Dear all,

the event below may be interesting for some of you, showcasing different career opportunities in computational physics.

One of the speakers is Gabriele Bozzola who was a numerical relativist and author of the python package kuibit for analyzing NR data.

Best wishes

Helvi

--------------------------------------------- Dr. Helvi Witek Associate Professor Department of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

247 Loomis Lab 1110 W Green St Urbana, IL 61801 ---------------------------------------------

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: DCOMP Early Career Office Hours Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:22:43 -0600 From: APS DCOMP apsunits@aps.org To: hwitek@illinois.edu

DCOMP Early Career Office Hours

Dear DCOMP member,

Recent years have seen a growing investment in computational research fields such as artificial intelligence, high performance computing, data science, biotech, physics simulators, and many others. This rapid expansion created a demand for specialized experts capable of maintaining and developing the complex computational software infrastructure. In response, the role of *Research Software Engineer *(RSE) has emerged as a distinct and increasingly important career path.

A research software engineer combines strong software engineering skills with an understanding of research workflows. RSEs build, maintain, and optimize software that enables scientific discovery, data analysis, simulations, machine learning workflows, and other computational research tasks. They often work in academia, national labs, research institutes, or R&D teams in industry.

Join us in our latest *DCOMP Office hours* https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://info.aps.org/e/640833/DPRKWmlXRCYAwLcQ--registration/2vwvzf/1758886437/h/KwDN6nHVTNa6pcnH9WCM-1oY1dfcZugDCvUNbp9URhI__;!!DZ3fjg!538KRdwYBttAUZW6W82y4XGo6f8qhsh4CqZmNw5UXWW7aSMY0ygrndNafNEkrw94VB6YeJfVLqU5M0N14A$ , where we explore the career prospects and opportunities associated with the RSE career path.

*What to Expect:*

This event takes form in a one-hour virtual “office hour” two speakers who are actively involved in the RSE community. They will share their experience in the field, discuss their current roles, and offer practical advice for navigating this career path.

The sessions will also include open Q&A segments, giving attendees the opportunity to ask questions and gain candid insights on this specific career path.

The coming session is scheduled for *January 21, 2026 at 11 a.m. ET*, and will host:

Sandra Gesing

Executive Director of US-RSE and Senior Researcher at San Diego Supercomputing Center, where her work focuses on computational workflows as well as distributed and parallel computing which inherently leads to highly interdisciplinary projects. Sandra is also Director of the Center of Excellence for Science Gateways, where she aims at supporting users, developers and providers of science gateways, with keen interest in sustainability of research software, usability of computational methods and reproducibility of research results while advocating for open science initiatives.

Gabriele Bozzola

Applied Scientist at the Amazon Center for Quantum Computing, where his work focus on the development of tools and techniques for the design and simulation of quantum chips aimed at quantum computing. Prior to joining Amazon, Gabriele was Senior Scientific Software Engineer for the CliMa project at Caltech, where he contributed to the development of robust and accurate open-source models for climate modeling in Julia.

*Event details:*

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