# Software Engineering Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2021 · $83,614

## Abstract

Project Summary - Software Engineering (SE) Core
The NEI sponsored research of investigators at the Stein Eye Institute (SEI) and UCLA campus are
endowed with superb, innovative and highly technical instrumentation. The investigators use
advanced spectroscopic, electrophysiological, optical and mechanical systems many of which are
home-built, custom modified and many are commercial. The rapid progress made in technology has
created a need for a specialized core facility to write software to run the instrumentation, expand data
analysis, and permit local upgrades of the instruments to meet specific needs. The institute is
fortunate to have a developer for custom software solutions in the LabVIEW program. LabVIEW is
widely used in virtually everyone of the laboratories described above. The programming environment
is icon driven as opposed to requiring sophisticated programming backgrounds. Therefore, it is easily
taught to lab personnel, student and other PI's to meet the unique demands of the research
environment.
In short the software engineering core component will provide expert assistance in developing new
software for data analysis and/or instrument control. The LabVIEW programming environment will be
emphasized. Establishment of this core required several strategies that will be elaborated fully in our
research strategy.
A. Personnel – Addition of a software engineer expert in programming of LabVIEW.
B. Acquisition of state of the art software tools
C. Improved Access and Availability of software engineering to NEI grant holders
D. Training in basic LabVIEW programming for trainees and labs of NEI investigators.
E. Project schedules and prioritization to determine proficient was to fill software needs
F. Synergistic use of the Core Modules
G. Foster Collaborative Relationships, particularly Clinical and Basic Research

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10239010
- **Project number:** 5P30EY000331-54
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** WAYNE L HUBBELL
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $83,614
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-03-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10239010

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10239010, Software Engineering Core (5P30EY000331-54). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10239010. Licensed CC0.

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