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@INPROCEEDINGS{Sprenger:873986,
author = {Sprenger, Julia},
title = {{C}hallenges and opportunities in scientific software
development - {A}n example from the neurosciences},
school = {RWTH Aachen},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-01148},
year = {2020},
abstract = {The approaches used in software development in an industry
setting and a scientific environment are exhibit a number of
fundamental differences. In the former industry setting
modern team development tools and methods are used (version
control, continuous integration, Scrum, ...) to develop
software in teams with a focus on the final software
product. In contrast, in the latter scientific environment a
large fraction of scientific code is produced by individual
scientists lacking thorough training in software development
with a specific research goal in mind. Indeed, it is only in
the last decades that scientific software development
started to become a fully recognized part of scientific
work. Still, formal training in software development is
largely missing in the scientific curricula of many
universities. Additionally, due to the exploratory nature of
the scientific method at the frontier of knowledge, most
projects require the implementation of custom code. The
combination of these circumstances promotes the development
of scientific code not suited for sharing and long term
maintenance, limiting the reusability and reproducibility of
scientific data and findings. The systematic development and
adoption of open source packages by the scientific community
can emend this situation. Here we present examplary open
source packages from the field of neuroscience and discuss
the special requirements for open source software
development and services in this research area.},
month = {Feb},
date = {2020-02-01},
organization = {20th Free and Open source Software
Developers' European Meeting, Brussels
(Belgium), 1 Feb 2020 - 1 Feb 2020},
subtyp = {After Call},
cin = {INM-10 / INM-6 / IAS-6},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-10-20170113 / I:(DE-Juel1)INM-6-20090406 /
I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-6-20130828},
pnm = {571 - Connectivity and Activity (POF3-571) / HBP SGA2 -
Human Brain Project Specific Grant Agreement 2 (785907)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-571 / G:(EU-Grant)785907},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/873986},
}