Task Group Research Software
Goals of the Task Group
The Task Group Research Software of the Helmholtz Association's Open Science Working Group is dedicated to the topic of Open Research Software and addresses the following aspects, among others:
- Incentives and metrics
- Software development and documentation practices
- Accessibility, publication and transfer strategies
- Infrastructures
- Archiving
- Quality assurance
- Licensing and other legal issues
- Education and training
- Guidelines and directives
Duration
Ongoing since April 2016.
Products of the Task Group
- Model Policy on Sustainable Software at the Helmholtz Centers
- Recommendations for the Implementation of Guidelines and Policies on Research Software Management at the Helmholtz Centers
- Dealing with research software: Recommendations for best practices
- Position Paper: Access to and Reuse of Research Software
Events of the Task Group
- 1st Forum Research Software "Policies for Research Software"
- 2nd Forum Research Software
- 3rd Forum Research Software
- 4th Forum Research Software
- 5th Forum Research Software
- 6th Forum Research Software "Software Quality Assurance at Helmholtz"
- 7th Forum Research Software "Research Software Rights Management at Helmholtz"
Members of the Task Group
- Rene Caspart, KIT
- Michael Denker, FZJ
- Ants Finke, HZB
- Bernadette Fritzsch, AWI
- Ronny Gey, UFZ
- Matthias Heinig, HMGU
- Uwe Konrad, HZDR
- Yvonne Leifels & Andrew Mistry, GSI
- Christian Meeßen, GFZ
- Christoph Möhl, DZNE
- Marco Nolden, DKFZ
- Markus Scheinert, GEOMAR
- Tobias Schlauch, DLR
- Dirk Steglich, HEREON