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While AI coding tools have demonstrated potential to accelerate software development, their use in scientific computing raises critical questions about code quality and scientific validity. In this paper, we provide ten practical rules for…

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Reproducibility remains a central challenge in computational social science, where complex workflows, evolving software ecosystems, and inconsistent documentation hinder researchers ability to re-execute published methods. This study…

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Over the recent years the importance of numerical experiments has gradually been more recognized. Nonetheless, sufficient documentation of how computational results have been obtained is often not available. Especially in the scientific…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2021-05-10 Jörg Fehr , Jan Heiland , Christian Himpe , Jens Saak

Research software is a class of software developed to support research. Today a wealth of such software is created daily in universities, government, and commercial research enterprises worldwide. The sustainability of this software faces…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Jeffrey C. Carver , Ian A. Cosden , Chris Hill , Sandra Gesing , Daniel S. Katz

Computational reproducibility is a growing problem that has been extensively studied among computational researchers and within the signal processing and machine learning research community. However, with the changing landscape of signal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-16 Joseph Shenouda , Waheed U. Bajwa

With the advent of open source software, a veritable treasure trove of previously proprietary software development data was made available. This opened the field of empirical software engineering research to anyone in academia. Data that is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Adam Tutko , Austin Z. Henley , Audris Mockus

The profile of research software engineering has been greatly enhanced by developments at institutions around the world to form groups and communities that can support effective, sustainable development of research software. We observe,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-08-07 Jeremy Cohen , Daniel S. Katz , Michelle Barker , Robert Haines , Neil Chue Hong

Many research groups aspire to make data and code FAIR and reproducible, yet struggle because the data and code life cycles are disconnected, executable environments are often missing from published work, and technical skill requirements…

In computational science and in computer science, research software is a central asset for research. Computational science is the application of computer science and software engineering principles to solving scientific problems, whereas…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-08-19 Wilhelm Hasselbring , Leslie Carr , Simon Hettrick , Heather Packer , Thanassis Tiropanis

Reproducibility is a key requirement for scientific progress. It allows the reproduction of the works of others, and, as a consequence, to fully trust the reported claims and results. In this work, we argue that, by facilitating…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2021-02-02 Alejandro Bellogín , Alan Said

To improve the reliability and efficiency of Web Software, the Testing Team should be creative and innovative. The experience and intuition of Tester also matters a lot and most often the destructive nature of Tester brings reliable…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-03-05 Kamran Ali , Xia Xiaoling

Almost all research work in computational neuroscience involves software. As researchers try to understand ever more complex systems, there is a continual need for software with new capabilities. Because of the wide range of questions being…

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Like other engineering disciplines, software engineering should also have principles to guide the construction of sustainable computer applications. Tangible properties include a) unlimited scalability, b) maximal reproducibility, and c)…

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Machine learning techniques are finding many applications in computer systems, including many tasks that require decision making: network optimization, quality of service assurance, and security. We believe machine learning systems are here…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-12-02 David Mohaisen , Songqing Chen

Software now lies at the heart of scholarly research. Here we argue that as well as being important from a methodological perspective, software should, in many instances, be recognised as an output of research, equivalent to an academic…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-12-23 Caroline Jay , Robert Haines , Daniel S. Katz

Recent studies have shown that the majority of published computational models in systems biology and physiology are not repeatable or reproducible. There are a variety of reasons for this. One of the most likely reasons is that given how…

Other Quantitative Biology · Quantitative Biology 2021-07-13 Herbert M. Sauro

The organizations and researchers producing research software face a common problem of making their software sustainable beyond funding provided by a single research project. This is addressed by research software engineers through building…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-05 Deekshitha , Rena Bakhshi , Jason Maassen , Carlos Martinez Ortiz , Rob van Nieuwpoort , Slinger Jansen

Scientific software-defined as computer programs, scripts, or code used in scientific research, data analysis, modeling, or simulation-has become central to modern research. However, there is limited research on the readability and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-01-20 Alyssia Chen , Carol Wong , Bonita Sharif , Anthony Peruma

Reproducibility in research remains hindered by complex systems involving data, models, tools, and algorithms. Studies highlight a reproducibility crisis due to a lack of standardized reporting, code and data sharing, and rigorous…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Venkat S. Malladi , Maria Yazykova , Olesya Melnichenko , Yulia Dubinina

Open source projects play a significant role in software production. Most of the software projects reuse and build upon the existing open source projects and libraries. While reusing is a time and cost-saving strategy, some of the key…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-08-03 Javad Ghofrani , Paria Heravi , Kambiz A. Babaei , Mohammad Soorati