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In my group, we had two guys (me and another) who had a strong CS background, so we could advise on such issues. So, in general, the professor's strategy could
by Maro 16y ago
In my group, we had two guys (me and another) who had a strong CS background, so we could advise on such issues.
So, in general, the professor's strategy could be to simply make sure he always has such a person (Phd or postdoc) as part of his team, who advises on coding standards, versioning, cross platform issues, etc.
- RBerenguel 16y agoBut then money is a huge problem (at least here in Spain). At most, you can have a mathematician who knows about this and can help, and it is pretty hard (I could on a basic level, but I know only two other people in our department using version control, for example).