https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14571-6
Editorial
The critical importance of software for HEP
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Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
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CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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Southern Methodist University, 75205, Dallas, TX, USA
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, 60510, Batavia, IL, USA
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Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Brookhaven National Laboratory, 11973, Upton, NY, USA
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INFN Sezione di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Physik Institute, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/Building 36, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR, USA
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Universidad Antonio Nariño, Ibagué, Colombia
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Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Lisbon, Portugal
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Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Jagiellonian University, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348, Kraków, Poland
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University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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DMLab, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, CNRS/IN2P3, Hamburg, Germany
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Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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michel.jouvin@ijclab.in2p3.fr
Received:
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June
2025
Accepted:
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July
2025
Published online:
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October
2025
This article has no abstract.
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