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AI in Research Software Engineering
Research software engineering often produces brittle code. AI helps RSE scale quality without losing research speed.
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- 1The premise
- 2RSE
- 3research software
- 4quality
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Section 1
The premise
Research software quality lags professional software; AI helps without slowing research.
What AI does well here
- Generate tests for research code
- Refactor for maintainability
- Document for reproducibility
- Maintain researcher authority on substantive choices
What AI cannot do
- Substitute AI for software engineering judgment
- Replace researcher domain knowledge
- Make research code production-ready overnight
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