Latest Rse-stories Podcast Episodes
Teach People How to Code
RSE Stories - January 14, 2021 08:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOlivia Guest is a computational cognitive modeler. She is also a prolific publisher and blogger. In this episode we discuss, amongst other things, two of her catchy blog posts.
The Purple Pythonista
RSE Stories - January 07, 2021 08:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTania Allard is much more than a research software engineer, fostering community growth, and excitement for open source.
All things R
RSE Stories - December 17, 2020 08:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMaëlle is well known in the R community: from being an associate editor at rOpenSci, the rWeekly blog or community initiatives such as rLadies. She has also an interesting portfolio of projects, including a project to monitor the impact of environmental factors on cardiac disease in India.
Founding Fathers
RSE Stories - December 10, 2020 08:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, we hear a story of how research software engineering came to be.
Equal Footing
RSE Stories - December 03, 2020 08:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsLet's put RSEs on equal footing with academics and professionals and get them recognised and formal roles, says Nooriyah Lohani from NESI in New Zealand. That requires to reach decision makers. And for that you need to build and foster a strong community first.
Give me Security, Give me Hope
RSE Stories - November 19, 2020 08:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA journey of discovering a desire to be a research software engineer, finding a niche, and then fighting to keep it.
Key is your value set
RSE Stories - November 12, 2020 08:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMeet Brian Hills, Deputy CEO and Head of Service Design at the Data Lab in Scotland. After years in the private sector Brian joined Datalab to help bridge the gap in data science between universities and the private sector. Ethics in data plays an important part and success strongly depends on yo...
Open Science is Critical
RSE Stories - November 05, 2020 08:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAs director of the research software alliance Michelle takes us through the necessary changes we need to cope with the scientific challenges of the future. This includes digital skill sets as well as providing for reliable and safe handling of digital data and assets. In all these endeavours, ope...
The Interview
RSE Stories - October 29, 2020 08:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFor our second annual Halloween special, we join Leo for the ultimate tech interview.
Brown Dog, Arcgis or Pizza?
RSE Stories - October 22, 2020 08:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhat does it mean to create a sustainable, resilient community?
I learnt how I should have done things
RSE Stories - October 15, 2020 08:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhen Nick left the private sector and went back to university to get his degree in computer science he found that he 'learnt how he should've done things' all along. Being back in academia Nick got himself involved in building the RSE community in Australia and New Zealand.
The Fortran Maestro
RSE Stories - October 08, 2020 08:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhere do object oriented design, Fortran, and innovation in designing your role collide? Listen to the episode this week to find out!
Pushing the bubble
RSE Stories - October 01, 2020 08:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFrom assessing snow fall in Britain to livestock movements, Mike has provided his expertise in data science to policy makers and influencers. So testing the data and underlying assumptions is an essential step. For this it is sometimes necessary to move outside our comfort zone.
Establish or Perish
RSE Stories - September 24, 2020 08:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIf you need to publish or perish as an academic researcher, then as a research software engineer you need to establish or perish.
R for Reproducibility
RSE Stories - September 17, 2020 08:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhat do plankton surveys, R and reproducibility have in common? In this episode, Anna Krystalli from the University of Sheffield (UK) shares her vast experience and covers areas from macro biology to R programming, community building to making software more open and reproducible.
The Wisdom of the Systems Engineer
RSE Stories - September 10, 2020 08:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDiversity of background, perspective, and taking care of yourself and your team are only a few of the ingredients for resilient teams and tools.
Publish Without Perish
RSE Stories - September 03, 2020 08:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHow can we move beyond publish or perish in science? Meet Emmy Tsang who is passionate about changing and improving the way we communicate science and make scientific discovery faster, fairer and better.
The Code Curious Biologist
RSE Stories - August 27, 2020 08:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSuccess for a research team happens at the intersection between system admins, research software engineers, and researchers. No one knows this better than Blake Joyce.
How to make beer better
RSE Stories - August 20, 2020 08:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHave you ever wondered how AI can improve the taste of beer? Look no further than the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), where James Collier and Alexander Botzki are working hard to help beer lovers enjoy their drinks even more.
Science Gateways
RSE Stories - August 13, 2020 07:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSuccessful and reproducible science is not just about writing software, but creating interfaces and interactions that are comfortable for researchers to use. In this episode, Sandra Gesing tells us about the importance of science gateways.
Opening Eyes and Turning Lights On
RSE Stories - August 06, 2020 08:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMeet Radovan from Tromsø in Northern Norway, who is building exciting software and teaching students how to be good engineers. He is also busy building and growing the Nordic RSE community with colleagues from Sweden, Finland and other countries.
A Lifelong Learner
RSE Stories - July 30, 2020 08:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsCrafting computational narratives and answering questions in the real world with grace and Python.
Augmenting reality for blind people
RSE Stories - July 23, 2020 08:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEver wondered how AR can help blind and low vision people? Meet Camilla Longden, RSE at Microsoft, who uses AI and machine learning technologies to help improve their lives.
We've been around a while!
RSE Stories - July 16, 2020 08:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHow far back does research software engineering go?
Language shapes reality
RSE Stories - July 09, 2020 08:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMeet Stephan Druskat, RSE at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. Listen to Stephan explain his exciting work for research in linguistics and his contributions to making software citable.
The Research Software Engineer CEO
RSE Stories - July 02, 2020 08:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhat prompts a research software engineer to become a CEO?
Software is the backbone
RSE Stories - June 25, 2020 08:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFor about 10 years the Software Sustainability Institute in the UK has been the backbone of research software engineering. But how did their work fare during the coronavirus pandemic? And how will research software engineering change in future?
Awesome Airplanes
RSE Stories - June 18, 2020 08:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSolving problems for a safer world
Get the bugs!
RSE Stories - June 11, 2020 08:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsToday from across the pond: How research software engineers help fighting infectious diseases like the coronavirus. What challenges do they face?
Software as a Garden
RSE Stories - June 04, 2020 08:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHave you ever thought about what makes good software and communities? Hint: it's a lot of the same as would be needed to tend a garden.
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