The Software behind the Higgs Boson Discovery
In this column, David Rousseau describes the enormous software development effort associated with teasing out evidence for the elusive Higgs boson, a cornerstone of the Standard Model. In keeping with previous Impact columns, everything about this is huge but the application is unique.
Metrics with Impact
Over the past few years, metrics proposed in Impact columns such as Compound Average Growth Rate (CAGR) and software mileage have been applied in real life in organizations around the world. This issue's installment provides some examples and discusses the metrics' applicability and limitations.
Software in MRI Scanners
Software is key to commercial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, the medical devices that make images of the living human body for clinical purposes.