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SustainEpisode 264: Neil Chue Hong on the Software Sustainability InstituteGuest
Neil Chue Hong
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, hosts Richard Littauer and Justin Dorfman talk with Neil Chue Hong, Director of the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI). They discuss the SSI's mission to sustain software used in research, the institute's history and funding, the role of research software engineers, and the newly launched Research Software Maintenance Fund (RSMF) with £4.8 million dedicated to supporting research software. Neil shares insights into the collaboration, training initiatives, and policy work done by the SSI to promote s...
2025-03-2139 min
Code for Thought[EN] Culture of Women in Tech (Diversity in Tech, Part 2) - Mariann HardeyIn the second part of the diversity in the RSE community series, I am talking to Mariann Hardey. Mariann is an associate professor at Advanced Research Computing of the University of Durham, UK. She also published a book called 'The Culture of Women in Tech' in 2020. In our conversation we don't only talk about the barriers women and other underrepresented groups in tech still face, but also what is and can be done about it. This episode is sponsored by the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany (Research Centre Jülich) https://www.fz-juelich.de/en h...
2023-12-0539 minCode for Thought[EN] Conference Report: US RSE Conference 2023 in ChicagoThis episode takes us to Chicago, the host for the first ever conference of Research Software Engineering (RSE) in the US https://us-rse.org/usrse23/ . The conference was organised by the US RSE association https://us-rse.org and was sold out. In this report I'll talk to a number of participants, presenters and organisers. In order of appearance:Mary Anne Leung Founder and President of the Sustainable Horizon's Institute https://shinstitute.org Joseph Tuccillo from Oak Ridge National Laboratory https://www.ornl.gov Geoffrey Lentner from Purdue University https://www.purdue.edu Leah Wasser founder and director of pyOp...
2023-11-0740 minCode for Thought[EN] Conference Report: UK RSECon 2023 in SwanseaAnd it's this time of the year again, when the RSE communities meet for their annual gathering. The UK RSE Society held its annual conference in the Welsh city of Swansea this year. And in this episode you'll hear from a range of different participants and presenters. Here they are in the following orderJamie Quinn (University College London and trustee of the Society until this year) https://www.ucl.ac.uk/advanced-research-computing/advanced-research-computing-centre Gael Varoquaux from Inria and Scikit-learn in France https://scikit-learn.org/stable/ Neil Chue Hong from the Software Sustainability Institute https://www.software.ac.uk Sa...
2023-09-1946 minCode for ThoughtHappy Birthday RSEThe term research software engineering is celebrating its 10th anniversary today. It was coined during a Collaborations workshop on 21 March 2012. I was privileged to meet with 7 of the participants who took part in this workshop and together we talk how it all came about.My guests are:Neil Chue Hong MPhys FBCS, Director, Software Sustainability Institute and Senior Prof. Simon Hettrick, Deputy Director, The Software Sustainability InstituteRobert Haines, Head of Research IT, Uni ManchesterDirk Gorissen, Product ManagerRob Baxter, Director of Data Services, EPCC, University of EdinburghIlian Todorov, STFC UKRIJames Hetherington FBCS, Director, Advanced Research Computing Centre, University Co...
2022-03-2238 min
RSE StoriesSoftware is the backboneIn today’s episode Peter meets Neil Chue Hong and Simon Hettrick. Neil and Simon are the director/deputy director of the Software Sustainability Institute. For nearly 10 years the institute has been the “backbone” for research software engineering and the RSE movement.
It helped build the RSE movement and network, not only in the UK but in other countries. Neil and Simon discuss what changes the coronavirus pandemic brought to research software engineering as well as the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of us. And did you know the institute has a blog with cooking recipes?
2020-06-2539 min
Developer StoriesSoftware is the backboneIn today’s episode Peter meets Neil Chue Hong and Simon Hettrick. Neil and Simon are the director/deputy director of the Software Sustainability Institute. For nearly 10 years the institute has been the “backbone” for research software engineering and the RSE movement.
It helped build the RSE movement and network, not only in the UK but in other countries. Neil and Simon discuss what changes the coronavirus pandemic brought to research software engineering as well as the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of us. And did you know the institute has a blog with cooking recipes?
2020-06-2539 min