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      Research Software Engineers: State of the Nation Report 2017

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            Most research would be impossible without software, and this reliance is forcing a rethink of the skills needed in a traditional research group. With the emergence of software as the pre-eminent research tool used across all disciplines, comes the realisation that a significant majority of results are based, ultimately, on the skill of the experts who design and build that software.  The UK has led the world in supporting a new role in academia: the Research Software Engineer (RSE). This report describes the new expert community that has flourished in UK research, details the successes that have been achieved, and the barriers that prevent further progress. 

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          Zenodo
          2017
          06 April 2017
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
          [2 ] University of Sheffield
          [3 ] University of Manchester
          [4 ] The Software Sustainability Institute
          [5 ] UCL
          [6 ] Cisco Meraki
          [7 ] University of Southampton
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          10.5281/zenodo.495360
          9d6961ed-38af-4b5f-8861-98e6a6c54640

          Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

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          RSE,Careers,New roles in research,Research communities,Research Software Engineer,Software

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