The State of Sustainable Research Software: Results from the Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences (WSSSPE5.1)

TL;DR

This paper summarizes the discussions, activities, and outcomes of the WSSSPE5.1 workshop, focusing on promoting sustainable research software through community practices, principles, and shared experiences.

Contribution

It provides an overview of community-driven efforts and practical outputs aimed at advancing sustainable research software practices.

Findings

Formation of speed-blogging groups facilitated knowledge sharing.

Compilation of best practices and principles for sustainable software.

Enhanced community engagement in software sustainability discussions.

Abstract

This article summarizes motivations, organization, and activities of the Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences (WSSSPE5.1) held in Manchester, UK in September 2017. The WSSSPE series promotes sustainable research software by positively impacting principles and best practices, careers, learning, and credit. This article discusses the Code of Conduct, idea papers, position papers, experience papers, demos, and lightning talks presented during the workshop. The main part of the article discusses the speed-blogging groups that formed during the meeting, along with the outputs of those sessions.