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@unpublished{bruhwiler:ipac2021-weix02,
author = {D.L. Bruhwiler},
title = {{Effective Software Collaboration Between Industry and National Labs}},
booktitle = {Proc. IPAC'21},
language = {english},
intype = {presented at the},
series = {International Particle Accelerator Conference},
number = {12},
venue = {Campinas, SP, Brazil},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {08},
year = {2021},
note = {presented at IPAC'21 in Campinas, SP, Brazil, unpublished},
abstract = {{The development and implementation of algorithms is a core competency of universities and research labs; however, the resulting codes can be difficult to use and expensive to maintain. Professional software developers could help to resolve the problem, but they are expensive to hire and difficult to retain. Retention difficulties and associated career pipeline problems are due in part to misaligned incentives. For example, making software sustainable and easy-to-use is orthogonal to publishing in academic journals and, perhaps more problematic, the scientific mission of national laboratories and university departments often does not motivate software developers and data scientists sufficiently to retain them. In contrast, software sustainability and ease-of-use are core competencies of software developers in industry. Hence, it is advantageous for national laboratories and universities to actively and routinely collaborate with industry. This more varied range of employment opportunities and internal institutional incentives will also offer possibilities for more varied career paths and, perhaps, better retention of talented individuals within the community.}},
}