Understanding the High-Performance-Computing Community: A Software Engineer´s Perspective

Studies of computational scientists developing software for high-performance computing systems indicate that these scientists face unique software engineering issues. Previous failed attempts to transfer SE technologies to this domain haven’t always taken these issues into account. To support scientific-software development, the SE community can disseminate appropriate practices and processes, develop educational materials specifically for computational scientists, and investigate the large-scale reuse of development frameworks.


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Dealing with Risk in Scientific Software Development

The development of scientific software involves risk in the underlying theory, its implementation, and its use. Through a series of interviews, the authors explored how research scientists at two Canadian universities developed their software. These interviews indicated that the scientists used a set of strategies to address risk. They also suggested where the software engineering community could perform research focused on specific problems faced by scientific software developers.


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Web-based Adobe Photoshop Express

Have you heard the buzz about Photoshop moving online and becoming free We re talking about Adobe Photoshop Express a new beta web application just launched by Adobe that allows us to upload edit sort and share tons of images 2GB is the maximum amount right now . In this article we re going to give an overview of its specifications and ultimately review how it works. It looks promising …

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Cruzer Micro Flash Drive Review

With the price of flash memory falling almost as quickly as its capacity is increasing I thought it was high time I invested in a new flash drive. If you re in the market yourself for a new USB drive then this review could help you to narrow your choices. I ll be checking out the Cruzer Micro 4GB Flash Drive from Sandisk….

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