The Software Engineering Facility designs, constructs, and deploys database and scientific applications within the MPI-CBG. The Facility is responsible for ensuring that software created within the Institute is of the highest quality, reliability and correctness.
Services:
Design, construction and deployment of database applications for management of numerical, text, image and video data
Design, construction and deployment of general data processing and management applications, including statistical software development, and (in collaboration with the Image Processing Facility) image analysis and processing software development
Integration with internal (e.g., Bioinformatics, Safety Office, Administration) and external information systems
In collaboration with the Image Processing Facility, assistance with small-scale automation scripting projects – if you are entering essentially the same command line or clicking on the same button a hundred times a day, come see us
Guidance and support for source code version control
Advice on programming and application development in multiple language (Java, Python, Perl, C/C++, /bin/sh, HTML, XML, JSP) and RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL) environments on all Institute-supported operating systems
Advice on programming and application development with Eclipse, Spring, Hibernate, Django
Data management and data analysis software development for the MPI-CBG Technology Development Studio
Occasional seminars, roundtables and guest speakers on topics of interest to software engineers and normal people with software engineering tendencies
