{"id":1797,"date":"2010-08-06T14:34:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T18:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2010-08-06T14:44:37","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T18:44:37","slug":"agu-2010-session-on-software-engineering-for-climate-modeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/08\/agu-2010-session-on-software-engineering-for-climate-modeling\/","title":{"rendered":"AGU 2010 session on Software Engineering for Climate Modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"

This session at the AGU fall meeting<\/a> in December is right up my street:<\/p>\n

IN13:\tSoftware Engineering for Climate Modeling<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>As climate models grow in complexity in response to improved fidelity and inclusion of new physical effects, software engineering increasingly plays a important role in scientific productivity. Model results are more and more used in social and economical decisions, leading to increased demand on the traceability, repeatability, and accountability of climate model experiments. Critical questions include: How to reduce cost & risk in the development process? And how to improve software verification processes? Contributions are solicited on topics including, but not limited to: testing and reliability; life-cycle management; productivity and cost metrics; development tools and other technology; other best practices; and cultural challenges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve been asked to give an invited talk in the session, so now I’m highly motivated to encourage everyone else to submit abstracts, so that we have a packed session. The call for abstract submissions is now open, deadline is Sept 2, 2010. Go ahead, submit something!<\/p>\n

And, as I can never stick to just one thing, here’s some other sessions that look interesting:<\/p>\n