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From: BCS SPA SG <spamem@...>
Date: 9 Oct 2007 10:25
Subject: Call for Articles - Developing Scientific Software
To: BCS SPA SG <spamem@...>


BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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I am forwarding you the attached e-mail. Normally I wouldn't, but this
seems of particular interest to at least part of our membership.

Hi,

I would like to invite SPA members to submit articles
for a special issue of IEEE Software on "Developing Scientific
Software".
Our call for articles is below, and also at:
http://www.computer.org/portal/site/software/menuitem.538c87f5131e262449
55a4108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=software_level1&path=software/content&fi
le=cfp2.xml&xsl=article.xsl&

...

regards,
Chris
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Chris Morris
C.Morris@...
Tel: +44 1925 603689 Fax: +44 1925 603825
Mobile: 07921-717915
http://www.pims-lims.org/
Daresbury Lab, Daresbury, Warrington, UK, WA4 4AD


Call for Articles
Developing Scientific Software

Publication date: July/August 2008
Submission deadline: 9 January 2008

IEEE Software seeks submissions for a special issue on the topic of
scientific software development. Many of the recent advances in science
have been dependent on software, such as that embedded in instruments or
simulating complex or physically unsafe situations or facilitating
collaboration among a dispersed scientific community. Because of the
complex nature of the science underlying the software, much scientific
software is written either by scientists themselves or by
multi-disciplinary teams of software engineers and scientists. In the
former case, scientists face the challenge of knowing little about
software engineering beyond coding (they thus fall into the category of
'professional end-user developers'); in the latter, the
multi-disciplinary teams face the challenges of clashing cultures
(science and software development) and communication. The aim of this
issue is to explore the particular challenges facing scientific software
development and the ways by which these challenges might be addressed.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to

* Case studies of scientific software development
* Analyses, grounded in practice, of the
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o particular characteristics of, and problems facing,
scientists as professional end-user developers
o particular characteristics of scientific software
development
o the particular characteristics of, and problems facing,
multi-disciplinary development teams comprising software engineers and
scientists.
* Discussions of tools, techniques, strategies specifically designed
to support scientific software development.
* Discussion of how tools, techniques and strategies commonly
deployed by software engineers might be usefully deployed, perhaps with
some modification, by professional end-user developers.

We are particularly interested in papers grounded in practice.

Manuscripts must not exceed 5,400 words including figures and tables,
which count for 200 words each. Submissions in excess of these limits
may be rejected without refereeing. The articles we deem within the
theme's scope will be peer-reviewed and are subject to editing for
magazine style, clarity, organization, and space. We reserve the right
to edit the title of all submissions.

For author guidelines and submission details, please visit our Author
Center or contact the publications coordinator. Submit your article via
the Computer Society's Electronic Submission System by 9 January 2008.
Only Postscript or PDF files can be submitted for review. Specify that
you are submitting it for the "Developing Scientific Software" special
issue.

For more information, contact the Guest Editors:

Judith Segal
The Open University

Chris Morris
Daresbury Lab



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