{"id":3874,"date":"2026-08-04T15:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/?p=3874"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:09:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:09:49","slug":"where-research-meets-software-swiss-rse-annual-conference-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/2026\/08\/04\/where-research-meets-software-swiss-rse-annual-conference-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Where research meets software: Swiss RSE Annual Conference 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keynotes, technical presentations, demos and targeted networking: on Monday 31 August, the Swiss Research Software Engineering (RSE) community will meet at ETH Zurich. Attendance is free; registration closes on 17 August 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modern research would be almost unthinkable without powerful software. But who are the people who translate scientific ideas into reliable, sustainable and reusable code?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday 31 August 2026, the &#171;Swiss RSE Annual Conference&#187; at the CAB building at ETH Zurich will bring together research software engineers from universities, research institutions and industry. Up to 150 participants from Switzerland and abroad are expected to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The focus will be on three key themes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research Software Engineering for Open Research Data and Open Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artificial Intelligence in research software development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sharing experiences, networking and building a strong RSE community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day\u2019s programme features keynote speeches, technical presentations and a poster and demo session. Keynote topics include agent-based software development in a research context and the question of why research data is still reused too infrequently despite the FAIR principles. FAIR = Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For anyone looking to expand their network in a targeted way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organisers are offering a voluntary matchmaking service. This will enable, for example, RSEs with similar research areas to exchange ideas, or early-career researchers to network with experienced professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conference is part of RSE4ORD, a project by the ETH Domain aimed at building a cross-institutional RSE community. Tarun Chadha and Uwe Schmitt (both from ITS SIS) are leading the initiative on behalf of ETH Zurich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The registration deadline is Monday, 17 August 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Register now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Become part of a community that is advancing scientific software and, with it, the research of tomorrow: <a href=\"https:\/\/rse.swiss\/swiss_rse_day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/rse.swiss\/swiss_rse_day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday 31 August, the Swiss Research Software Engineering (RSE) community will meet at ETH Zurich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":838,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[322,302032,302028,302031,302029,302030,302027],"class_list":["post-3874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-eth-zurich","tag-fair","tag-keynotes","tag-research-software-engineers","tag-swiss-research-software-engineering-rse","tag-swiss-rse-annual-conference","tag-swiss-rse-annual-conference-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3874"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3877,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3874\/revisions\/3877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}