CERSE Meeting
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Content
Purpose
The primary goal of the Community of Edinburgh Research Software Engineers (CERSE) is to invite active, interested Research Software Engineers (RSEs) to bootstrap and participate in a local community of practice.
This meeting is a Software Showcase. A chance for us to discover and celebrate the software being developed at the University of Edinburgh!
Venue, Date, Time
In the Bayes.Theorem (formerly G.03) at The Bayes Centre, 15:00-17:00, Wednesday 18th March 2026.
If you would like to attend this event, please register. The room has a capacity of 50, and we need to know how many teas and coffees to order.
Code of Conduct
We expect all attendees at this meeting to abide by the Carpentries Code of Conduct. In summary, we encourage the following behaviour:
- Use welcoming and inclusive language
- Be respectful of different viewpoints and experiences
- Gracefully accept constructive criticism
- Focus on what is best for the community
- Show courtesy and respect towards other community members
Please see the link above for the full Code.
If someone violates the Code of Conduct during the event we ask that you report it to one of the organisers. All reports will be reviewed by the organisers and kept confidential.
Schedule
This is a provisional timetable.
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
| 15:00 | Welcome, Chris Halcrow |
| 15:05 | Robbie Court - Neuroscience, Virtual Fly Brain |
| 15:20 | James Cumby - Chemistry, GRIDRDF and PIEFACE |
| 15:35 | Julian Hall and Ivet Galabova - Mathematics, HiGHS |
| 15:50 | Mehdi Seriket - Information Services Group , GitLab@UoE |
| 16:05 | Coffee and chat |
| 17:00 | Close |
Refreshments provided courtesy of the Society of Research Software Engineering.
If you would like to know about previous CERSE activities go to this page.