EVERSE - ReSA Webinar: AI Guidance for Research Software Engineering Team Leaders

→ Europe/Zurich
Description

 

As AI becomes more pervasive in research software engineering, new challenges emerge for team leaders across scientific domains, raising questions such as: How do you ensure high-quality research software while still protecting your developers’ agency? And how do you navigate ethical and technical concerns related to AI practice in research software?

To tackle this uncertainty, senior research software engineers (RSEs) in EVERSE have developed a new section in the RSQKit on practical AI guidance, which shows why research software engineers’ expertise and evaluation skills are more important than ever in AI.

 

This joint EVERSE – ReSA webinar provides practical support and guidance to open science team leaders and research software managers in deciding the most appropriate and sustainable use of AI in their projects.

This webinar builds on the roadmap defined by the “Research Software Engineering in the Age of Generative AI: Building a Community Vision” workshop, organised by ReSA in March 2026, which identified 9 themes, including: “Developing a playbook for RSE managers and open-source software project leaders”. 
 
 

All EVERSE events are governed by our Code of Conduct. 

  

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Participants
  • Abderahman CHENIOUR
  • Adrien Matta
  • Aida Jafarbigloo
  • Aleksandra Nenadic
  • Ana Mellado
  • Arnauld BIGANZOLI
  • Carlos Martinez
  • Daniel Howard
  • David Chamont
  • eleonora parisi
  • Giacomo Peru
  • Heather Turner
  • Ivan Girault
  • Kenneth Rioja
  • Kidane Tekle
  • Korbinian Bösl
  • Linda Angulo Lopez
  • Loïc GUILMARDD
  • Madhavi Tippani
  • Marc Bisson
  • Maurits Kok
  • Selim Kalayci
  • Serafeim Chatzopoulos
  • Swaroop Kunapuli
  • Vincent POLLET
  • warda boutegrabet
  • +36
Zoom Meeting ID
67014703934
Host
Alexia Marie Yiannouli
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    • 15:00 → 15:05
      Introduction 5m
      Speaker: Carlos Martinez-Ortiz (Community Manager, Netherlands eScience Centre)
    • 15:05 → 15:35
      RSQKit and the AI Spectrum 30m

      RSQKit section on the AI spectrum.

      • How RSE managers can support RSEs working across the AI spectrum
      • How contribution and development approaches can help Open Source software OSS project leaders fight burnout from AI-generated pull requests and Common Vulnerability Exposures (CVE).
      Speaker: Michael Sparks (Senior Research Software Engineer, University of Manchester, RSQKit editor)
    • 15:35 → 15:50
      Tips and tricks for RSE managers 15m

      Faruk will share tips and tricks for RSE managers, drawing on his work on rseng-agent-skills, which packages research software engineering practices so AI coding agents follow it.

      Speaker: Faruk Diblen (Senior Research Software Engineer, Netherlands eScience Centre, DashVERSE developer)
    • 15:50 → 16:00
      Q&A 10m