The Silent Scientist: When Software Research Fails to Reach Its Audience

Abstract

If software research were a performance, it would be a thoughtful theater play -- full of rich content but confined to the traditional stage of academic publishing. Meanwhile, its potential audience is immersed in engaging on-demand experiences, leaving the theater half-empty, and the research findings lost in the wings. As long as this remains the case, discussions about research relevance and impact lack meaningful context.

Opinion article, accepted for publication in Communications of the ACM