Managing Chaos: Bridging the cultural divide between engineers and scientists working within the life sciences

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	Sarah Killcoyne, John Boyle, "Managing Chaos: Bridging the cultural divide between engineers and scientists working within the life sciences," Computing in Science and Engineering, vol. 99, no. 1, pp. , , 5555.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MCSE.2009.155, author = {Sarah Killcoyne and John Boyle}, title = {Managing Chaos: Bridging the cultural divide between engineers and scientists working within the life sciences}, journal ={Computing in Science and Engineering}, volume = {99}, number = {1}, issn = {1521-9615}, year = {5555}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCSE.2009.155}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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Sarah Killcoyne, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle

John Boyle, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle

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Within the rather chaotic atmosphere of scientific research the adoption of a software process, and the structured development of software, can be out of place. It is important to realize that the advancement of science is paramount, and so a balance must always be drawn between the cost and the benefit of the introduction of process into a research environment. This necessity presents a unique set of challenges to software development within the life sciences. These unique challenges are due to the cultural disconnect between life science research and software engineering. This paper outlines these challenges, and also discusses the software process used by the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) to address them.

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C.0.e System architectures, integration and modeling, D.0 General, C.1.2.g Parallel processors, E.1.d Graphs and networks, F.2.2.b Computations on discrete structures, F.2.2.c Geometrical problems and computations, G.1.0.g Parallel algorithms, G.2.2.a Graph algorithms, G.2.2.d Network problems, NA, NA, Software development process, Software design, Life sciences research,

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Sarah Killcoyne, John Boyle, "Managing Chaos: Bridging the cultural divide between engineers and scientists working within the life sciences," Computing in Science and Engineering, 26 Aug. 2009. IEEE computer Society Digital Library. IEEE Computer Society, <http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCSE.2009.155>

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