Research Software and Analytics Group at Exeter

The University has created centralised Research Software Engineering (RSE) and Research Data Science (RDS) groups, which together form the Research Software and Analytics Group, to assist our research community with complex and bespoke research software needs and meet the ever-increasing need for specialist skills to enable data-driven research.

What can we help with?

The Research Data Scientists (RDSs) can extract knowledge and insight from data via:

• Data analysis and visualisation
• Computational statistics
• Data science and AI approaches (inc. machine learning, computer vision, deep learning, etc.)

The Research Software Engineers (RSEs) can create and extend software for research, including:

• Numerical models
• Reusable frameworks and libraries
• Optimised code to run on HPCs
• Web/mobile apps and other user interfaces

Together the teams can produce pipelines for data analysis and visualisation, as well as software to implement analyses in robust and reproducible ways.

Where can I find out more?

You can learn more about the roles of RSEs and RDSs on the Meet the RSE Group and Meet the RDS Group pages respectively.

If you are interested in working with an RSE and/or RDS on your project, head over to our Working with us page. Here you can also find ways to engage with the teams and wider community at the University.

To have a look at some of the software we've developed, head over to the RSE Group's GitHub organisation. You can also find Case studies of recent projects we've contributed to.

We also offer training in programming, data science and software development in collaboration with Dr Eilis Hannon. You can visit the Coding for Reproducible Research website for more information on the courses we offer and to sign up.

For further information about the teams, examples of what we do, or for other queries, please contact rse-group@exeter.ac.uk.