Sustainable Software Ecosystems: Software Engineers, Domain Scientists, and Engineers Collaborating for Science

2014/07/22 by Marcus D. Hanwell, Hanwell, Marcus D., Patrick O’Leary +3
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Open Source Software Innovations #Research Data Management Practices #Scientific Computing and Data Management #Software Engineering (cs.SE)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1407.5701

openalex publication_date 2014/07/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The development of scientific software is often a partnership between domain scientists and scientific software engineers. It is especially important to embrace these collaborations when developing advanced scientific software, where sustainability, reproducibility, and extensibility are important. In the ideal case, as discussed in this manuscript, this brings together teams composed of the world's foremost scientific experts in a given field with seasoned software developers experienced in forming highly collaborative teams working on software to further scientific research.

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