Developing Personas and Programs to Enable Research Software Engineers to Specialize in High Performance Computing
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Many Research Software Engineers come to High Performance Computing after previously studying a related degree and receiving on-the-job experience as part of a PhD or junior staff position. If we are to increase the diversity of RSEs working in HPC, we need to examine different routes for people, particularly those from non- traditional HPC backgrounds, to obtain the formal education and training needed for them to have a successful career. The UNIVERSE-HPC project has been developing personas, career pathways and a proposed Masters-level program for people looking to become RSEs specializing in High Performance Computing or Large-Scale Data Science. In this lightning talk, we introduce the pillars of this program, and discuss some of the challenges in developing a balanced program given the relatively short duration of UK masters courses.
Authors: Chue Hong, Neil, Filinger, Weronika
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6893052481
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