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Posted on 10 July 2014

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Collection of papers on sustainable software for science launched

Posted by n.chuehong on 10 July 2014 - 2:34pm

A collection of papers challenges related to the development, deployment, and maintenance of reusable scientific software has been published by the Journal of Open Research Software. This also launches a new section for the journal, Issues in Research Software, dedicating to publishing peer reviewed papers that cover different aspects of creating, maintaining and evaluating open source research software. The aim of the section is to promote the dissemination of best practice and experience related to the development and maintenance of reusable, sustainable research software.

The first collection contains invited papers from the Working towards Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences workshop held in conjunction with SuperComputing 2013 at the Colorado Convention Center in November 2013.

The event was a forum for the discussion of the challenges related to the development, deployment, and maintenance of reusable software (see the original call for papers here). Papers include Experience Reports, Position Papers and Survey Papers, on such challenges as:

  • the development process that leads to new software
  • the support, maintenance and usage of software
  • the role of communities or industry
  • policy issues relating to developing sustainable software
  • education and training

A summary by Daniel Katz et al. provides an overview of the main themes and topics brought up at the first workshop, setting in context the issues and shared experiences that were discussed.

All articles have been peer reviewed and discussion between authors, readers, and the community is encouraged via the online commentary facility at the bottom of each article page.

Note: Neil Chue Hong, the Director of the Software Sustainability Institute is Editor of the Journal of Open Research Software. 

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