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Outreach for Better Scientific Software
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posted on 2019-02-22, 18:11 authored by David E. BernholdtDavid E. BernholdtThe
primary mission of the IDEAS Productivity project is to help code teams
supported by the U.S. Department of Energy to improve their software
development practices in order
to improve scientific productivity
and produce software that is more sustainable. But we’re not a large project, and DOE comprises many code teams;
moreover, these concerns resonate with projects throughout the broader
computational science and engineering (CSE) community. Thus, we
recognized from the start that we would benefit from extensive engagement with
the CSE community to identify and
tailor best practices for CSE
software, including how
best to assist CSE projects in
implementing them. Consequently, the IDEAS project includes an extensive
outreach component. We organize and deliver trainings and tutorials; we
produce a monthly webinar series on
Best Practices for HPC Software Developers; and we organize technical
sessions at meetings like SIAM CSE19 to promote the discussion of experiences
with software development and the exchange of ideas within the community. We
have also recently spun out Better Scientific Software (https://BSSw.io) as a community-driven portal to share and find
resources to improve CSE software development and experiences. This
poster will provide more information about these activities and how they
support our core mission while engaging with and giving back to the broader
community.
A poster presented at the SIAM CSE19 conference, minisymposterium PP103: Software Productivity and Sustainability for CSE and Data Science.