The Big Effects of Short-term Efforts: A Catalyst for Community Engagement in Scientific Software
The Big Effects of Short-term Efforts: A Catalyst for Community Engagement in Scientific Software
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短期努力的巨大影响：科学软件社区参与的催化剂
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2013
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通讯作者：
H. James
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作者：
T. Erik;Chaihirunkarn Chalalai;H. James
科学进步关键依赖于软件，但在实践中，科学软件的生产和维护面临着巨大的挑战。我们对一个名为Biopython的生物信息学软件库进行了案例研究，以调查Google Summer of Code(GSOC)在应对这些挑战方面的前景。GSOC是一个向学生支付夏季开源项目工作费用的项目。我们发现，GSOC创建了沟通网络，让学生与导师和整个社区接触。GSOC的学生学习如何为Biopython代码库做出贡献，以及更广泛地了解软件工程原理。我们还发现，GSOC通过引入新成员使Biopython社区受益，有时会导致Biopython添加稳定的功能。
Scientific progress relies crucially on software, yet in practice there are significant challenges to scientific software production and maintenance. We conducted a case study of a bioinformatics software library called Biopython to investigate the promise of Google Summer of Code (GSoC), a program that pays students to work on open-source projects for the summer, for addressing these challenges. We find that GSoC creates communication networks that engage students with mentors and the community at large. GSoC students learn how to contribute to the Biopython codebase and about software engineering principles more generally. We also find that GSoC benefits the Biopython community by bringing in new members, sometimes resulting in the addition of stable features into Biopython.
影响因子：
7
作者：
Stajich, JE;Block, D;Birney, E
通讯作者：
Birney, E