Research IT News
Upgrades to Our Computational Shared Facility (CSF3)
Reproducible Environmental Research from Research IT
Several members of our team are providing expert training for earth and environmental science researchers and PGRs in March next year. Apply now for a place!
Launch of the Research IT Academic Advisory Group
The first meeting of the new Research IT Academic Advisory Group (RITAAG) recently took place. Find out how this group will represent all aspects of research at the University and how you can feed in your views on Research IT and research IT provision.
Bright Future Ahead for Research Software Engineering at Manchester
Adrian Harwood was appointed Head of Research Software Engineering (RSE) in Research IT in August. He has spent the last few months looking at how to take the RSE team to the next level in order to meet the growing needs of the research community here at the University.
MATLAB Licence Update 2022
The University has renewed the license to allow the download and install of the full suite of MATLAB products on to both staff and students’ own, or University provided, computers.
Cyber Essentials Renewal 2022
IT Services has renewed the University’s compliance with the Cyber Essentials scheme until March 2023.
We're Hiring!
Coming to the end of a fixed-term contract? Tired of being a post-doc and want to focus on developing cutting-edge software for world-leading research? Have you thought about becoming a permanent Research Software Engineer (RSE) in Research IT?
Join the N8 CIR Women in HPC Chapter!
Are you a woman who uses HPC in her work and / or research? If so then join the N8 CIR Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) chapter!
CORONET Recognised in Journal of Clinical Oncology
CORONET, a tool created by our Research Software Engineers (RSEs), has recently been featured in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO): Clinical Cancer Informatics. Find out more about the paper’s findings which explain how the Machine Learning model was created and presented to the healthcare community.
Improving the University’s Research Explorer Portal
The Research Explorer portal, which forms part of the Pure software, is being upgraded. Researchers and PGRs can now preview the upcoming changes and your feedback is encouraged!
New Head of Research Software Engineering Announced
We are pleased to announce that Adrian Harwood has recently been appointed Research IT’s new Head of Research Software Engineering. Adrian has worked for the University for 11 years as a researcher and lecturer in engineering, and more recently, has spent the last three and a half years establishing and running the Mobile Development Service within Research IT as a Research Software Engineer (RSE).
Meet Our Year in Industry Students!
This year we are hosting three Year in Industry students from the Department of Computer Science. They will be an integral part of our team for the next year and will be working alongside our Research Software Engineers (RSEs).