Speaker
Description
Most software in our field has been developed by single researchers.
This is no longer sustainable. We need software that is continuously
improved and extended, runs on different platforms, is fully documented
and covered by tests, and has a friendly user interface. This can only
be achieved if software development is institutionalized. All major
neutron facilities have recognized this need, and build up scientific
computing groups.
In this talk, I will review the first seven years of the Scientific
Computing Group of MLZ. I will emphasize the importance of open-source
principles and international cooperation, and present the division of
labor agreed upon in SINE2020. I will then give a brief overview of
our current projects in the field of reflectometry and GISAS, single
crystal diffraction, and materials diffraction.
