Bridging Two Worlds: Introducing the Software Engineering and Scientific Computing Department

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Abstract

Scientific discovery increasingly depends on computing and software. Yet the practices used to develop scientific software often differ markedly from those in professional software engineering. To help bridge this gap, IEEE Computing in Science & Engineering (CiSE) is merging its existing Software Engineering and Scientific Programming departments into a unified department, Software Engineering and Scientific Computing, devoted to exploring how engineering principles, methods, and tools can strengthen the quality, sustainability, and impact of scientific computing and software. This article introduces the motivation, scope, and goals of the new department and invites the community to contribute insights and experiences from across domains.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)66-68
Number of pages3
JournalComputing in Science and Engineering
Volume27
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025

Funding

This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The U.S. government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for U.S. government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy. gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

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