Tribute, Forward and Preface

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Preface

PREFACE

Preface to Special Topic: Ultrafast Structural Dynamics—A Tribute to Ahmed H. Zewail

Ahmed Zewail passed away on 2 August 2016. This was a tremendous loss to the community of scientists working on ultrafast phenomena. He pioneered the study of the dynamics of chemical bonds using ultrashort laser pulses, which he had named Femtochemistry. This achievement would change our way of looking at how chemical bonds break, form, and transform. It would encompass several fields of resea...

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Large software projects involve a number of people who have to collaborate and coordinate their efforts in order to assure that the work progresses according to plans and that the individuals work with the same goal in mind. However, contemporary development tools traditionally offer little support for groups and hence do little or nothing to help avoiding these problems. Based on a number of e...