Article on software development techniques to be presented in AES Rome

We'll be presenting our most recent paper — Software Techniques for Good Practice in Audio and Music Research — at the 134th International Audio Engineering Society Convention which takes place in Rome, May 4-7.

This article focuses on software techniques such as unit testing and code reviews that, although widely accepted as best practice in the industry, are often overlooked in research environments. In this paper we review some of the literature that supports the effectiveness of such techniques and give some advice on how these can successfully be applied to research groups.

This article will be presented as a poster on the afternoon of Sunday, May 5, on the Perception and Education session.

The paper is also available on our website so, if you are curious about the topic, please read it and tell us what you think! If you are also going to AES, it would be great to meet you and discuss it with you!

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SoundSoftware 2014: Videos now available!

The SoundSoftware 2014 workshop, our third annual workshop on software and data in audio and music research, was just as enjoyable as the previous two. Because so much research in this field ends up being expressed through software, a software workshop turns out to be all about the means by which research becomes useful and relevant to people other than the original researchers—fertile ground for interesting and thought-provoking talks.

The workshop videos are now available online at http://soundsoftware.ac.uk/soundsoftware2014, so if you weren't able to make it in person, catch up here!

Our third annual one-day workshop on Software and Data for Audio and Music Research takes place on the 8th of July 2014 at Queen Mary, University of London. The workshop includes talks on issues such as robust software development for audio and music research, reproducible research in general, management of research data, and open access. Read more here, clear your calendar, and register now!