# Research and other activities

Nowadays, my main work is about creating the [tools for computational neuroscience research](/software), and not so much about the research itself. Nevertheless, I've been lucky
to collaborate on projects concerning synaptic plasticity, dendritic computations, and networks of neurons and astrocytes; see my [publication page](/publications)
for more details.

## Software reviews

Software plays a major role in computational research, but it is often left out of the usual publication and review processes. A number of initiatives have taken up the task to improve this situation: the [Journal of Open Source Software](https://joss.theoj.org/) publishes short papers for research software packages, focussing the review process on the software itself and its documentation, the [ReScience C](https://rescience.github.io/) journal publishes replications of existing computational research, and the [CODECHECK](https://codecheck.org.uk) project certifies the reproducibility of code underlying scientific papers. I am an editor for JOSS and had the pleasure of being a reviewer for all three projects.

## Working groups

I've been a member of the [INCF/OCNS software working group](https://ocns.github.io/SoftwareWG/) since its creation, and have been co-chairing it since April 2023. I am a member of its task forces aiming to create a [tool to help researchers to decide what simulator to use](https://github.com/OCNS/SoftwareWG/issues/117), and to create [guidelines for best practices in software development](https://github.com/OCNS/SoftwareWG/issues/116).

## Journal reviews

I regularly review publications for traditional journals as well, have a look at my
[ORCID profile](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-4790) for examples.