Institute for Research Software

Institute for Research Software
AbbreviationSSI
Formation2010
HeadquartersEPCC
Location(s)
Director
Neil Chue Hong (2010-present)
Key people
Malcolm Atkinson (Co-I, 2010-2011)
Les Carr (Co-I, 2015-present)
David De Roure (Co-I, 2010-2924)
Carole Goble (Co-I, 2010-2024)
Mark Parsons (Co-I, 2011-2024)
David Gavaghan (Chair, 2010-2015)
Mark Plumbley (Chair, 2016-2017)
Kevin Ashley (Chair, 2018-present)
Simon Hettrick (Co-I; Deputy Director, 2014-2024; Director of Strategy, 2024-present)
Caroline Jay (Co-I; Director of Research, 2018-present)
Selina Aragon (Co-I; Associated Director of Operations, 2024-present)
Websitewww.software.ac.uk
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The Institute for Research Software, previously the Software Sustainability Institute is a national facility for building better research software based in the UK and founded in 2010. The Institute is based at the University of Edinburgh (EPCC formerly Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre) with sites at the University of Manchester, and the University of Southampton. The University of Oxford was a partner site from 2010-2024.