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Deep Dive

This track showcases articles that examine the intricacies and finer details of the discussed topics, with an attempt to provide a deeper exploration to enhance understanding.

Using Local AI to Support Reproducibility and Sustainability in Scientific Software

Published Sep 25, 2026

By Suzan Anwar

Research Decision Engineering: Managing Cognitive Load in the Generative Era

Published Aug 14, 2026

By Dave Bunten

Documentation Is the Interface

Published Jun 11, 2026

By Vicente Bolea, Jaswant Panchumarti, Berk Geveci, Will Schroeder, and Patrick O'Leary

Modern Memory-Safe C++?

Published May 13, 2026

By Roscoe A. Bartlett

Growing Communities of Practice in Scientific Software: Experiences from User Experience

Published Mar 27, 2026

By Johanna Cohoon and Drew Paine

Design Systems To Help Amplify Development of Usable Scientific Software Interfaces

Published Dec 12, 2025

By Drew Paine

Sustaining MPICH: 30+ Years of High-Performance Computing Software

Published Oct 28, 2025

By Ken Raffenetti

User Experience Engineering in the Lifecycle of Scientific Software

Published Oct 02, 2025

By Cody O'Donnell and Drew Paine

User Experience Design (UXD) in the Lifecycle of Scientific Software

Published Jul 28, 2025

By Sarah Poon, Rajshree Deshmukh, and Drew Paine

Reproducibility in the Age of Approximate Computing

Published Jun 11, 2025

By Harshitha Menon

MPI Performance Guidelines

Published Apr 28, 2025

By Ken Raffenetti

Growing Resilient Scientific Software Ecosystems: Introducing the Software Gardening Almanack

Published Apr 16, 2025

By Dave Bunten, Will Davidson, and Gregory P. Way

Software Engineers and Scientific Software

Published Mar 12, 2025

By Roger A. Rubio

Best Practices for Multi-Project Continuous Integration and Deployment

Published Feb 26, 2025

By Ryan M. Richard

Developing Coding Standards and Practices for Sustainable Software Development

Published Feb 13, 2025

By Manoj K. Bhardwaj

How Investing in Documentation Makes Even a Single-Developer Project Better

Published Jan 29, 2025

By Joe Frye

Framing User Experience (UX) Across the Scientific Software Lifecycle

Published Oct 14, 2024

By Drew Paine

Technical Properties of Sustainable Software

Published Sep 27, 2024

By Roscoe A. Bartlett

Generating Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) in Scientific Software

Published Jun 26, 2024

By William Hart

Secure Software Programming Practices and Development

Published Dec 08, 2023

By Nitin Sukhija

Fear of Large Codes

Published Oct 27, 2023

By Francesco Rizzi

Long-Term Software Gardening Strategies for Cultivating Scientific Development Ecosystems

Published Aug 17, 2023

By Dave Bunten and Gregory P. Way

Enabling Complex Scientific Applications

Published Jun 26, 2023

By Anne Reinarz and Linus Seelinger

Julia's Value Proposition for Better Scientific Software

Published Apr 14, 2023

By William F Godoy

OpenSSF Best Practices Badge Program

Published Apr 05, 2023

By Roscoe A. Bartlett