About SSEC

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  5. About SSEC

The Scientific Software Engineering Center (SSEC) was created in January 2022 within the University of Washington’s eScience Institute. SSEC connects researchers with software engineers who can build scalable, open software in order to facilitate accelerated scientific discovery across fields.


Who We Are

Vani Mandava

SSEC Head of Engineering

Carlos Garcia Jurado Suarez

Senior Principal Research Software Engineer

Cordero Core

Senior Software Engineer

Nick Rich

Undergraduate Engineering Assistant

David Beck

eScience Director of Research

Don Setiawan

Senior Research Software Engineer

Anissa Tanweer

Senior Social Scientist

Maria Rodriguez

Interim Hiring Specialist


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