Comments on: Comments to Alexei Drummond’s interview on Blind.Scientist http://tiago.org/ps/2007/08/14/comments-to-alexei-drummonds-interview-on-blindscientist/ Computational Biology, Epidemiology, Infectious diseases, Open Science Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:07:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: My Biotech Life » Bio::Blogs #14 - The lightning edition http://tiago.org/ps/2007/08/14/comments-to-alexei-drummonds-interview-on-blindscientist/comment-page-1/#comment-131 My Biotech Life » Bio::Blogs #14 - The lightning edition Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:17:41 +0000 http://tiago.org/ps/2007/08/14/comments-to-alexei-drummonds-interview-on-blindscientist/#comment-131 [...] couldn’t let this edition go by without including a reference to the recent interview with Alexei Drummond and also the question if scientists should have programming [...] [...] couldn’t let this edition go by without including a reference to the recent interview with Alexei Drummond and also the question if scientists should have programming [...]

]]> By: Joerg Kurt Wegner http://tiago.org/ps/2007/08/14/comments-to-alexei-drummonds-interview-on-blindscientist/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Joerg Kurt Wegner Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:12:15 +0000 http://tiago.org/ps/2007/08/14/comments-to-alexei-drummonds-interview-on-blindscientist/#comment-27 Interesting, I agree with most of the points. I know that software development might not be appreciated in chemistry and biology, because it is just a way to process the produced data. And producing the data is usually a challenge otherwise people would not get a PhD from it ;-) Anyway, I must clearly say that 'software engineering' is definitely a scientific discipline! The goal os producing code, which can be re-used. Some buzz-words are design patterns, waterfall model, extreme programming, prototyping. Finally, just the 'software development' or programming part is not recognized as science, also not in 'computer science'. This is like being able to read/write, or holding a pipette and flask. This is the basics. The question is rather where to go from there. Interesting, I agree with most of the points. I know that software development might not be appreciated in chemistry and biology, because it is just a way to process the produced data. And producing the data is usually a challenge otherwise people would not get a PhD from it ;-)

Anyway, I must clearly say that ’software engineering’ is definitely a scientific discipline! The goal os producing code, which can be re-used. Some buzz-words are design patterns, waterfall model, extreme programming, prototyping.

Finally, just the ’software development’ or programming part is not recognized as science, also not in ‘computer science’. This is like being able to read/write, or holding a pipette and flask. This is the basics. The question is rather where to go from there.

]]> By: On the scripting skills « Freelancing science http://tiago.org/ps/2007/08/14/comments-to-alexei-drummonds-interview-on-blindscientist/comment-page-1/#comment-26 On the scripting skills « Freelancing science Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:37:09 +0000 http://tiago.org/ps/2007/08/14/comments-to-alexei-drummonds-interview-on-blindscientist/#comment-26 [...] 19, 2007 in Research skills, Comments The interview with dr Alexei Drummond inspired an interesting discussion. While I agree that some level of training in programming would be very [...] [...] 19, 2007 in Research skills, Comments The interview with dr Alexei Drummond inspired an interesting discussion. While I agree that some level of training in programming would be very [...]

]]> By: I’m a biologist Jim, not a programmer « What You’re Doing Is Rather Desperate http://tiago.org/ps/2007/08/14/comments-to-alexei-drummonds-interview-on-blindscientist/comment-page-1/#comment-23 I’m a biologist Jim, not a programmer « What You’re Doing Is Rather Desperate Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:08:39 +0000 http://tiago.org/ps/2007/08/14/comments-to-alexei-drummonds-interview-on-blindscientist/#comment-23 [...] on August 18th, 2007 A interview with the head of a bioinformatics software company got Tiago thinking about how much time biologists should devote to computing. Deepak also has a few ideas on the topic. This [...] [...] on August 18th, 2007 A interview with the head of a bioinformatics software company got Tiago thinking about how much time biologists should devote to computing. Deepak also has a few ideas on the topic. This [...]

]]> By: » How much programming should a biologist know? » business|bytes|genes|molecules http://tiago.org/ps/2007/08/14/comments-to-alexei-drummonds-interview-on-blindscientist/comment-page-1/#comment-21 » How much programming should a biologist know? » business|bytes|genes|molecules Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:20:37 +0000 http://tiago.org/ps/2007/08/14/comments-to-alexei-drummonds-interview-on-blindscientist/#comment-21 [...] blog is fast becoming a favorite. He responds to an interview with Alexei Drummond and I figured I’d respond to [...] [...] blog is fast becoming a favorite. He responds to an interview with Alexei Drummond and I figured I’d respond to [...]

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