Usable, reusable, portable, maintainable, reproducible: How?

Teatime theme - Collegeville 2020

Sunita Chandrasekaran - University of Delaware

In this tea time session, we propose to discuss how to make progress on the many important attributes of high quality scientific software. Of particular interest are:

1. Programming framework and options:
   • Modular frameworks,
   • Prior knowledge of the domain science,
   • Maintainability, portability, reusability, usability,
   • Challenges with migration of code from one platform to the other, what do we need here? Re-programming is not an option!
   • Language evolution to support heterogeneous systems and specialized systems
2. Reproducible software:
   • Consider reproducibility with aspects of open science as a whole.
   • What do we want to achieve, what are the known ways and challenges to get there?
   • Can we achieve standardization of reproducible software?
3. Lasting and maintainable:
   • Make it a reality.
   • Including constant modernization, culture, contributions, leadership/governance.