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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

Open Source Software (OSS) communities face a wave of uncertainty as Generative AI (GenAI) rapidly transforms how software is created, maintained, and governed. Without clear frameworks, communities risk being overwhelmed by the complexity…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Zixuan Feng , Reed Milewicz , Emerson Murphy-Hill , Tyler Menezes , Alexander Serebrenik , Igor Steinmacher , Anita Sarma

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demands adequate levels of awareness and actions to address sustainability challenges. Software systems will play an important role in moving towards these targets. Sustainability skills…

Ecosystems are complex and dynamic systems. Over billions of years, they have developed advanced capabilities to provide stable functions, despite changes in their environment. In this paper, we argue that the laws of organization and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2012-07-11 Benoit Baudry , Martin Monperrus

The advancement of software sustainability encounters notable challenges, underscoring the necessity for understanding these challenges to facilitate significant progress and pave the way for effective solutions to advance software…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-05-27 Jennifer Gross , Sofia Ouhbi

FAIR principles have the intent to act as a guideline for those wishing to enhance the reusability of their data holdings and put specific emphasis on enhancing the ability of machines to automatically find and use the data, in addition to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-30 Marco Molinaro , Mark Allen , François Bonnarel , Françoise Genova , Markus Demleitner , Kay Graf , Dave Morris , Enrique Solano , André Schaaff

There is a gap in scientific information systems development concerning modern software engineering and scientific computing. Historically, software engineering methodologies have been perceived as an unwanted accidental complexity to…

While there has been substantial empirical work identifying factors that influence the contribution to, and use of open source software, we have as yet little theory that identifies the key constructs and relationships that would allow us…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-05-16 Nicolas Jullien , Klaas-Jan Stol , James Herbsleb

Background: Open innovation highlights the potential benefits of external collaboration and knowledge-sharing, often exemplified through Open Source Software (OSS). The public sector has thus far mainly focused on the sharing of Open…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-08-04 Johan Linåker , Per Runeson

One of the primary factors that encourage developers to contribute to open source software (OSS) projects is the collaborative nature of OSS development. However, the collaborative structure of these communities largely remains unclear,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-04-24 Alexander Agroskin , Elena Lyulina , Sergey Titov , Vladimir Kovalenko

In Open Source Software, the source code and any other resources available in a project can be viewed or reused by anyone subject to often permissive licensing restrictions. In contrast to some studies of dependency-based reuse supported…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Mahmoud Jahanshahi , Audris Mockus

Scientific results in high-energy physics and in many other fields often rely on complex software stacks. In order to support reproducibility and scrutiny of the results, it is good practice to use open source software and to cite software…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-07-14 Jakob Blomer , Dario Berzano , Predrag Buncic , Ioannis Charalampidis , Gerardo Ganis , George Lestaris , René Meusel

Open-source software (OSS) is a pillar of modern software development. Its success depends on the dedication of maintainers who work constantly to keep their libraries stable, adapt to changing needs, and support a growing community. Yet,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Rachna Raj , Diego Elias Costa

Previous work established that open source software (OSS) projects can benefit from the involvement of UX professionals, who offer user-centric perspectives and contributions to improve software usability. However, their participation in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Arghavan Sanei , Jinghui Cheng

This technical report records and discusses the Second Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences (WSSSPE2). The report includes a description of the alternative, experimental submission and review process, two…

Context: Open Source Software (OSS) is a vital public good, included across most of modern software stacks, significantly impacting GDP and national tech growth, while supporting interoperability, sovereignty, and transparency. However,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Johan Linåker , Sachiko Muto

In the early 1980s, Open Source Software emerged as a revolutionary concept amidst the dominance of proprietary software. What began as a revolutionary idea has now become the cornerstone of computer science. Amidst OSS projects, AI is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Matteo Esposito , Andrea Janes , Valentina Lenarduzzi , Davide Taibi

As research increasingly relies on computational methods, the reliability of scientific results depends on the quality, reproducibility, and transparency of research software. Ensuring these qualities is critical for scientific integrity…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Evan Eisinger , Michael A. Heroux

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

In this position paper we address the Software Sustainability from the IN perspective, so that the Software Engineering (SE) community is aware of the need to contribute towards sustainable software companies, which need to adopt a holistic…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Coral Calero , Félix O. García , Gabriel Alberto García-Mireles , M. Ángeles Moraga , Aurora Vizcaíno