Research software engineering and the importance of scientific models.

Research Software Engineering is the use of Software Engineering practices to support the software needs when conducting research [Wikipedia, July 2023]. Software Engineering was made prominent when F. L. Bauer hosted the first conference on Software Engineering in 1968 to address the general software crisis that was identified in the 1960s. Similar to the original term "software engineering", the creation of the subfield "Research Software Engineering" (RSE) was necessary because there is an ongoing crisis in the development of software that supports research activities. [Extracted from the article]