Research software engineers (RSEs) are critical to the impact of HPC, data science, and the larger scientific community. They have existed for decades, though often not under that name. However, the past few years have seen the development of the RSE concept, common job titles, and career paths; the creation of professional networks to connect RSEs; and the emergence of RSE groups at universities, national laboratories, and industry. This workshop will bring together RSEs and allies involved in HPC, from all over the world, to grow the RSE community by establishing and strengthening professional networks of current RSEs and RSE leaders. We’ll discuss the current activities and plans of national RSE organizations, discuss the needs of RSEs and RSE groups, and write a report on ways RSE organizations can help address these. Agenda 10:00 am – Session 1: Introductory talks * Introduction and overview (5 minutes) * Keynotes (20 minutes) ** The Birth of RSE - Simon Hettrick, Software Sustainability Institute ** de-RSE: Forking an RSE Success Story - Frank Löffler, Friedrich Schiller University * Lightning talks (15 minutes) ** How Research Software Engineers Can Support Scientific Software - Miranda Mundt, Sandia National Laboratory ** SC3UIS Research Software Engineering Ecosystem for Scientific Computing - Emilio Carcamo, Universidad Industrial de Santander ** RSEs as Maintainers: Keeping Code Alive - Bernadette Boscoe, UCLA * Q & A (20 minutes) 11:00 am – Break 11:30 am – Session 2: Panel discussion: Building RSE Teams and Groups * Panelist introductions (15 minutes) ** Reed Milewicz, Sandia National Laboratory ** Jeremy Cohen, Imperial College London ** Robert Sinkovits, San Diego Supercomputer Center ** Mahmood Shad, Harvard University ** Ben van Werkhoven, Netherlands eScience Center * Discussion (45 minutes) 12:30 pm – Break 1:00 pm – Session 3: Panel discussion: Supporting RSE Careers * Panelist introductions (12 minutes) ** Joanna Leng, University of Leeds ** Ian Cosden, Princeton University ** Rinku Gupta, Argonne National Laboratory ** Carlos Maltzahn, UC Santa Cruz * Discussion (45 minutes) * Wrapup (3 minutes) 2:00 pm – End Organizing Committee Charles Ferenbaugh, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Sandra Gesing, University of Notre Dame, USA Simon Hettrick, Software Sustainability Institute, UK Daniel S. Katz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA For more information See the workshop website: https://us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2020/ Or contact the organizers: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sandra Gesing Associate Research Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Computational Scientist, Center for Research Computing University of Notre Dame http://www3.nd.edu/~sgesing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------