On the basis of the analysis carried out within the GraspOS Computer Science Pilot combined with the grassroot experience gathered at Inria in relation to the existing French national infrastructures for publication and software in particular, we elicit several scenarios where software can occur at the service of research assessment. We will see various ways of putting software forward in researchers’ profiles and the consequence in the way various infrastructures have to be connected. Finally, we will try to delineate future activities that could improve the research assessment landscape beyond the computer science field proper, considering the growing importance of software productions in numerous fields of research
Laurent Romary is Director for Scientific Information and Culture at Inria (France) and former initiator and director general of the DARIAH European infrastructure. He has conducted research in the areas of natural language processing and semi-structured document modeling, with a particular focus on texts and linguistic resources. He has also played an active role in standardization efforts within ISO committee TC 37 as chairman (2016-2024) and the Text Encoding Initiative. For many years, he has been involved in various initiatives related to the promotion of open science, and designed policies for several research performing organizations in Europe.
