Our team of specialists supports you in the development and operation of research software.

In software development, we support researchers in all phases of their research projects. We help with the application for third-party funding, advise on the selection of suitable technologies and jointly develop digital tools for natural language processing, language models and artificial intelligence as well as the modelling, processing and visualization of research data. Our focus is on sustainability by using technologies that have been developed and proven over the long term for recurring issues. We also support experimental projects with customized solutions for special requirements.

Find out more about software and service development at the SUB Göttingen.

We provide customized software development services to support research projects with custom software solutions. Our service includes:

• Requirements analysis and concept development for specific software solutions
• Consulting on research software and technologies
• Development and customization of software for specific research needs
• Planning and proposal support for externally funded projects

With our partner, the GWDG, we offer access to high-performance computers (hpc) for computationally intensive applications such as complex data analyses, machine learning and parallel processing. The GWDG also provides support with advice on scientific data management, code optimisation and performance analysis. You can find out more about the use of high-performance computing in the digital humanities here.

Our software engineering workflow is based on agile structures. Regular communication with our partners is important to us so that we can present and discuss partial results and react quickly to changes.
Teamwork and continuous communication between the developers and project coordinators and the software project ensure good project results.

We work with modern methods and tools. The continuous quality improvement and optimization of our methods and processes ensures sustainable developments.

Various contact persons are available to you in each phase of the project:

• Project idea: Mustafa Dogan & Kristine Schima-Voigt
• Software customization: Ingo Pfennigstorf
• Methodology and agility: Kay Liewald

Here you can see a selection of our projects. All our projects are listed on the software and service development page.

Life science projects:

•     iBeetle-Base: Expansion into a networked, interactive and expandable database for phenotypic data
•     GRK 2455 (qmbench): Evaluative experiments for numerical quantum chemistry

Digital editions:

•     Heyne Digital
•     Ahiqar II

Cooperation with the Lower Saxony Academy of Sciences in Göttingen (NAWG):

•     NAWG Germania Sacra
•     NAWG-Digital: Leibniz letter portal

Facts and Figures

Third-party funding for research software engineering projects has increased from €240,000 to €1,228,000 since 2020. The SUB Göttingen has an increase of 3.7 FTEs (2020) to 16.2 FTEs (2024) in this area via third-party funding.

Find more informatio about our Digital Resources and Tools, ie.:

• Document viewer TIFY
• Text Viewer for Digital Objects TIDO and TextAPI

Further Links:

• German association about Research Software Engineering de-RSE.org
• Software Sustainability Insititue (SSI),
• Openscience Institute
• Recommendation of the German Research Foundation (DFG) on the development, use and provision of Research Software

Presentations (partly in German language):

• Research Software Engineering als Service an einer wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek
• Agile Research Software Development: Scrum
• Forschungssoftware in Bibliotheken