We present best practices and tools for professionals who support computational and data intensive (CDI) research projects. The practices resulted from an initiative that brings together national projects and university teams that include individual or groups of such professionals. We focus particularly on practices that differ from those in a general software engineering context. The paper also describes the initiative , the Xpert Network , where participants exchange successes, challenges, and general information about their activities, leading to increased productivity, efficiency, and coordination in the ever growing community of scientists that use computational and data-intensive research methods.

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交换最佳实践和工具以支持计算和数据密集型研究，Xpert网络

我们为支持计算和数据密集型（CDI）研究项目的专业人员提供了最佳实践和工具。这些实践是由一项倡议所产生的，该倡议将国家项目和大学团队聚集在一起，其中包括个人或团体的此类专业人员。我们特别关注与一般软件工程环境不同的实践。本文还介绍了Xpert网络计划，参与者可以在此交流成功，挑战和有关其活动的一般信息，从而在使用计算和数据密集型研究方法的不断壮大的科学家社区中提高生产力，效率和协调性。