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In the evolving landscape of scientific and scholarly research, effective collaboration between Research Software Engineers (RSEs) and Software Engineering Researchers (SERs) is pivotal for advancing innovation and ensuring the integrity of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Nasir U. Eisty , Jeffrey C. Carver , Johanna Cohoon , Ian A. Cosden , Carole Goble , Samuel Grayson

The Princeton Research Software Engineering Group has grown rapidly since its inception in late 2016. The group, housed in the central Research Computing Department, comprised of professional Research Software Engineers (RSEs), works…

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Sustainability is increasingly recognized as a critical dimension of engineering education, yet its integration into Software Engineering curricula remains a challenge. This paper reports on a case study that examines how sustainability is…

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Sustainable software ecosystems are difficult to build, and require concerted effort, community norms and collaborations. In science it is especially important to establish communities in which faculty, staff, students and open-source…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2013-09-13 Marcus D. Hanwell , Amitha Perera , Wes Turner , Patrick O'Leary , Katie Osterdahl , Bill Hoffman , Will Schroeder

The software process model consists of a set of activities undertaken to design, develop and maintain software systems. A variety of software process models have been designed to structure, describe and prescribe the software development…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2013-06-06 Rupinder Kaur , Jyotsna Sengupta

In this position paper we propose a process model that provides a development infrastructure in which the usability engineering and software engineering life cycles co-exist in complementary roles. We describe the motivation, hurdles,…

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Research has become increasingly reliant on software, serving as the driving force behind bioinformatics, high performance computing, physics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, to name a few. While substantial progress has been…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-05-30 Vanessa Sochat

Developing software to undertake complex, compute-intensive scientific processes requires a challenging combination of both specialist domain knowledge and software development skills to convert this knowledge into efficient code. As…

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In this research paper of secure software systems, authors have discussed what the proper development process is when it comes to creating a secure software, which will be suited for developers and relevent stakeholders alike. Secure…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-01-01 Muhammad Danish Roshaidie , William Pang Han Liang , Calvin Goh Kai Jun , Kok Hong Yew , Fatima-tuz-Zahra

Civic grassroots have proven their ability to create useful and scalable software that addresses pressing social needs. Although software engineering plays a fundamental role in the process of creating civic technology, academic literature…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-06-18 Antti Knutas , Victoria Palacin , Giovanni Maccani , Markus Helfert

A growing number of largely uncoordinated initiatives focus on research software sustainability. A comprehensive mapping of the research software sustainability space can help identify gaps in their efforts, track results, and avoid…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Stephan Druskat , Daniel S. Katz

Increasingly, courses on Empirical Software Engineering research methods are being offered in higher education institutes across the world, mostly at the M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels. While the need for such courses is evident and in line with…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-17 Paris Avgeriou , Nauman bin Ali , Marcos Kalinowski , Daniel Mendez

Context: Research software is essential for developing advanced tools and models to solve complex research problems and drive innovation across domains. Therefore, it is essential to ensure its correctness. Software testing plays a vital…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Nasir U. Eisty , Upulee Kanewala , Jeffrey C. Carver

Software startup companies develop innovative, software-intensive products within limited time frames and with few resources, searching for sustainable and scalable business models. Software startups are quite distinct from traditional…

The rapid expansion of software development has significant environmental, technical, social, and economic impacts. Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 compels developers to adopt sustainable practices.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Mandira Roy , Novarun Deb , Nabendu Chaki , Agostino Cortesi

Many scientific and practical areas have shown increasing interest in reaping the benefits of blockchain technology to empower software systems. However, the unique characteristics and requirements associated with Blockchain Based Software…

Challenges related to development, deployment, and maintenance of reusable software for science are becoming a growing concern. Many scientists' research increasingly depends on the quality and availability of software upon which their…

Background: Sustainable software engineering (SSE) means creating software in a way that meets present needs without undermining our collective capacity to meet our future needs. It is typically conceptualized as several intersecting…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Sean McGuire , Erin Shultz , Bimpe Ayoola , Paul Ralph

Research Software Engineering (RSEng) is a key success factor in producing high-quality research software, which in turn enables and improves research outcomes. However, as a principal investigator or leader of a research group you may not…

The software engineering research community is productive, yet it faces a constellation of challenges: swamped review processes, metric-driven incentives, distorted publication practices, and increasing pressures from AI, scale, and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Mary Shaw , Mary Lou Maher , Keith Webster