scholarly journals Survey on Research Software Engineering in the Netherlands

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben van Werkhoven ◽  
Tom Bakker ◽  
Olivier Philippe ◽  
Simon Hettrick
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Research Software

scholarly journals Tracers and traceability: implementing the cirrus parameterisation from LACM in the TOMCAT/SLIMCAT chemistry transport model as an example of the application of quality assurance to legacy models

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1299-1333
Author(s):  
A. M. Horseman ◽  
A. R. MacKenzie ◽  
M. P. Chipperfield
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Acceptance Testing ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Chemistry Transport Model ◽  
Research Software

Abstract. A new modelling tool for the investigation of large-scale behaviour of cirrus clouds has been developed. This combines two existing models, the TOMCAT/SLIMCAT chemistry transport model (nupdate library version 0.80, script mpc346_l) and cirrus parameterisation of Ren and MacKenzie (LACM implementation not versioned). The development process employed a subset of best-practice software engineering and quality assurance processes, selected to be viable for small-scale projects whilst maintaining the same traceability objectives. The application of the software engineering and quality control processes during the development has been shown to be not a great overhead, and their use has been of benefit to the developers as well as the end users of the results. We provide a step-by-step guide to the implementation of traceability tailored to the production of geo-scientific research software, as distinct from commercial and operational software. Our recommendations include: maintaining a living "requirements list"; explicit consideration of unit, integration and acceptance testing; and automated revision/configuration control, including control of analysis tool scripts and programs. Initial testing of the resulting model against satellite and in-situ measurements has been promising. The model produces representative results for both spatial distribution of the frequency of occurrence of cirrus ice, and the drying of air as it moves across the tropical tropopause. The model is now ready for more rigorous quantitative testing, but will require the addition of a vertical wind velocity downscaling scheme to better represent extra-tropical continental cirrus.

scholarly journals The Four Pillars of Research Software Engineering

IEEE Software ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-105
Author(s):  
Jeremy Cohen ◽  
Daniel S. Katz ◽  
Michelle Barker ◽  
Neil Chue Hong ◽  
Robert Haines ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Research Software

Research Software Engineering with Python

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damien Irving ◽  
Kate Hertweck ◽  
Luke Johnston ◽  
Joel Ostblom ◽  
Charlotte Wickham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Research Software

scholarly journals Tracers and traceability: implementing the cirrus parameterisation from LACM in the TOMCAT/SLIMCAT chemistry transport model as an example of the application of quality assurance to legacy models

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-203
Author(s):  
A. M. Horseman ◽  
A. R. MacKenzie ◽  
M. P. Chipperfield
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Acceptance Testing ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Chemistry Transport Model ◽  
Research Software

Abstract. A new modelling tool for the investigation of large-scale behaviour of cirrus clouds has been developed. This combines two existing models, the TOMCAT/SLIMCAT chemistry transport model (nupdate library version 0.80, script mpc346_l) and cirrus parameterisation of Ren and MacKenzie (LACM implementation not versioned). The development process employed a subset of best-practice software engineering and quality assurance processes, selected to be viable for small-scale projects whilst maintaining the same traceability objectives. The application of the software engineering and quality control processes during the development has been shown to be not a great overhead, and their use has been of benefit to the developers as well as the end users of the results. We provide a step-by-step guide to the implementation of traceability tailored to the production of geo-scientific research software, as distinct from commercial and operational software. Our recommendations include: maintaining a living "requirements list"; explicit consideration of unit, integration and acceptance testing; and automated revision/configuration control, including control of analysis tool scripts and programs. Initial testing of the resulting model against satellite and in-situ measurements has been promising. The model produces representative results for both spatial distribution of the frequency of occurrence of cirrus ice, and the drying of air as it moves across the tropical tropopause. The model is now ready for more rigorous quantitative testing, but will require the addition of a vertical wind velocity downscaling scheme to better represent extra-tropical continental cirrus.

scholarly journals Software Reproducibility: How to put it into practice?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria J. Cruz ◽  
Shalini Kurapati ◽  
Yasemin Turkyilmaz-van der Velden
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Research Software ◽  
Data Stewardship ◽  
Software Engineers

On 24 May 2018, Maria Cruz, Shalini Kurapati, and Yasemin Türkyilmaz-van der Velden led a workshop titled “Software Reproducibility: How to put it into practice?”, as part of the event Towards cultural change in data management - data stewardship in practice held at TU Delft, the Netherlands. There were 17 workshop participants, including researchers, data stewards, and research software engineers. Here we describe the rationale of the workshop, what happened on the day, key discussions and insights, and suggested next steps.

scholarly journals Research Software Engineering Efforts for DataFlow: FY2021 Developments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall McDonnell ◽  
Addi Thakur Malviya ◽  
Gregory Shutt ◽  
Suhas Somnath ◽  
Dale Stansberry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Research Software
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