在高速公路上骑自行车:开源神经科学软件的危险状态
Britta U Westner1,2, Daniel R McCloy3, Eric Larson3
1Department of Medical Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)
|August 13, 2025
概括
神经科学家越来越多地使用免费的开源科学软件 (FOSSS) 来进行数据分析. 然而,这个软件生态系统是脆弱的,因为它的发展由学者在短期合同,需要社区行动的可持续性.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 计算科学 计算科学
- 科学软件开发科学软件开发
背景情况:
- 科学研究在很大程度上依赖于数据采集,分析和模拟的软件.
- 神经科学研究已经看到了一个重要的趋势,即采用免费的开源科学软件 (FOSSS).
- 这一转变与更广泛的开放科学运动和行业趋势保持一致.
研究的目的:
- 突出目前神经科学FOSSS生态系统的不稳定性.
- 论证需要全社区努力,以确保神经科学软件的可持续性.
- 讨论挑战,并为更健康的软件生态系统提出解决方案.
主要方法:
- 对FOSSS在神经科学当前发展模式的分析.
- 讨论学术就业结构对软件维护的影响.
- 识别与脆弱软件生态系统相关的风险.
主要成果:
- 神经科学中的FOSSS主要由科学家开发,而不是专业开发人员.
- 学术环境,以短期合同为特征,造成软件维护和开发的不稳定.
- 目前的神经科学开源软件生态系统被认为是脆弱和有风险的.
结论:
- 神经科学家对FOSSS的依赖需要一个强大而可持续的发展模式.
- 神经科学界必须合作,解决其开源软件生态系统的脆弱性.
- 确保FOSSS的健康对于神经科学研究的进步至关重要.
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