This focuses on reproducibility, reusability, and accuracy of data analysis and applications created for research.
[4] Various type of associations and organisations have been created around this role to support the creation of posts in universities and research institutes.
[6] UK counts over 40 universities and institutes[7] with groups that provide access to software expertise to different areas of research.
The world first RSE conference took place in UK in September 2016[5] and it has been repeated annually (except for a gap in 2020) since.
The RSE Society Award was first presented in 2019, at the Fourth Conference of Research Software Engineering held at the University of Birmingham, to recognise outstanding contributions to the research software engineering community over a sustained period of time.