SlideShare a Scribd company logo
1 of 5
Download to read offline
www.software.ac.uk




 The role of software in the UK
Research Computing Ecosystem
              8 July 2011
      Neil Chue Hong, Director, SSI
      N.ChueHong@software.ac.uk



          Software Sustainability Institute
UK Research Computing
         Ecosystem                                     www.software.ac.uk




                         People
Computing   Software         Communities          Data Centres




                                    …

              Network/Collaboration


                                                  Instruments



              Software Sustainability Institute
Observations
                                                           www.software.ac.uk


• Software now has a longer lifetime of effectiveness than
  hardware
    And people’s knowledge is even longer
• The right software makes the hardware exploitable by more
  researchers
    Allows computing to be treated as a commodity asset
• Demanding users of computational infrastructure are
  coming from arts + humanities / social science
    Software frameworks must support all types of app
• A culture of reuse rather than reinvention is not widespread
    Originality is good but must be balanced by consolidation
• The best research is trans-national: our infrastructure must
  support this

                       Software Sustainability Institute
A More Manageable Ecosystem
                                                            www.software.ac.uk


• Discourage duplicative software development in research
  grants by encouraging reuse and long-term development
    Need to change perceptions so that software is seen as valuable
     (and not just invaluable when it disappears)
• Some specialist support should be provided and funded
  separately
    Maintenance vs. research vs. development
• We cannot assume that the way people interact with the
  ecosystem will conform to expectations
    Training early in career should be on exploiting, not conforming
• Well supported open platforms are the key in the age of the
  research mashup
    Create a larger proportion of enabled researchers and provide
     the ramps to go from desktop to high-end infrastructure

                        Software Sustainability Institute
Road ahead
                                                           www.software.ac.uk


• Long term funding, but not necessarily longer term
  milestones
    Projects and groups must have a roadmap to build against and
     we must retain competition and excellence without losing skills
• Encourage software to be more collaborative and recognise
  the need to support its users for the long-term
    Too much falling by the wayside for lack of decent ongoing
     support: opportunity for new orgs to enter community?
• Specific funding for developing and maintaining
  infrastructure
    Particularly innovative software development which aims for
     further along the infrastructure roadmap
• Recognise the distinction between encouraging the
  “emergent” communities and translating successes into the
  “mainstream” of research: requirements are not the same
                       Software Sustainability Institute

More Related Content

More from Neil Chue Hong

Why developing research software is like a startup (and why this matters)
Why developing research software is like a startup (and why this matters)Why developing research software is like a startup (and why this matters)
Why developing research software is like a startup (and why this matters)Neil Chue Hong
 
Software, Training and Users Panel: the Software Sustainability Institute's View
Software, Training and Users Panel: the Software Sustainability Institute's ViewSoftware, Training and Users Panel: the Software Sustainability Institute's View
Software, Training and Users Panel: the Software Sustainability Institute's ViewNeil Chue Hong
 
Doing Science Properly in the Digital Age: Software Skills for Free-Range Res...
Doing Science Properly in the Digital Age: Software Skills for Free-Range Res...Doing Science Properly in the Digital Age: Software Skills for Free-Range Res...
Doing Science Properly in the Digital Age: Software Skills for Free-Range Res...Neil Chue Hong
 
Where does it go from here? The role of software in digital repositories
Where does it go from here? The role of software in digital repositoriesWhere does it go from here? The role of software in digital repositories
Where does it go from here? The role of software in digital repositoriesNeil Chue Hong
 
Software Sustainability: a UK Perspective
Software Sustainability: a UK PerspectiveSoftware Sustainability: a UK Perspective
Software Sustainability: a UK PerspectiveNeil Chue Hong
 
Software Sustainability Institute
Software Sustainability InstituteSoftware Sustainability Institute
Software Sustainability InstituteNeil Chue Hong
 
Software Sustainability: preserving the future of research software
Software Sustainability: preserving the future of research softwareSoftware Sustainability: preserving the future of research software
Software Sustainability: preserving the future of research softwareNeil Chue Hong
 
Software Sustainability in e-Research: Dying for a Change
Software Sustainability in e-Research: Dying for a ChangeSoftware Sustainability in e-Research: Dying for a Change
Software Sustainability in e-Research: Dying for a ChangeNeil Chue Hong
 
Cultivating Sustainable Software For Research
Cultivating Sustainable Software For ResearchCultivating Sustainable Software For Research
Cultivating Sustainable Software For ResearchNeil Chue Hong
 
Cat Herding and Community Gardens: Practical e-Science Project Management
Cat Herding and Community Gardens: Practical e-Science Project ManagementCat Herding and Community Gardens: Practical e-Science Project Management
Cat Herding and Community Gardens: Practical e-Science Project ManagementNeil Chue Hong
 
Why Good Software Sometimes Dies... and how to save it
Why Good Software Sometimes Dies... and how to save itWhy Good Software Sometimes Dies... and how to save it
Why Good Software Sometimes Dies... and how to save itNeil Chue Hong
 
UK e-Infrastructure: Widening Access, Increasing Participation
UK e-Infrastructure: Widening Access, Increasing ParticipationUK e-Infrastructure: Widening Access, Increasing Participation
UK e-Infrastructure: Widening Access, Increasing ParticipationNeil Chue Hong
 

More from Neil Chue Hong (13)

Why developing research software is like a startup (and why this matters)
Why developing research software is like a startup (and why this matters)Why developing research software is like a startup (and why this matters)
Why developing research software is like a startup (and why this matters)
 
Software, Training and Users Panel: the Software Sustainability Institute's View
Software, Training and Users Panel: the Software Sustainability Institute's ViewSoftware, Training and Users Panel: the Software Sustainability Institute's View
Software, Training and Users Panel: the Software Sustainability Institute's View
 
Doing Science Properly in the Digital Age: Software Skills for Free-Range Res...
Doing Science Properly in the Digital Age: Software Skills for Free-Range Res...Doing Science Properly in the Digital Age: Software Skills for Free-Range Res...
Doing Science Properly in the Digital Age: Software Skills for Free-Range Res...
 
Where does it go from here? The role of software in digital repositories
Where does it go from here? The role of software in digital repositoriesWhere does it go from here? The role of software in digital repositories
Where does it go from here? The role of software in digital repositories
 
Software Sustainability: a UK Perspective
Software Sustainability: a UK PerspectiveSoftware Sustainability: a UK Perspective
Software Sustainability: a UK Perspective
 
Software Sustainability Institute
Software Sustainability InstituteSoftware Sustainability Institute
Software Sustainability Institute
 
Software Sustainability: preserving the future of research software
Software Sustainability: preserving the future of research softwareSoftware Sustainability: preserving the future of research software
Software Sustainability: preserving the future of research software
 
Software Sustainability in e-Research: Dying for a Change
Software Sustainability in e-Research: Dying for a ChangeSoftware Sustainability in e-Research: Dying for a Change
Software Sustainability in e-Research: Dying for a Change
 
Cultivating Sustainable Software For Research
Cultivating Sustainable Software For ResearchCultivating Sustainable Software For Research
Cultivating Sustainable Software For Research
 
Data 2.0|
Data 2.0|Data 2.0|
Data 2.0|
 
Cat Herding and Community Gardens: Practical e-Science Project Management
Cat Herding and Community Gardens: Practical e-Science Project ManagementCat Herding and Community Gardens: Practical e-Science Project Management
Cat Herding and Community Gardens: Practical e-Science Project Management
 
Why Good Software Sometimes Dies... and how to save it
Why Good Software Sometimes Dies... and how to save itWhy Good Software Sometimes Dies... and how to save it
Why Good Software Sometimes Dies... and how to save it
 
UK e-Infrastructure: Widening Access, Increasing Participation
UK e-Infrastructure: Widening Access, Increasing ParticipationUK e-Infrastructure: Widening Access, Increasing Participation
UK e-Infrastructure: Widening Access, Increasing Participation
 

Recently uploaded

GenAI and AI GCC State of AI_Object Automation Inc
GenAI and AI GCC State of AI_Object Automation IncGenAI and AI GCC State of AI_Object Automation Inc
GenAI and AI GCC State of AI_Object Automation IncObject Automation
 
Bird eye's view on Camunda open source ecosystem
Bird eye's view on Camunda open source ecosystemBird eye's view on Camunda open source ecosystem
Bird eye's view on Camunda open source ecosystemAsko Soukka
 
Secure your environment with UiPath and CyberArk technologies - Session 1
Secure your environment with UiPath and CyberArk technologies - Session 1Secure your environment with UiPath and CyberArk technologies - Session 1
Secure your environment with UiPath and CyberArk technologies - Session 1DianaGray10
 
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 6
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 6UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 6
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 6DianaGray10
 
Introduction to Matsuo Laboratory (ENG).pptx
Introduction to Matsuo Laboratory (ENG).pptxIntroduction to Matsuo Laboratory (ENG).pptx
Introduction to Matsuo Laboratory (ENG).pptxMatsuo Lab
 
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 7
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 7UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 7
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 7DianaGray10
 
COMPUTER 10 Lesson 8 - Building a Website
COMPUTER 10 Lesson 8 - Building a WebsiteCOMPUTER 10 Lesson 8 - Building a Website
COMPUTER 10 Lesson 8 - Building a Websitedgelyza
 
AI Fame Rush Review – Virtual Influencer Creation In Just Minutes
AI Fame Rush Review – Virtual Influencer Creation In Just MinutesAI Fame Rush Review – Virtual Influencer Creation In Just Minutes
AI Fame Rush Review – Virtual Influencer Creation In Just MinutesMd Hossain Ali
 
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 8
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 8UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 8
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 8DianaGray10
 
Cloud Revolution: Exploring the New Wave of Serverless Spatial Data
Cloud Revolution: Exploring the New Wave of Serverless Spatial DataCloud Revolution: Exploring the New Wave of Serverless Spatial Data
Cloud Revolution: Exploring the New Wave of Serverless Spatial DataSafe Software
 
IESVE Software for Florida Code Compliance Using ASHRAE 90.1-2019
IESVE Software for Florida Code Compliance Using ASHRAE 90.1-2019IESVE Software for Florida Code Compliance Using ASHRAE 90.1-2019
IESVE Software for Florida Code Compliance Using ASHRAE 90.1-2019IES VE
 
RAG Patterns and Vector Search in Generative AI
RAG Patterns and Vector Search in Generative AIRAG Patterns and Vector Search in Generative AI
RAG Patterns and Vector Search in Generative AIUdaiappa Ramachandran
 
Machine Learning Model Validation (Aijun Zhang 2024).pdf
Machine Learning Model Validation (Aijun Zhang 2024).pdfMachine Learning Model Validation (Aijun Zhang 2024).pdf
Machine Learning Model Validation (Aijun Zhang 2024).pdfAijun Zhang
 
Artificial Intelligence & SEO Trends for 2024
Artificial Intelligence & SEO Trends for 2024Artificial Intelligence & SEO Trends for 2024
Artificial Intelligence & SEO Trends for 2024D Cloud Solutions
 
UiPath Community: AI for UiPath Automation Developers
UiPath Community: AI for UiPath Automation DevelopersUiPath Community: AI for UiPath Automation Developers
UiPath Community: AI for UiPath Automation DevelopersUiPathCommunity
 
Cybersecurity Workshop #1.pptx
Cybersecurity Workshop #1.pptxCybersecurity Workshop #1.pptx
Cybersecurity Workshop #1.pptxGDSC PJATK
 
COMPUTER 10: Lesson 7 - File Storage and Online Collaboration
COMPUTER 10: Lesson 7 - File Storage and Online CollaborationCOMPUTER 10: Lesson 7 - File Storage and Online Collaboration
COMPUTER 10: Lesson 7 - File Storage and Online Collaborationbruanjhuli
 
Empowering Africa's Next Generation: The AI Leadership Blueprint
Empowering Africa's Next Generation: The AI Leadership BlueprintEmpowering Africa's Next Generation: The AI Leadership Blueprint
Empowering Africa's Next Generation: The AI Leadership BlueprintMahmoud Rabie
 
Nanopower In Semiconductor Industry.pdf
Nanopower  In Semiconductor Industry.pdfNanopower  In Semiconductor Industry.pdf
Nanopower In Semiconductor Industry.pdfPedro Manuel
 
Do we need a new standard for visualizing the invisible?
Do we need a new standard for visualizing the invisible?Do we need a new standard for visualizing the invisible?
Do we need a new standard for visualizing the invisible?SANGHEE SHIN
 

Recently uploaded (20)

GenAI and AI GCC State of AI_Object Automation Inc
GenAI and AI GCC State of AI_Object Automation IncGenAI and AI GCC State of AI_Object Automation Inc
GenAI and AI GCC State of AI_Object Automation Inc
 
Bird eye's view on Camunda open source ecosystem
Bird eye's view on Camunda open source ecosystemBird eye's view on Camunda open source ecosystem
Bird eye's view on Camunda open source ecosystem
 
Secure your environment with UiPath and CyberArk technologies - Session 1
Secure your environment with UiPath and CyberArk technologies - Session 1Secure your environment with UiPath and CyberArk technologies - Session 1
Secure your environment with UiPath and CyberArk technologies - Session 1
 
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 6
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 6UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 6
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 6
 
Introduction to Matsuo Laboratory (ENG).pptx
Introduction to Matsuo Laboratory (ENG).pptxIntroduction to Matsuo Laboratory (ENG).pptx
Introduction to Matsuo Laboratory (ENG).pptx
 
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 7
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 7UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 7
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 7
 
COMPUTER 10 Lesson 8 - Building a Website
COMPUTER 10 Lesson 8 - Building a WebsiteCOMPUTER 10 Lesson 8 - Building a Website
COMPUTER 10 Lesson 8 - Building a Website
 
AI Fame Rush Review – Virtual Influencer Creation In Just Minutes
AI Fame Rush Review – Virtual Influencer Creation In Just MinutesAI Fame Rush Review – Virtual Influencer Creation In Just Minutes
AI Fame Rush Review – Virtual Influencer Creation In Just Minutes
 
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 8
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 8UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 8
UiPath Studio Web workshop series - Day 8
 
Cloud Revolution: Exploring the New Wave of Serverless Spatial Data
Cloud Revolution: Exploring the New Wave of Serverless Spatial DataCloud Revolution: Exploring the New Wave of Serverless Spatial Data
Cloud Revolution: Exploring the New Wave of Serverless Spatial Data
 
IESVE Software for Florida Code Compliance Using ASHRAE 90.1-2019
IESVE Software for Florida Code Compliance Using ASHRAE 90.1-2019IESVE Software for Florida Code Compliance Using ASHRAE 90.1-2019
IESVE Software for Florida Code Compliance Using ASHRAE 90.1-2019
 
RAG Patterns and Vector Search in Generative AI
RAG Patterns and Vector Search in Generative AIRAG Patterns and Vector Search in Generative AI
RAG Patterns and Vector Search in Generative AI
 
Machine Learning Model Validation (Aijun Zhang 2024).pdf
Machine Learning Model Validation (Aijun Zhang 2024).pdfMachine Learning Model Validation (Aijun Zhang 2024).pdf
Machine Learning Model Validation (Aijun Zhang 2024).pdf
 
Artificial Intelligence & SEO Trends for 2024
Artificial Intelligence & SEO Trends for 2024Artificial Intelligence & SEO Trends for 2024
Artificial Intelligence & SEO Trends for 2024
 
UiPath Community: AI for UiPath Automation Developers
UiPath Community: AI for UiPath Automation DevelopersUiPath Community: AI for UiPath Automation Developers
UiPath Community: AI for UiPath Automation Developers
 
Cybersecurity Workshop #1.pptx
Cybersecurity Workshop #1.pptxCybersecurity Workshop #1.pptx
Cybersecurity Workshop #1.pptx
 
COMPUTER 10: Lesson 7 - File Storage and Online Collaboration
COMPUTER 10: Lesson 7 - File Storage and Online CollaborationCOMPUTER 10: Lesson 7 - File Storage and Online Collaboration
COMPUTER 10: Lesson 7 - File Storage and Online Collaboration
 
Empowering Africa's Next Generation: The AI Leadership Blueprint
Empowering Africa's Next Generation: The AI Leadership BlueprintEmpowering Africa's Next Generation: The AI Leadership Blueprint
Empowering Africa's Next Generation: The AI Leadership Blueprint
 
Nanopower In Semiconductor Industry.pdf
Nanopower  In Semiconductor Industry.pdfNanopower  In Semiconductor Industry.pdf
Nanopower In Semiconductor Industry.pdf
 
Do we need a new standard for visualizing the invisible?
Do we need a new standard for visualizing the invisible?Do we need a new standard for visualizing the invisible?
Do we need a new standard for visualizing the invisible?
 

The Role of Software in the UK Research Computing Ecosystem

  • 1. www.software.ac.uk The role of software in the UK Research Computing Ecosystem 8 July 2011 Neil Chue Hong, Director, SSI N.ChueHong@software.ac.uk Software Sustainability Institute
  • 2. UK Research Computing Ecosystem www.software.ac.uk People Computing Software Communities Data Centres … Network/Collaboration Instruments Software Sustainability Institute
  • 3. Observations www.software.ac.uk • Software now has a longer lifetime of effectiveness than hardware  And people’s knowledge is even longer • The right software makes the hardware exploitable by more researchers  Allows computing to be treated as a commodity asset • Demanding users of computational infrastructure are coming from arts + humanities / social science  Software frameworks must support all types of app • A culture of reuse rather than reinvention is not widespread  Originality is good but must be balanced by consolidation • The best research is trans-national: our infrastructure must support this Software Sustainability Institute
  • 4. A More Manageable Ecosystem www.software.ac.uk • Discourage duplicative software development in research grants by encouraging reuse and long-term development  Need to change perceptions so that software is seen as valuable (and not just invaluable when it disappears) • Some specialist support should be provided and funded separately  Maintenance vs. research vs. development • We cannot assume that the way people interact with the ecosystem will conform to expectations  Training early in career should be on exploiting, not conforming • Well supported open platforms are the key in the age of the research mashup  Create a larger proportion of enabled researchers and provide the ramps to go from desktop to high-end infrastructure Software Sustainability Institute
  • 5. Road ahead www.software.ac.uk • Long term funding, but not necessarily longer term milestones  Projects and groups must have a roadmap to build against and we must retain competition and excellence without losing skills • Encourage software to be more collaborative and recognise the need to support its users for the long-term  Too much falling by the wayside for lack of decent ongoing support: opportunity for new orgs to enter community? • Specific funding for developing and maintaining infrastructure  Particularly innovative software development which aims for further along the infrastructure roadmap • Recognise the distinction between encouraging the “emergent” communities and translating successes into the “mainstream” of research: requirements are not the same Software Sustainability Institute