softwaresaved/international-survey: Public release for 2018 results

Philippe, Olivier; Hammitzsch, Martin; Janosch, Stephan; Walt, Anelda van der; Werkhoven, Ben van; Hettrick, Simon; Katz, Daniel S.; Leinweber, K.; Gesing, Sandra; Druskat, Stephan; Henwood, Scott; May, Nicholas R.; Lohani, Nooriyah P.; Sinha, Manodeep

doi:10.5281/zenodo.2585783

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“…As already mentioned, research software development not only requires domain expertise, but also software development education, skills, and competencies. Currently, most of the domain researchers developing and maintaining domain-speci c software technology never received professional training on software development [3,43]. To enhance the productivity and sustainability of computer-based research, it is essential to integrate software development training into the education of domain researchers.…”

Section: Requirementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In order to develop sustainable software, researchers need to have the skills and expertise to build software that is easy to maintain and extend [81]. However, most of the researchers are self-taught developers [3,43]. Ideally, these skills have to be built into the domain science curricula, which could generally be done in two di erent ways (or a combination of them).…”

Section: Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many of these software stacks can not be sustained -often because research software was not a rst class deliverable in a research project and hence remained in a prototype state, or because of missing incentives and resources to maintain the software after project funding ended. Another fundamental di erence to industrial software development is that most developers of academic research software (often doctoral students or postdoctoral researchers) never receive training in sustainable software development [3]. In particular, as they see themselves usually as the primary user of a software product, there are virtually no incentives to invest in sustainability measures such as code documentation or portability.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Environment for Sustainable Research Software in Germany and Beyond: Current State, Open Challenges, and Call for Action

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Bach,

Druskat

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Research software has become a central asset in academic research. It optimizes existing and enables new research methods, implements and embeds research knowledge, and constitutes an essential research product in itself. Research software must be sustainable in order to understand, replicate, reproduce, and build upon existing research or conduct new research e ectively. In other words, software must be available, discoverable, usable, and adaptable to new needs, both now and in the future. Research software therefore requires an environment that supports sustainability. Hence, a change is needed in the way research software development and maintenance are currently motivated, incentivized, funded, structurally and infrastructurally supported, and legally treated. Failing to do so will threaten the quality and validity of research. In this paper, we identify challenges for research software sustainability in Germany and beyond, in terms of motivation, selection, research software engineering personnel, funding, infrastructure, and legal aspects. Besides researchers, we speci cally address political and academic decision-makers to increase awareness of the importance and needs of sustainable research software practices. In particular, we recommend strategies and measures to create an environment for sustainable research software, with the ultimate goal to ensure that software-driven research is valid, reproducible and sustainable, and that software is recognized as a rst class citizen in research. This paper is the outcome of two workshops run in Germany in 2019, at deRSE19 -the rst International Conference of Research Software Engineers in Germany -and a dedicated DFG-supported follow-up workshop in Berlin.

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An Environment for Sustainable Research Software in Germany and Beyond: Current State, Open Challenges, and Call for Action

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“…This suggests that non-academic positions are more appropriate for RSEs. However, in the 2018 Research Software Survey, for the 6 individual countries for which results are available and the question was asked, the highest ranked reason for choosing the RSE career path was a "Desire to work in a research environment" or a "Desire to advance research" [4,5]. We might ask whether a non-research role supports this.…”

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RSEs in Research? RSEs in IT?: Finding a suitable home for RSEs

Cohen¹,

Woodbridge²

2020

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The term Research Software Engineer (RSE) was first used in the UK research community in 2012 to refer to individuals based in research environments who focus on the development of software to support and undertake research. Since then, the term has gained wide adoption and many RSE groups and teams have been set up at institutions within the UK and around the world. There is no "manual" for establishing an RSE group! These groups are often set up in an ad hoc manner based on what is practical within the context of each institution. Some of these groups are based in a central IT environment, others are based in research groups in academic departments. Is one option better than another? What are the pros and cons of different options? In this position paper we look at some arguments for where RSE teams fit best within academic institutions and research organisations and consider whether there is an ideal "home" for RSEs.

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“…However, to achieve cultural change, it is also necessary to change systems and policy. The SSI has supported this through the collection and publishing of data, including the 2014 UK Research Software Survey (Hettrick, 2018) and ongoing international RSE surveys (Philippe et al, 2019). This feeds into the campaigning work the SSI does to gain recognition for the fundamental and underpinning role software plays in research, and the development of policies and guidance -in collaboration with other organizations -to ensure that software is reliable, reproducible and reusable.…”

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confidence: 99%

Software Sustainability & High Energy Physics

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Malik,

Neubauer

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New facilities of the 2020s, such as the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), will be relevant through at least the 2030s. This means that their software efforts and those that are used to analyze their data need to consider sustainability to enable their adaptability to new challenges, longevity, and efficiency, over at least this period. This will help ensure that this software will be easier to develop and maintain, that it remains available in the future on new platforms, that it meets new needs, and that it is as reusable as possible. This report discusses a virtual half-day workshop on "Software Sustainability and High Energy Physics" that aimed 1) to bring together experts from HEP as well as those from outside to share their experiences and practices, and 2) to articulate a vision that helps the Institute for Research and Innovation in Software for High Energy Physics (IRIS-HEP) to create a work plan to implement elements of software sustainability. Software sustainability practices could lead to new collaborations, including elements of HEP software being directly used outside the field, and, as has happened more frequently in recent years, to HEP developers contributing to software developed outside the field rather than reinventing it. A focus on and skills related to sustainable software will give HEP software developers an important skill that is essential to careers in the realm of software, inside or outside HEP. The report closes with recommendations to improve software sustainability in HEP, aimed at the HEP community via IRIS-HEP and the HEP Software Foundation (HSF).

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softwaresaved/international-survey: Public release for 2018 results

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An Environment for Sustainable Research Software in Germany and Beyond: Current State, Open Challenges, and Call for Action

An Environment for Sustainable Research Software in Germany and Beyond: Current State, Open Challenges, and Call for Action

RSEs in Research? RSEs in IT?: Finding a suitable home for RSEs

Software Sustainability & High Energy Physics

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