Sustainable Software Ecosystems: Software Engineers, Domain Scientists, and Engineers Collaborating for Science

TL;DR

This paper discusses the importance of sustainable scientific software development through collaboration between domain scientists and software engineers to enhance reproducibility, extensibility, and long-term impact.

Contribution

It highlights the collaborative model for developing sustainable scientific software involving scientists and engineers working together.

Findings

Collaborative teams improve software sustainability.

Partnerships enhance reproducibility and extensibility.

Effective collaboration is key for scientific software success.

Abstract

The development of scientific software is often a partnership between domain scientists and scientific software engineers. It is especially important to embrace these collaborations when developing advanced scientific software, where sustainability, reproducibility, and extensibility are important. In the ideal case, as discussed in this manuscript, this brings together teams composed of the world's foremost scientific experts in a given field with seasoned software developers experienced in forming highly collaborative teams working on software to further scientific research.