From owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Tue Mar 2 14:13:01 2010 Return-Path: X-Original-To: sc22wg5-dom8 Delivered-To: sc22wg5-dom8@www2.open-std.org Received: by www2.open-std.org (Postfix, from userid 521) id 4F9E1C178E5; Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:13:01 +0100 (CET) X-Original-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org X-Greylist: delayed 720 seconds by postgrey-1.18 at www2.open-std.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:13:00 CET Received: from smtp-out02.alice-dsl.net (smtp-out02.alice-dsl.net [88.44.60.12]) by www2.open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC6C7C178D9 for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:13:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from out.alice-dsl.de ([192.168.125.59]) by smtp-out02.alice-dsl.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:00:55 +0100 Received: from MichaelPC ([85.179.12.204]) by out.alice-dsl.de with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:00:41 +0100 Message-ID: <8D97264B213C4F188A9C87C99DAAECBA@MichaelPC> Reply-To: "Michael Metcalf" From: "Michael Metcalf" To: "sc22wg5@dkuug.dk" Subject: A Crack in the Code Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:00:37 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18005 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6002.18005 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Mar 2010 13:00:41.0211 (UTC) FILETIME=[5CC094B0:01CABA08] Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk This might be of interest to some of you. Regards, Mike Metcalf ----- Original Message ----- NEW WEBINAR ON PHYSICSWORLD.COM A Crack in the Code: Why software fails in scientific research, and how to fix it Date: Thursday 25 March 2010 Time: 3 p.m. GMT (4 p.m. Central Europe, 11 a.m. East Coast US) Where: online - registration is FREE at http://physicsworld.com/cws/m/1651/14475/go/webinar9 Millions of lines of code have been developed to support scientific research. Unfortunately most of this software is barely fit for purpose compared with equivalent systems in the commercial world. The code is hard to understand and maintain, lacking documentation and version control, and is continually “re-invented” as the software developers move on to new projects. This webinar will investigate how this situation has come about, why it is important to the future of research, and what can be done about it.