Abstract :
Some time ago, a chasm opened between the scientific-computing community and the software engineering community. Originally, computing meant scientific computing. Today, science and engineering applications are at the heart of software systems such as environmental monitoring systems, rocket guidance systems, safety studies for nuclear stations, and fuel injection systems. Failures of such health-, mission-, or safety-related systems have served as examples to promote the use of software engineering best practices. Yet, the bulk of the software engineering community´s research is on anything but scientific-application software. This chasm has many possible causes. In this article, we look at the impact of one particular contributor in industry.
Keywords :
natural sciences computing; software engineering; environmental monitoring systems; fuel injection systems; nuclear station safety; rocket guidance systems; scientific computing; software engineering; Application software; Best practices; Condition monitoring; Fuels; Heart; Rockets; Scientific computing; Software engineering; Software safety; Software systems; scientific computing; software engineering;
