Understanding the scientific software ecosystem and its impact: Current and future measures

Howison, James; Deelman, Ewa; McLennan, Michael; Silva, Rafael Ferreira da; Herbsleb, James D.

doi:10.1093/reseval/rvv014

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“…The determination of accuracy, transparency, and consistency of software solutions requires detailed testing that is beyond the scope of a single study such as the present one [33]. However, the unexplained differences between the backscatter results processed by the tools that are widely used by scientists is a concern shared by end-users of backscatter data, agencies funding data acquisition and processing; and software solution providers [34,35]. Hook and Kelley [33] identified a lack of quality control and means of comparing software output to expected and correct results as a critical challenge to assess a software package.…”

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Results from the First Phase of the Seafloor Backscatter Processing Software Inter-Comparison Project

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Seafloor backscatter mosaics are now routinely produced from multibeam echosounder data and used in a wide range of marine applications. However, large differences (>5 dB) can often be observed between the mosaics produced by different software packages processing the same dataset. Without transparency of the processing pipeline and the lack of consistency between software packages raises concerns about the validity of the final results. To recognize the source(s) of inconsistency between software, it is necessary to understand at which stage(s) of the data processing chain the differences become substantial. To this end, willing commercial and academic software developers were invited to generate intermediate processed backscatter results from a common dataset, for cross-comparison. The first phase of the study requested intermediate processed results consisting of two stages of the processing sequence: the one-value-per-beam level obtained after reading the raw data and the level obtained after radiometric corrections but before compensation of the angular dependence. Both of these intermediate results showed large differences between software solutions. This study explores the possible reasons for these differences and highlights the need for collaborative efforts between software developers and their users to improve the consistency and transparency of the backscatter data processing sequence.

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Results from the First Phase of the Seafloor Backscatter Processing Software Inter-Comparison Project

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“…These include datasets, simulations, software, visualizations, and other non-traditional representations of knowledge and information (Van de Sompel et al, 2004). The expanding definition of ''publication'' poses new issues for the scholarly reward system, which is heavily biased toward traditional communication types (articles, archival conference papers, books); promotion and tenure decisions rarely consider data or software contributions (Howison et al, 2015). One notable development in support of broadened reward criteria has been the de facto standardization of infrastructural elements such as persistent naming for data (e.g.…”

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Re-integrating scholarly infrastructure: The ambiguous role of data sharing platforms

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Web-based platforms play an increasingly important role in managing and sharing research data of all types and sizes. This article presents a case study of the data storage, sharing, and management platform Figshare. We argue that such platforms are displacing and reconfiguring the infrastructure of norms, technologies, and institutions that underlies traditional scholarly communication. Using a theoretical framework that combines infrastructure studies with platform studies, we show that Figshare leverages the platform logic of core and complementary components to re-integrate a presently splintered scholarly infrastructure. By means of this logic, platforms may provide the path to bring data inside a scholarly communication system still optimized mainly for text publications. Yet the platform strategy also risks turning over critical scientific functions to private firms whose longevity, openness, and corporate goals remain uncertain. It may amplify the existing trend of splintering infrastructures, with attendant effects on equity of service.

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“…Мотивации специалистов из суб-сфер программного обеспечения (явная репутация для работы программного обеспечения) можно отнести к четвертой группе. Пятым мотивом являются гибриды, связанные с двойным лицензированием и работой программного обеспечения в пределах огромных коллабораций (программное обеспечение как явное сотрудничество) [6].…”

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“…Каждая компонента производится отдельно, но служит сервисом для другой, также начинает, изменяет и иногда заканчивает различные списки. По этой причине можно говорить об экосистеме научного программного обеспечения [13].…”

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“…Администрирование инсталляциями научного программного обеспечения включающее в себя супер вычислительные центры и дистрибуторов программного обеспечения занимает третье место согласно предложенной классификации. Четвертое место занимают определенные имеющиеся понятия (своеобразная понятийная среда) для повсеместного функционирования ЭНПО, включая ученых и людей, принимающих решения в науке (например, руководителей фондов финансирования) [13].…”

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Understanding the scientific software ecosystem and its impact: Current and future measures

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Results from the First Phase of the Seafloor Backscatter Processing Software Inter-Comparison Project

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Re-integrating scholarly infrastructure: The ambiguous role of data sharing platforms

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