021 Newsletter - In this bi-monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. A sign-up option for our newsletter... Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2021-03-22-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2021-03-22-newsletter/ The Steering Committee met in February for a strategic planning meeting to prioritize activities for the US-RSE Association for 2021 and lay the foundation for the association over the next 3-5 years. Based on pre-meeting brainstorming and discussion during the meeting, we identified 6 main areas of activity that are... Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-03-04-strategic-meeting/ https://us-rse.org/2021-03-04-strategic-meeting/ The February US-RSE Community Call focused on the topic of RSE education and training. It was well attended with about 25 participants. After some updates from the steering committee we started out with a few warm up Mentimeter questions. Turns out Star Wars created a lot of favorite fictional characters... Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-02-19-community-call-education/ https://us-rse.org/2021-02-19-community-call-education/ February 2021 Newsletter - In this bi-monthly newsletter, we share recent, current, and planned activities of the US-RSE Association, and related news that we think is of interest to US-RSE members. Newsletters are also available on our website alongside the growing resources and information on the US-RSE Association. A sign-up option for our newsletter... Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 newsletter https://us-rse.org/2021-02-16-newsletter/ https://us-rse.org/2021-02-16-newsletter/ 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, but... Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-02-05-career-panel/ https://us-rse.org/2021-02-05-career-panel/ We were excited to hold the inaugural Research Software Engineers in HPC Workshop (RSE-HPC-2020) as part of the SC20 conference this year! The half-day, virtual event featured 18 speakers and over 100 participants. The opening session, chaired by Charles Ferenbaugh, began with keynote addresses from Simon Hettrick in the UK... Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2021-02-02-sc20-report/ https://us-rse.org/2021-02-02-sc20-report/ We’re excited to announce the results of our first Steering Committee Election. 78 US-RSE members voted in the election. The following candidates have been elected to a two-year term, January 2021 - December 2022. Julia Damerow, Arizona State University Daniel S. Katz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lance Parsons, Princeton... Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 general https://us-rse.org/2020-12-21-election-results/ https://us-rse.org/2020-12-21-election-results/