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\title{The Case for Research Software Engineers}
\subtitle{Pittsburgh Theme Demo}
\author{First Last}
\institute[Example U]{Department of Computer Science \\ University of Example}
\date{\today}
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\section{Motivation}
\begin{frame}{Why This Matters}
\begin{itemize}
\item Scientific software is often fragile and undocumented.
\item Research Software Engineers (RSEs) bridge the gap.
\item The community is growing quickly across Europe, the US, and Asia.
\end{itemize}
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\begin{frame}{A Familiar Situation}
\begin{itemize}
\item PhD students write ``prototype'' code that ends up in production.
\item Maintenance falls through the cracks after graduation.
\item Reproducibility suffers.
\end{itemize}
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\section{What RSEs Do}
\begin{frame}{Core Responsibilities}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Build and maintain research software.
\item Apply software engineering practices (CI, tests, docs).
\item Train researchers in modern development tooling.
\item Co-author papers on methods and tools.
\end{enumerate}
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\begin{frame}{A Day in the Life}
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\textbf{Morning:}
\begin{itemize}
\item Pair-program with a PhD student.
\item Review a pull request.
\item Triage GitHub issues.
\end{itemize}
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\textbf{Afternoon:}
\begin{itemize}
\item Benchmark a numerical kernel.
\item Write user-facing documentation.
\item Lead a Python workshop.
\end{itemize}
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\section{Results}
\begin{frame}{Impact Across Groups}
\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\toprule
Group & Papers/yr (before) & Papers/yr (after) \\
\midrule
Group A & 4 & 7 \\
Group B & 6 & 10 \\
Group C & 3 & 6 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
Embedded RSEs correlate with a $\sim 70\%$ increase in publication output.
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\section{Getting Started}
\begin{frame}{Build an RSE Culture}
\begin{itemize}
\item Hire RSEs on long-term contracts, not per-project.
\item Credit them as co-authors.
\item Create career pathways distinct from tenure track.
\end{itemize}
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\begin{frame}{Further Reading}
\begin{itemize}
\item \texttt{society-rse.org}
\item \texttt{us-rse.org}
\item The Turing Way handbook.
\end{itemize}
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\begin{frame}{Thank You}
\centering
\Huge Questions?\\[1em]
\normalsize [email protected]
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