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306 | 308 | RSE units that offer development services at all scales have proven to be a success story at many research institutions and have rapidly grown in size due to the influx of third party funding. |
307 | 309 | Notable examples~\autocite{Katz2019} are \eg{} Manchester~\autocite{Sinclair2022}, Notre-Dame~\autocite{NotreDame2025}, Stanford~\autocite{Stanford2025}, Princeton~\autocite{Princeton2025, Cosden2022a}. |
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309 | | -[SuccessStory] |
310 | | -Founded in January 2017, the Research Computing department of Princeton University has experienced a tremendous growth from the initial two FTEs to a total of 18 FTEs in the span of five years~\autocite{Cosden2022a}. |
311 | | -This growth is based on a continuous influx of new funded projects once successful projects showcase the additional value of RSE services to researchers. |
312 | | - |
313 | | -[Success Story] |
314 | | -The University of Manchester Software and Data Science group has successfully established specialised development services within their institution: |
315 | | -The “Mobile Development Service”~\autocite{manchester_mobile} team consists of RSEs that focus solely on developing and deploying mobile apps. |
| 311 | +\begin{mdframed} |
| 312 | +\textbf{Success Story:} The University of Manchester Software and Data Science group has successfully established specialised development services within their institution: |
| 313 | +The “Mobile Development Service” \autocite{manchester_mobile} team consists of RSEs that focus solely on developing and deploying mobile apps. |
316 | 314 | Without a central RSE unit to anchor such specialised expertise, it would be difficult to establish such a service. |
317 | 315 | Also, having this expertise centralised allows for synergies in the deployment procedure for mobile apps: |
318 | 316 | The RSE unit can create institutional accounts with the app stores and manage the time consuming deployment process including hard-to-setup procedures like code signing. |
319 | 317 | Besides the technical benefits of this central deployment procedure, the institution will also benefit from the increased visibility and potentially be able to build a brand with its technological output. |
320 | | - |
321 | | -[Success Story] |
322 | | -The Scientific IT Services of ETH Zurich (SIS) started in 2013 with a handful of members and has (as of March 2024) around 50 members. |
323 | | -In addition to HPC services, the group also offers RSE services in various areas. |
324 | | -These include the development of software applications for RDM, support in the development and improvement of scientific software or the long-term maintenance of software developed in research groups. |
325 | | -In addition, SIS offers services in the areas of data science, machine learning, bioinformatics, trusted compute environments, and training and consulting. |
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327 | 320 | \subsection{Module 4: Teaching Services}% |
328 | 321 | \label{sec:teaching} |
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581 | 574 | We believe that the credibility of a research proposal that is asking for RSE funds is greatly enhanced if the RSE unit is part of this proposal from the beginning. |
582 | 575 | Over time, more and more researchers and proposals are expected to follow the institutional policy such that a consistent stream of income can be generated. |
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| 577 | +\begin{mdframed} |
| 578 | +\textbf{Success Story:} Founded in January 2017, the Research Computing department of Princeton University has experienced a tremendous growth from the initial two FTEs to a total of 18 FTEs in the span of five years~\autocite{Cosden2022a}. |
| 579 | +This growth is based on a continuous influx of new funded projects once successful projects showcase the additional value of RSE services to researchers. |
| 580 | +\end{mdframed} |
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584 | 582 | \paragraph{Offering of additional services} |
585 | 583 | With the additionally acquired funds, the service portfolio of the RSE unit can be enhanced regarding the modules described in \autoref{sec:vision}. |
586 | 584 | Obviously, the selection of modules and their share in the overall portfolio depend on the services that have been applied for in the corresponding proposals. |
587 | 585 | As this is strongly connected to hiring persons with the required expertise, this has to be carefully planned, see also below. |
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| 587 | +\begin{mdframed} |
| 588 | +\textbf{Success Story:} The Scientific IT Services of ETH Zurich (SIS) started in 2013 with a handful of members and has (as of March 2024) around 50 members. |
| 589 | +In addition to HPC services, the group also offers RSE services in various areas. |
| 590 | +These include the development of software applications for RDM, support in the development and improvement of scientific software or the long-term maintenance of software developed in research groups. |
| 591 | +In addition, SIS offers services in the areas of data science, machine learning, bioinformatics, trusted compute environments, and training and consulting. |
| 592 | +\end{mdframed} |
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590 | 594 | \subsection{Outsourcing} |
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