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Deutschlandfunk interview with Carsten Reinhardt on new long-term research project on the history of software
The Deutschlandfunk program Computer und Kommunikation recently reported on the new project “Edition Wissenschaftliche Software”, which is co-directed by Carsten Reinhardt, member of the ISoS directorate. In an interview with host Manfred Kloiber, Reinhardt outlines this new long-term project, which is planned to run for 21 years.
The project’s goal is to collect, edit, and archive scientific software from the past 60 years. Reinhardt heads the project together with Gabriele Gramelsberger (RWTH Aachen), Ulf Hashagen (Deutsches Museum), and Helmuth Trischler (University of Munich).
Funding is provided by the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities. Participating institutions are the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. The interview was broadcast on Deutschlandfunk on 20 December 2025 and is available online (in German).
Further information on the project can be found here:
https://www.awk.nrw/news/akademienprogramm-vier-neue-projekte-aus-nordrhein-westfalen