2020-06-25-huechong-hettrick.md

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title	Software is the backbone
author	@pweschmidt
rse	Neil Chue Hong and Simon Hettrick
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excerpt	For 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?
date	2020-06-25 01:30:00 -0700
external_media	https://us-rse.org/rse-stories-episodes-1/2020/rse-stories-huechong-hettrick-episode-22.mp3
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duration	00:39:15
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resources	name url The Software Sustainability Institute https://www.software.ac.uk name url History of Research Software Engineering in the UK https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/2016-08-17-not-so-brief-history-research-software-engineers name url Software Sustainability Institute on Twitter https://twitter.com/SoftwareSaved name url Neil Chue Hong https://uk.linkedin.com/in/neilchuehong name url Simon Hettrick https://uk.linkedin.com/in/simon-hettrick-2668a9a

In 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?