Resume of 2nd RSE@ETHZ event
Our RSE community continues to grow and evolve. The recent establishment of working groups and a series of lightning talks highlighted the diverse interests and expertise within our ranks.
In our second event – enjoyed and joined by roughly 90 RSEs – we built upon the foundation established previously, with discussions focused on refining our working group structure and outlining our community’s future direction.
Lightning Talk Highlights & a Deep Dive into Quarto
Following this intro, a set of lightning talks were held with the following highlights:
- Solid_dmft: Grey-boxing Correlated Materials - Alberto Carta and Peter Mlkvik presented their experience with RSE in their field.
- Brightway Software Framework: From Scattered Pages to Interactive Documentation - Michael Weinold demonstrated how the Brightway framework can improve technical documentation processes.
- Research Software Engineering Automating Workflows - Data Scientist Roman Wixinger discussed the value of RSE in streamlining scientific workflows.
- Increasing the scope of applications through user configuration - By Loic Hausammann
- Speedrun through Retrieval Augmented Generation - Roland Siegbert showcased the possibilities of using LLM-assisted search in paper and thesis databases.
Finally, Matthias Bannert presented an in-depth look at Quarto: https://quarto.org/, a powerful and versatile publishing tool. He covered Quarto’s capabilities for creating reports, books, websites, and more.
The event concluded with a discussion on the evolution of scientific publishing tools. Participants weighed the strengths of LaTeX, the potential of Typst, and the importance of Markdown for technical writing and in Research Software Engineering.
Community Engagement
These activities showcase the strength and potential of our RSE community. If you’d like to get involved, consider joining a working group or participating in future events.