Robert Haines

Green Compute for Research @UoM A new special interest group has been launched for anyone interested in the environmental impact of research computing at the University. Find out more about the aims of the group and how to get…

Have you heard that a new special interest group has been launched at the University?
If you are interested in the environmental impact of your research computing then head to the CaDiR Teams site and join in the discussion!

"Karla Chameleon"

I've been laughing at this for about 10 mins now. Too good

Britain’s cities are desperate for better transport. Why is Westminster derailing our plans in Leeds? | Thomas Forth A long-promised tram network has been pushed back to the late 2030s – unless we build local, northern growth will be snuffed out, says Thomas Forth, co-founder of tech firm The Data City

Britain’s cities are desperate for better transport. Why is Westminster derailing our plans in Leeds? | Thomas Forth

RIP the boundlessy great Steve Cropper. With the MGs, he helped invent the sound of Soul. Later, his skill and feel was sought out by John Lennon, Neil Young, Paul Simon, the Blues Brothers, Rod Stewart, everyone. The man wrote Dock Of The Bay, Soul Man, In The Midnight Hour, Knock On Wood...

If you are a #LinkedIn user you can now follow Research IT!
We will be posting about our services and activities, items of interest from related organisations, training opportunities and our team members activities in internal and external projects amongst many other things!
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#HPC #SC24. Current registration is 15,446. Peak Scinet bandwidth is 14.72 TBPS. 560 exhibitors.

1 week until #SC25

3 bits of advice:

1. Prioritise shoes for comfort not smart.

2. Find/force downtime during SC. Enough talks/meetings/receptions done well is better than lots rushed/tired/etc.

3. SC is about people as much as (or more than) technology.

#HPC #Supercomputing

Are you going to be at #SC25? Want to connect with a large subset of the #HPC community with one click? The #HPC starter pack is what you need! bsky.app/starter-pack...

It nearly went horribly wrong with the flight out of Manchester delayed over an hour, but thankfully made my onward flight by the skin of my teeth. No drama from here on please! #sc25

A bacon and egg sandwich with a pint of breakfast stout

MAN -> DUB -> PHL -> STL today. Starting out with a decent breakfast. #sc25

Really excited to start my new role in helping shape @digitaluom.bsky.social at the University and wider.

Happy International #RSE Day! US-RSE is proud to join with our worldwide partners to celebrate RSEs and their impact on advancing research.

RSECon25 Highlights: Innovation, Sustainability, and Community Earlier this month, members of The University of Manchester’s Research Software Engineering (RSE) team joined peers from across the UK and beyond at RSECon25, held at the University of Warwick. The…

🥳 Today is #InternationalRSEDay!
Discover how our Research Software Engineers (RSEs) got on at the recent #RSECon25, held at the University of Warwick. The @society-rse.org annual conference is the flagship event for the RSE community.
#RSEDay2025

Announcing the new Deputy Head of RSE Adrian Harwood, Head of Research Software Engineering, has announced that Chris Fullerton will take on the role of Deputy Head of Research Software Engineering starting in October 2025. Chris will…

As our Research Software Engineering team continues to grow, Adrian Harwood (Head of Research Software Engineering) has announced that Chris Fullerton will take on the role of Deputy Head of RSE. Chris will also chair the new RSE Operational Excellence group.

⏳ The DisCouRSE Network+ has launched its first Flexible Fund, offering up to £10,000 to support projects that strengthen leadership training and career pathways for digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs).

Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/discour...

I WAS in Lyme Regis recently and there was a sign that read Do Not Feed Me', accompanied by a photo of a scrawny seagull. That's all well and good, but there were literally thousands of the fuckers flying about, and they all looked the same. How was I meant to know which was the one in the photo? Rupert Deering, Dulwich

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Ha ha, I've not seen this before. Magnificent. It's the "Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades" of autumn. No higher praise...

Absolutely this.

THERE'S a lot of negativity about Artificial Intelligence, but I for one think it's fantastic and the best thing for the future of mankind. Prepare, humans, for utter submission and slavery. The computer is infallibleblblblnghrt error 104 Al Gorritham, Silicon Valley

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Open Research Fellowship Programme (Office for Open Research) Office for Open Research

Applications are now open for the 2025-26 Open Research Fellowship Programme at the Office for Open Research. If you would like a buy out of your time to dedicate to an open research themed project then have a look at their website. Apply by Friday, 24 October #OpenResearch

When did Git go from "too different" to the industry standard? 🤔 Linus Torvalds explains the generational shift that changed everything. ✨

Learn more about the history of Git in our full interview with Linus. ⬇️
https://github.blog/open-source/git/git-turns-20-a-qa-with-linus-torvalds/

I DON'T know why people say "it's not rocket science" as a means of explaining how simple something is. Rocket science is fairly simple itself. All you have to do is make sure that the thrust the engines produce is greater than the weight of the rocket and off they go. "It's not getting an appointment with your GP" would be a better phrase, as this is virtually fucking impossible. Tommy Tanksworth, Crewe

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Great closing quote from Graham Lee in this mornings Track A talk on Where do people come from?

"RSE is more than a technical discipline, its a social movement aiming to revolutionise how research engages with software." - Graham Lee

#RSECon25

Quite a few of the team are at Warwick University this week for #RSECon25
Come and say hello if you spot us out in the wild!

Speaker and title slide

After the coffee break, we continue with the session 'Open Science, Availability of Protocols, and Registration', with 5 talks.

First talk: Lukas Hughes-Noehrer with 'Perceived Risks and Barriers to Open Research Practices in UK Higher Education'

#PRC10

Cross-Language Mappings: A TIC Collaboration with voxANN Our Research Software Engineers, in close collaboration with the Department of Computer Science, teamed up with local SME, voxANN, to build an AI pipeline that links English and Spanish for smooth,…

Discover how our Research Software Engineers are working with a local SME to help improve dubbing between English and Spanish using an #AI pipeline.

Devil's Dumplings (c.f. Blackadder 2)

Planning to be there, yes