NARC 4/26/18 - Best Practices for Scientific Computing

[Robert Baraldi]

Hi everyone, 

This week in NARC, we will be discussing the attached article Best Practices for Scientific Computing and how we can implement it in our own research. Link, pdf, and abstract below.

Time - 1:30pm

Location - Lewis 208 (Wan Conference Room) 

Abstract/First paragraph: 

Scientists spend an increasing amount of time building and using software. However, most scientists are never taught how to do this efficiently. As a result, many are unaware of tools and practices that would allow them to write more reliable and maintainable code with less effort. We describe a set of best practices for scientific software development that have solid foundations in research and experience, and that improve scientists' productivity and the reliability of their software.

Link: 

http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001745