Ecologists warn of overreliance on unvetted computer source code by researchers
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 10:00
in Mathematics & Economics
A team of scientists, led by ecologist Lucas Joppa of Microsoft Research, has published a commentary piece in the journal Science, highlighting what they say is a growing problem in research efforts. They suggest that an overreliance on source code that has not been properly vetted is increasingly leading to incorrect research effort results.