Stephanie Lieggi | UCSC OSPO

UC Open Source Summit 2026

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

As open source reshapes research, infrastructure, and how academia connects with industry, the UC Open Source Summit 2026 brings together two days of collaboration and partnership. Researchers, developers, students, and industry leaders from across the University of California system will explore what’s next—from AI’s impact on academia to building sustainable research infrastructure.

Discover emerging UC projects before they reach the mainstream, build partnerships on production-ready technologies, and connect with the next generation of contributors. Whether you’re looking for research partners, hiring talent, solving technical problems, or contributing expertise back to the academic open source community, UC Open 2026 connects university innovation with real-world application.

General AI Use Policy for Contributions to OSRE Affiliated Projects

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Note that individual projects and mentor teams may have their own policy with regards to AI tools that go beyond the expectations set below. When in conflict, project specific policies supersede these general OSRE guidelines.

While the administrators of the OSRE permit some use of AI/ML tools that help contributors improve efficiency and productivity, we do not condone the use of these tools as a replacement for necessary technical skill, personal judgment, or individual accountability.

All contributors are fully responsible for each line of code or other contributions they make to one of our projects. Therefore, for all aspects of your contributions you must – without the assistance of AI – be able to:

Fully explain (including in live discussions with mentors) the process you took to make the contribution;
Defend the value and correctness of the contribution/code you submitted; and
Make modifications to the contribution based on critiques/feedback from the community.

If you are unable to confidently meet these three expectations then you should not be submitting the related code/contribution.

While AI can enhance your workflow, it should not be used to compensate for gaps in knowledge or experience. Evaluate all AI output for correctness, security, performance, and alignment with the project architecture. If you submit bad or sloppy work, that reflects poorly on you and could disqualify you from being considered for any of our mentorship programs.

Our mentors are committed to helping students and contributors who want to improve their skills – be respectful of their time and talents. DO NOT WASTE THEIR TIME by submitting sloppy or unreviewed AI outputs as your contribution. You are more likely to make a good impression with a mentor if you submit thoughtful and well reviewed submissions that relate to the project ideas they have posted about. Be thoughtful about all the PRs or other contributions you submit – is it really helping the project? Is it really showing your capabilities?

When submitting a proposal (including via GSoC), your full PR/contribution history will be evaluated to ensure that you have the technical expertise to complete your project. Using AI (or any other tools/cheats) to compensate for lack of necessary technical knowledge will result in your disqualification or removal from the program.

These guidelines were in part inspired by AI usage policy from our affiliated project PeerSky

United Nation's Reboot The Earth Hackathon Comes to UC Santa Cruz

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Registration

The United Nations and UC Santa Cruz’s Baskin School of Engineering are partnering to host the West Coast’s first “Reboot the Earth” hackathon on November 7-8, 2025, at the UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Center. The event will bring together developers to create technological solutions addressing the climate crisis, specifically focusing on wildfire detection, response, and impact — challenges particularly relevant to California. Participants will work with open source tools, artificial intelligence, and open data sets to build solutions that can serve as digital public goods for local communities, with winning teams receiving six months of coaching from UN and Salesforce partners to scale their innovations.

See full story here! If you are interested in participating as a judge or mentor please contact Stephanie Lieggi.

Many more details available in this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document 💫

Draft Agenda

Friday, November 7

Time		Session/Activity
9:00am		Attendee Check-in & Coffee/Light Refreshments
10:00am		Opening & Welcome
11:00am		Morning Working Session Begins
		(Workshops and Mentor Sessions)
12:15pm		Lunch & Networking
12:45pm		Afternoon Working Session Begins
		(Workshops and Mentor Sessions)
2:30pm		Coffee Break
5:30pm		Day 1 Concludes

Saturday, November 8

Time		Session/Activity
9:00am		Attendee Check-in & Coffee/Light Refreshments
9:30am		Morning Working Session Begins
		(Workshops and Mentor Sessions)
12:15pm		Lunch & Networking
12:45pm		Afternoon Working Session Begins
2:00pm		Project Submission Deadline / Preliminary Round Judging Begins
3:15pm		Finalists Announced
3:30pm		Pitches by Finalists
4:00pm		Social Hour & Project Showcase for ALL Participating Projects
5:00pm		Hackathon Winners Announced!
5:30pm		Event Concludes

Open Source SlugFest 2025

Tue, 27 May 2025 17:00:00 -0700

Come to hear about … and talk about … the amazing Open Source activities happening at UCSC!

Registration is free

All are welcome to join! The event begins with food and ends with a raffle.

WHEN & WHERE: Tuesday May 27 - starting at 5pm in the Baskin Courtyard; moving into E-180

Fun and informal event to celebrate Open Source at UCSC

5:00 – Event Starts / Food & socializing

5:50 – Welcome by the UCSC Open Source Program Office

6:00 - Lightning Talks & Discussions

7:00 - Raffle! (You must register to be included in the raffle and be present to claim the prize)

7:10 - Official Event closes (Sticking around to network is encouraged)

Who should come

Anyone from the UCSC community excited about working in Open Source. This includes:

Students interested and new to Open Source but wanting to learn more about how to get involved and build important skills
Students and researchers already working on projects and wanting to know more about on-campus support
Researchers interested in how to grow their OS communities and build sustainable ecosysystems

See you all there!

The First Annual UC Open Highlights Open Source Innovation in the UC System

Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Full agenda and links to videos!

The University of California Open Summit (UC Open) 2025 was held on April 23–24 at the UCSC Silicon Valley Campus in Santa Clara. This was the first major event organized by the University of California Open Source Program Office (UC OSPO) Network. The summit – which welcomed about 125 participants – provided a unique opportunity to illustrate the value of open source within the UC system and its broader impact on the wider open source community. The UC Open Source Summit included keynotes, panels, directed discussions and technical sessions that covered a wide range of topics and brought together UC researchers, faculty, students and staff, as well as industry and open source communities interested in collaborating in open source. By bringing together a diverse community of contributors, the summit fostered meaningful discussions, collaborations, and a shared vision for the future of open source within the University of California system and beyond. This inaugural event further revealed an energetic, ambitious vision shared among researchers, staff, and industry professionals that greater university engagement with, and support for, open source projects can be a cornerstone of expanded innovation.

Highlights from Day One included:

Academic Contributions to Open Source: A panel moderated by Stephanie Lieggi (UC Santa Cruz) highlighted the diverse journeys of open source professionals, each shaped by a combination of support, serendipity, and vision, with insights from panelists Fernando Perez (UC Berkeley and Jupyter), Bin Fan (Alluxio), and Tony Wasserman (Software Methods & Tools, formerly of CMU and UC San Francisco).
Commercial Open Source Models: A fireside chat with Heather Meeker (Tech Law Partners LLP) and James Davis (UC Santa Cruz) delved into how innovators can profit by giving software away. Meeker believes that open source is a strength, not a weakness, for a business, expanding a product’s reach and building trust in one’s brand.
A Data-based Approach to Building Inclusive Open Source Communities: Kenyatta Forbes shared insights from GitHub’s recent Open Source Survey, which explored how academic institutions can shape the future of a more inclusive, sustainable open source ecosystem. The survey notably revealed that much progress remains to be made in improving diversity and belonging in open source. Nevertheless, Forbes pointed to several remedies that projects have implemented and that resulted in tangible improvements.
Understanding the Wicked Problem of Working in the Open: VM (Vicky) Brasseur addressed the complexities of collaboration in open source projects, highlighting common pitfalls and strategies to overcome them. In this presentation, Brasseur characterized collaboration in open source as a “wicked problem”–a term from the social sciences for a problem without a solution. Despite this, argued Brasseur, we can make progress through small steps.
Increasing Research Impact through Open Source and Technology Transfer: A panel moderated by Karla Padilla (UC San Diego), featuring panelists from various UC campuses and the UC Office of the President, discussed how tech transfer offices can support open source creators and contributors through tailored open source licenses and legal recommendations that account for the creator’s goals and principles.
Open Source in Science: Kate Hertweck from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative shared insights from CZI’s Essential Open Source Software for Science program, which has been a major supporter of open science work. In an analysis grounded in survey data, Kate shared the lessons CZI has learned about how to maximize the impact of funding for open source sustainability.

The UC Open made a conscious effort to provide space for meaningful interactions and provided participants ample opportunities to network and have in-depth conversations. To further promote that goal, the first day’s program ended with a lively round of Lightning Intros from almost 30 participants. These intros were an opportunity for anyone attending to say a quick hello ahead of the reception, catalyzing the making of connections between people who may not have had a chance to meet and share experiences.

The second day of the event emphasized practical, community-focused engagement in open source, addressing both technical and institutional challenges. Through interactive panels, technical talks, and directed discussions, attendees explored how UC can lead and innovate in the open source ecosystem, reinforcing the summit’s mission of building a sustainable and inclusive open source culture.

Highlights from Day Two included:

Understanding What is Meant by “Open”: Moderator Kirstie Whitaker (UC Berkeley) talked with UC OSPO Network members Amber Budden (UCSB), Todd Grappone (UCLA) and Jarrod Millman (UC Berkeley), as well as open science expert Kristen Ratan (Strategies for Open Science) about the definition of “open” in the context of research, science, and technology. Panelists and audience members shared diverse perspectives on openness in data sharing, software, and scientific collaboration.
Open Source in Agriculture and the overlap of academia and industry: Moderator Rob Trice (Better Food Ventures) brought together a diverse panel of experts from academia and industry to look at the growing effort to leverage open source tools and data to innovate in food production, supply chains, and sustainability. This was the first of its kind cross-sector discussion on open source and AgriFood.
Understanding Open Source Licensing and Contributions in Academic Settings: Two moderated discussion sessions focused on the impact of licensing on open source projects originating in academia and contributions to outside projects by university staff and researchers. In the first session, moderators Karla Padilla (UC San Diego) and Jeff Shapiro (Linux Foundation) led an interactive discussion that looked at the fundamentals of OSS licenses, including permissive vs. copyleft models and best practices for UC-affiliated developers. In the second, participants talked about common challenges for university staff – particularly in the IT departments – working with open source software, and looked at ways of mitigating barriers to contributing to impactful projects.
Highlighting the UC Network’s work on OSS Sustainability: This session included a directed discussion of open source sustainability and effort to improve the resilience of open source efforts at UC. It included a demo of the Open Source Software PRojEct sustainabilitY tracker (OSSPREY) developed at UC Davis.
AI, Open Source and Industry Collaboration: The Summit had two technical sessions focusing on the impact of AI on academic collaborations. One focused on the vLLM project, which is a successful collaboration between RedHat and UC Berkeley. Another session highlighted the security challenges of the ML supply chain and demonstrated how cryptographic signatures can help users verify that the models they use are exactly those produced by trusted developers.

The summit concluded with a collaborative discussion, led by UC OSPO Network Community Manager Laura Langdon, on the role of OSPOs in fostering open source across UC campuses and identifying strategies to scale their impact. In this session, participants provided valuable feedback into what they wanted to see from OSPOs on their campuses.

Sponsors and Support

UC Open 2025 was made possible through the generous support of several sponsors:

Platinum Sponsors: Red Hat, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Silver Sponsor: UCSC’s Center for Research in Open Source Software (CROSS)

Bronze Sponsor: GitHub

The event also received significant support from UCSC’s Baskin Engineering, which provided the venue and technical support for the entire event.

Looking to 2026!

There will be a UC Open 2026! The UC OSPO Network has tentatively agreed to hold our second summit at one of our Southern California campuses to allow for more participation from campuses, industry and open source communities in that region. Stay tuned for more details on that soon!

UC Open Source Summit 2025

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

REGISTRATION & FULL AGENDA

The University of California Open Summit (UC Open) 2025 will highlight the value open source has to the UC system and how UC contributions are a benefit to open source communities. This event welcomes UC faculty, technical staff, and students, as well as the industry and open source community interested in collaborating with UC researchers. The UC Open aims to leverage participants’ experience, knowledge, and expertise in order to increase the impact of the research and education on UC campuses. Our keynotes, panels, directed discussions and technical sessions will cover a wide range of issue relevant to open source communities inside and outside academia.

Special attention will be given to common challenges facing open source communities in the UC-system, and ways that collaborating across sectors can help meet these challenges.

Accepted as 2025 GSoC Mentor Organiztion

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

We are excited to have once again been selected as a Google Summer of Code Mentor Organization. The 2025 Open Source Research Experience (and with it the 2024 Summer of Reproducibility ) will once again benefit from GSOC’s world-wide outreach and generous funding of contributors. We are now listed among 185 selected mentor organizations. See our organization page) on the GSoC 2025 site.

Since 2018, the we have successfully mentored over 50 GSoC supported contributors and look forward to working with more contributors this year! We are also excited to welcome back numerous former GSoC contributors joining us as 2025 GSoC mentors - Kiran Deol and Jack Luar.

Interested students should check out our projects for proposal ideas from our mentors. As an umbrella organization supporting many academic open source endeavors, our projects cover a wide range of topics including:

AI/ML
Reprodubibility
OS Hardware
Bioinformatics
Educational Technologies
Visualization
Storage systems
High Performance Computing

Students are encouraged to reach out to our mentors during the proposals stage. See our student information section for information related to the proposal process. Note we ask that all interested student join our Slack channel by March 23 in order for their application to be considered. Contact the OSRE admin to get the link.

OSRE 2025 Mentor Info Session

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The OSRE organizers recorded information session for mentors is now available for your review.

The OSRE is modeled after the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) which matches undergraduate student contributors with mentors working on open source projects. The OSRE leverages our involvement in global programs like GSoC to recruit students from around the world. All students are paid a stipend and mentors are provided administrative and other needed support to allow for a productive summer.

The OSRE 2024 supported the work of 40 successful summer projects and we are looking to expand that number even further this year. But we need mentors to work with our amazing students. Mentors from previous years have spoken highly of their experience:

In this video, the OSRE organizers give a brief overview of the program and discuss the benefits of being a mentor. We will also highlight the changes in the 2025 program aimed at making the OSRE even more rewarding for both mentors and students.

CURIOSS Members Winter Workshop 2025

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

REGISTRATION LINK

Workshop Details

The CURIOSS Winter Workshop 2025 is a one-day event designed to foster collaboration, share knowledge, generate outputs, and build a community among Open Source Program Offices within academic and research institutions.

The workshop’s primary goal is to create a collaborative environment where OSPOs can share their accomplishments, discuss challenges, and explore how CURIOSS can continue to evolve to best support the growing OSPO ecosystem.

Schedule

The full agenda will be posted by mid-December
We expect there to be an evening on January 8 at or near the Dream Inn. More details to be provided soon.
The meeting will run from 9am to about 5pm on January 9, followed by a dinner at the meeting venue.

Meeting Venue

UC Santa Cruz Seymour Marine Discovery Center La Feliz Room and Terrace

Our meeting room has an oceanview with an attached terrace on a bluff overlooking the Pacific. The Seymour Center includes a small aquarium that is open for participants to walk through during breaks and after the meeting adjourns. It is also part of the Coastal Science Campus which includes scenic walks for those who want to take their breaks outside. This venue is not on the main campus, which means that it is nearer to hotels and other amenities.

Address: Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Meeting Venue Parking

Please use ParkMobile to validate your parking. The ParkMobile zone is 15154. Parking is enforced Monday–Friday, 8 AM–5 PM, except holidays.

Travel to Santa Cruz

The UCSC OSPO event team will arrange for flights (as needed) and a hotel room from Jan 8th to Jan 10th for one person per institution and the CURIOSS organizing group. Other CURIOSS members (self-funded) who want to attend (self-funded) should still register for the event and indicate if they want us to include their names on theon at the conference hotel room list.

For participants local to the Bay Area, mileage reimbursement will be provided based on established rates for one person per institution. To receive mileage reimbursement, submit a request including a Google Map of your route to Yelena (ymartyno@ucsc.edu).

Shuttle and Ground Transportation

We will arrange for airport shuttles for those arriving on Jan 8 and departing Jan 10 from San Jose airport (SJC). The shuttle schedule will be based on flight schedules and we will attempt to group people together based on arrival times. More information on this will be provided once travel schedules become more clear. If you are a self-paying attendee, please let us know if you would like to be included on the shuttle service. Attendees that arriving and departing outside of the group shuttle window can arrange an Uber or Lyft (reimbursements will be provided to sponsored participants)

Shuttle transportation will be provided between the hotel and the workshop venue the morning and evening of January 9th.

Airports

San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) is 34.2 miles from the Dream Inn Hotel in Santa Cruz. This is a preferred airport and group shuttle will be provided for those arriving on Jan 8 and departing Jan 10. If you are arranging your own transportation, the average Uber travel time is 47 minutes and the average price is $70.

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is 63 miles from the Dream Inn Hotel in Santa Cruz. If you are flying into SFO you will need to arrange your own transportation, the average Uber travel time is 73 minutes and the average price is $150.

Hotel

Dream Inn Santa Cruz is located 3 miles from the Seymour Marine Discovery Center. Hotel amenities include a heated beachfront swimming pool and hot tub, pool bar, direct access to Cowell beach, and it is home to the Jack O’Neill Restaurant & Lounge. The hotel is at the end of the scenic route via the West Cliff Drive and next to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and Wharf. Visit Dream Inn Santa Cruz website for more information about the hotel.

A hotel room from Jan 8th to Jan 10th for one person per institution will be covered. For other participants, the room rate is $179 plus tax per night for the nights of January 8th and 9th. If you’d like to extend your stay, the room rate is $229 plus tax per night for the nights of January 10th and 11th.

Self parking at the Dream Inn hotel is complimentary.

Weather and Things To Do

The hotel and conference venue are located on the coast near many beautiful beaches and scenic walks. Note that while winters are relatively mild in Santa Cruz, December and January are the rainy season. Temperatures typically range from evening lows of 45 degrees F / 7 degrees C to daytime highs of 65 degrees F / 18 degrees C, although daytime temperatures. It is smart to dress in layers.

Santa Cruz has so many natural and cultural attractions, it is hard to just pick a few to highlight. This travler’s guide might be of interest if you plan to explore the area.

Natural Bridges State Beach: A refuge for wintering Monarch Butterflies, this park boasts a sandy cove, tidepools, a nature trail through the Butterfly Preserve, and several hiking trails. There is also a bicycle path around the perimeter of the park.
Redwoods: Santa Cruz is surrounded by redwood forrest and there are numerous state parks where you can enjoy walking through these majestic trees. Henry Cowell State Park is the most easily accessible redwood are from Santa Cruz. It is about a 20 minute drive from the Dream Inn and has numerous trails. It is also notable that UC Santa Cruz main campus is also set in middle of the redwoods and is easily accessible via public transport from the Dream Inn.
Downtown Santa Cruz: A 20 minute walk (.8 mi) from the Dream Inn. Downtown Santa Cruz offers a wide range of shopping, dining and nightlife activities.
Santa Cruz Wharf: Right next to the Dream Inn, the Wharf offers scenic views and is great for a leisurely stroll and sea lion sightings. Offers dining options and gift shops.
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: During the winter months, the boardwalk is open in limited capacity on the weekends. However, the largest arcade in the country is located at the Boardwalk and is open daily year round.
Mystery spot: The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. You can experience the puzzling variations of gravity, perspective, and height.

CURIOSS Members Winter Workshop 2025

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

REGISTRATION LINK

All sponsored participants must register by December 6 in order for us to arrange your travel. All other participants should register by January 3.

Workshop Details

The CURIOSS Winter Workshop 2025 is a one-day event designed to foster collaboration and community among Open Source Program Offices within academic and research institutions. Participating OSPOs will be invited to share accomplishments, discuss challenges, and explore how CURIOSS can continue evolving to best support the growing OSPO ecosystem.

Schedule

Current Agenda here.
We are excited that the Santa Cruz Whart reopened last weekend! The Janury 8 event will be at Olita’s starting at 5:30pm. It is a short walk from the hotel along the wharf. We will provide a taco and nacho bar as well as beverages of your choice. We can order additional items to accommodate any dietary requirements.
The January 9th meeting will run from 8:45am to about 5pm, followed by a dinner at the meeting venue.

Meeting Venue

UC Santa Cruz Seymour Marine Discovery Center La Feliz Room and Terrace

Our meeting room has an ocean view with an attached terrace on a bluff overlooking the Pacific. The Seymour Center includes a small aquarium that is open for participants to walk through during breaks and after the meeting adjourns. It is also part of the Coastal Science Campus which includes scenic walks for those who want to take their breaks outside. This venue is not on the main campus, which means that it is nearer to hotels and other amenities.

Address: Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Shuttle transportation will be provided between the hotel and the workshop venue the morning and evening of January 9th.

Meeting Venue Parking

If you are driving to the meeting venue, please use ParkMobile to validate your parking. The ParkMobile zone is 15154. Parking is enforced Monday–Friday, 8 AM–5 PM, except holidays.

Travel to Santa Cruz

The UCSC OSPO event team will arrange for flights and a hotel room from Jan 8th to Jan 10th for one person per institution and the CURIOSS organizing group. Other CURIOSS members who plan to attend (self-funded) should also register for the event and indicate if they want us to include their names on the hotel room list.

For participants local to the Bay Area, mileage reimbursement will be provided based on established rates for one person per institution. To receive mileage reimbursement, submit a request including a copy of a Google Map of your route to Yelena (ymartyno@ucsc.edu).

Shuttle and Ground Transportation

We will arrange for airport shuttles for those arriving on Jan 8 and departing Jan 10 from San Jose airport (SJC). The shuttle schedule will be based on flight schedules and we will attempt to group people together based on arrival times. More information on this will be provided once travel schedules become more clear. If you are a self-paying attendee, please let us know if you would like to be included on the shuttle service. Attendees not taking the group shuttle can arrange their own transportation with Uber or Lyft, or pre-arrange a local shuttle If you are arranging your own transportation, from San Jose Airport the average Uber travel time is 47 minutes and the average price is $70.

Airports

San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) is 34.2 miles from the Dream Inn Hotel in Santa Cruz. This is the preferred airport and group shuttle will be provided for those arriving on Jan 8 and departing Jan 10. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is 63 miles from the Dream Inn Hotel in Santa Cruz. If you are flying into SFO you will need to arrange your own transportation, the average Uber travel time is 73 minutes and the average price is $150.

Hotel

Dream Inn Santa Cruz is located 3 miles from the Seymour Marine Discovery Center. Hotel amenities include a heated beachfront swimming pool and hot tub, pool bar, direct access to Cowell Beach, and it is home to the Jack O’Neill Restaurant & Lounge. The hotel is at the end of the scenic route via West Cliff Drive and next to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and Wharf. Visit Dream Inn Santa Cruz website for more information about the hotel.

A hotel room from Jan 8th to Jan 10th for one person per institution will be covered. For other participants, the room rate is $179 plus tax per night for the nights of January 8th and 9th. Instructions for booking hotels if you are paying for yourself will be available soon.

Note that if you intend to extend your stay, the room rate is $229 plus tax per night for the nights of January 10th and 11th.

Self-parking at the Dream Inn hotel is complimentary.

Weather and Things To Do

Update We are expecting to have a very mild few days in Santa Cruz this week. Temperatures will range from evening lows of 45 degrees F / 7 degrees C to daytime highs of 65 degrees F / 18 degrees C. We will be on the coast so can get a little windy, so it is smart to dress in layers.

Santa Cruz has so many natural and cultural attractions, it is hard to just pick a few to highlight. This travler’s guide might be of interest if you plan to explore the area.

Natural Bridges State Beach: A refuge for wintering Monarch Butterflies, this park boasts a sandy cove, tidepools, a nature trail through the Butterfly Preserve, and several hiking trails. There is also a bicycle path around the perimeter of the park.
Redwoods: Santa Cruz is surrounded by redwood forests and there are numerous state parks where you can enjoy walking through these majestic trees. Henry Cowell State Park is the most easily accessible redwood area from Santa Cruz. It is about a 20 minute drive from the Dream Inn and has numerous trails. It is also notable that UC Santa Cruz main campus is situated among the redwoods and is easily accessible via public transport from the Dream Inn.
Downtown Santa Cruz: A 20 minute walk (.8 mi) from the Dream Inn. Downtown Santa Cruz offers a wide range of shopping, dining and nightlife activities.
Santa Cruz Wharf: Right next to the Dream Inn, the Wharf offers scenic views and is great for a leisurely stroll and sea lion sightings. Also offers dining options and gift shops.
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: During the winter months, the boardwalk is open in limited capacity on the weekends. However, the largest arcade in the country is located at the Boardwalk and is open daily year round.
Mystery spot: The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. You can experience the puzzling variations of gravity, perspective, and height.

SoR 2025 Mentor Info Session

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The OSRE organizers will give a brief overview of the Summer of Reproducibility (SoR) 2025 program and discuss the benefits of being an SoR mentor at a Mentor Info Session on December 4, 2024 8:30am Pacific Time / 11:30 Eastern Time**.

The OSRE and the SoR is modeled after the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) which matches undergraduate student contributors with mentors working on open source projects. One goal of the OSRE program is to help make computational research efforts reproducible with our NSF funded Summer of Reproducibility. The OSRE leverages our involvement in global programs like GSoC to recruit students from around the world. All students are paid a stipend and mentors are provided administrative and other needed support to allow for a productive summer.

The OSRE funded student … helped us create detailed docs and scripts to easily reproduce our project evaluations. This not only eases our own future work, but also helps us promote our work as other people can easily reproduce our results.

[The program] provided us a great platform to connect with great students and have them join our projects and make progress.

[The OSRE] can be very useful for the sustainability of academic open source projects. It can help identify potential contributors and kick-start the design and implementation of new features.

At the December 4th meeting, we will give a brief overview of the program and discuss the benefits of being a mentor. We will be asking a number of our mentors from previous years to join in the discussion to share their experiences. We will also highlight the changes in the 2025 program aimed at making the OSRE even more rewarding for both mentors and students.

Writing a blog about your OSRE 2025 project

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

OSRE participants are required to blog three times during their summer program. The first blog is a chance to introduce yourself and your project. The second blog occurs around the mid-point of the project and a final blog post is expected as part of you final project delverable. The organization administrator will send emails with specific dates. Instructions for the blog are indicated below. All blogs should include links to proposals, presentations, links to any deliverables/products as well as an overview of the student’s experience. Check out the student pages from previous years to get an idea of content / size.

We will also ask students and contributors to provide regular status updates which will help track your activities. The organization administrator will provide more details once the program work begins.

Making a pull request for your blog

Fork the git repository
If you haven’t already done so, add your profile using these instructions
- IMPORTANT: Under user_groups: add - 2025 Contributors (as opposed to any of the two mentor groups)
- The short bio and any other information goes below the frontmatter
Post your blog
- Add /content/report/osre25/ORGANIZATION/PROJECTNAME/DATE-USERNAME/index.md
- Add a frontmatter to index.md, using the labels below
- Blog text goes below the frontmatter
- In that same directory include a picture and call it featured.png (also supports .jpg, .jpeg)
Commit to your fork and make a pull request. Email OSRE Admins with questions.

Example frontmatter and text body

---
title: "YOUR TITLE"
subtitle: "YOUR SUBTITLE (OPTIONAL)"
summary:
authors:
 - USERNAME1
 - USERNAME2
tags: ["osre25"]
categories: []
date: YYYY-MM-DD
lastmod: YYYY-MM-DD
featured: false
draft: false

# Featured image
# To use, add an image named `featured.jpg/png` to your page's folder.
# Focal points: Smart, Center, TopLeft, Top, TopRight, Left, Right, BottomLeft, Bottom, BottomRight.
image:
 caption: ""
 focal_point: ""
 preview_only: false
---

As part of the [PROJECTNAME](/project/osre25/ORGANIZATION/PROJECTNAME) my [proposal](https://...) under the mentorship of MENTOR aims to ...

Writing a blog about your OSRE 2026 project

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Making a pull request for your blog

Fork the git repository
If you haven’t already done so, add your profile using these instructions
- IMPORTANT: Under user_groups: add - 2026 Contributors (as opposed to any of the two mentor groups)
- The short bio and any other information goes below the frontmatter
Post your blog
- Add /content/report/osre26/ORGANIZATION/PROJECTNAME/DATE-USERNAME/index.md
- Add a frontmatter to index.md, using the labels below
- Blog text goes below the frontmatter
- In that same directory include a picture and call it featured.png (also supports .jpg, .jpeg)
Commit to your fork and make a pull request. Email OSRE Admins with questions.

Example frontmatter and text body

---
title: "YOUR TITLE"
subtitle: "YOUR SUBTITLE (OPTIONAL)"
summary:
authors:
 - USERNAME1
 - USERNAME2
tags: ["osre26"]
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2024 UCSC Open Source Symposium

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Creating new communities, partnerships, and collaborations to amplify research impact with open source ✨

In-person registration is closed. You can still register to participate as a remote participant.

Overview

The Open Source Symposium is organized by the UC Santa Cruz Open Source Program Office (OSPO) and attendees must adhere to our event code of conduct.

The symposium is a hybrid event, hosted at the UC Santa Cruz Hay Barn on October 1. (In-person attendance is highly encouraged, but online participation is also welcome.) The schedule features keynotes, panels, and workshops with experts from industry, academia, and open source communities.

Our 14th Annual Oktoberfest reception will follow the main program.

This year’s event is free for all attendees! However, we welcome voluntary donations and sponsorship to support event costs; please see the end of this page for more details.

Agenda

Time		Session/Activity
09:00	-	Registration Open
		Light refreshments/coffee

09:30	-	Welcoming Remarks
		Presentation by UCSC OSPO Team

09:45	-	Panel on Open Source and AI
		Moderator: Karsten Wade; Panelists: Leilani Gilpin (UCSC); Alexy Khrabrov (Neo4j), Toby Morning (Musa Capital)

10:45	-	Break

11:00	-	Panel on Open Source for Agrifood
		Moderator: Rob Trice; Panelists: Brendan Dowdle, (farm-ng), Colleen Josephson (UCSC),Colin Rinta Stewart (Market.Organic), Drew Zabrocki (Totem / Purdue Open Ag Technology Center/International Fresh Produce Association)

12:15	-	Lunch

13:30	-	Keynote: From Code Education to Code Contribution
		Kate Hollenbach (Gray Area) and Xin Xin (Processing Foundation)

14:00	-	Panel on Open Source in Industry
		Moderator: James Davis (UCSC OSPO), Panelists: Arun Gupta (Intel), Neha Ojha (IBM/Ceph/UCSC Alumna), Tom Callaway (AWS), VM (Vicky) Brasseur (Semios)

15:00	-	Break

15:15	-	Keynote: The XZ Security Breach and Open Source Security - Lessons Learned
		Jarrod Millman (UC Berkeley) and Juanita Gomez (UCSC)

15:45	-	Open Source Ecosystems and Innovation at UCSC
		Moderator: Stephanie Lieggi, UCSC OSPO; Panelists: Jose Renau, (CSE Chair, Baskin Engineering); Giordon Stark (SCIPP), Emily Lovell (UCSC Open Source Incubator Fellow); Ben Legum (IBE Hub); Eric Vin (PhD Candidate/Scenic Project)

16:45	-	Meeting Wrap Up

17:00		Oktoberfest - must be 21+ to attend

19:00	-	Event ends

Logistics

Parking

Link to UCSC Campus and Parking Map

Parking permits are available for purchase through the TAPS website and can be done ahead of time or when you arrive at the event venue. Parking spaces are located near the Hay Barn (Lot 170), with overflow parking nearby in Lot 116.

Hotels in Santa Cruz

Dream Inn
175 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Call 831-426-4330 and ask for the UCSC rate (rates not available online)
The Hotel Paradox
611 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, 95060
Use code UC0 online for the UCSC rate
Fairfield Inn and Suites
2956 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Use code UC0 online for the UCSC rate

Sponsorship

Do you or your organization want to support and promote open source innovation in academia? Do you want to foster collaboration between industry, academia and open source communities? Why not be a sponsor for the 2024 Open Source Research Symposium? Sponsors will be provided acknowledgement on the symposium website and agenda, plus designated space in our sponsor table area. If you might be interested in sponsoring, please contact Stephanie Lieggi (slieggi@ucsc.edu) or check out our How to Give page.

UC Network Joins UN OSPOs For Good to Enhance Global Collaboration on Sustainability Goals

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:22:07 -0700

UC Network Joins UN OSPOs For Good to Enhance Global Collaboration on Sustainability Goals

From July 9-10, 2024, representatives from the six campuses working to build a network of Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) within the University of California (UC) system were part of the OSPOs For Good event at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This major event, which brought together open source experts and leaders from industry, governments and non-governmental organizations, highlighted how OSPOs working together across multiple sectors can help build networks of collaboration.

The event was kicked off with a panel that laid out how open source and working in open environments could help the UN and other international organizations in meeting the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As noted by Astor Nummelin Carlberg, Executive Director, OpenForum Europe, the UN exists because some challenges are too complex for nations to tackle alone; similarly open source exists so that we can do more together and find ways to collaborate. Ambassador Philip Thigo, Special Envoy on Technology, Government of Kenya (co-sponsor of event) further noted in the opening session that open source shows the promise of enabling diverse communities, pointing at the vast contributions of people from the Global South to open source projects throughout the world. Full video for the event is available on the UN website:

July 9 Morning Session & Afternoon Session
July 10 Morning Session & Afternoon Session

The presence of members of the UC OSPO network was seen as a major indicator of how OSPOs working together could improve collaboration and coordination across different sectors. These discussions were particularly highlighted in the July 11 follow up meeting hosted by Apache Foundation and Linux Foundation in collaboration with organizers from OSPO++. This meeting entitled “What’s Next for Open Source: Workshops for Building Solutions with Open Innovation” helped participants from the UN sponsored conference look at ways that open source networks can enable global cooperation. That meeting included workshops and presentations from three UC OSPO network members and provided a forum for highlighting how the newly formed network could become a model for other sectors to follow. The UN event and the action focused workshops were also vital for the network and our partners to see how our activities could support the UN SDG’s and have a positive impact on the communities we call home.

UC OSPO Network Launched

Fri, 31 May 2024 11:22:07 -0700

In Spring 2024, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded a team of six UC campuses a $1.85million grant to further the on-going work of the UCSC Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at UC Santa Cruz aimed at promoting open source research, teaching, and public service in the UC system. UCSC is collaborating with partners at Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Diego to institutionalize the OSPO approach in the UC system by creating coordinated activities that support local campus OSPOs and building a network that can leverage multi-campus efforts.

Full reporting on this Sloan Funding and the UC OSPO Network grant can be found in this UCSC news release)

The UCSC OSPO were excited to host the Kick-Off meeting for the network on May 31, 2024. In this meeting the network discussed governance issues and further understanding how to work together to build a UC-wide open source community. This meeting helped start the process for the UC OSPO Network to establish coordinated activities at each participating campus and provided a level of shared understanding.

40 Contributors participating in OSRE '24

Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Summer 2024 OSRE supporting 40 students working on Open Source and Reproductivity

Thanks to the support from the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) and the National Science Foundation FAIROS RCN program, the UCSC OSPO has matched 40 students with mentors to contribute to open source and reproducibility this year. This year GSoC awarded us a record 18 slots with the Summer of Reproducibility supporting another 22 students. We are also working with other funding opportunities to support the work of additional students – so our list will be growing.

Most projects will run from late May to the end of August / early September.

Funding for these contributors is provided by the NSF REPETO Project-sponsored Summer of Reproducibility, the Google Summer of Code, and Baskin Engineering. Check out the Student Pages where contributors have begun blogging updates about their summer projects!

Open Source SlugFest 2024

Thu, 23 May 2024 17:00:00 -0700

Come to hear about … and talk about … the amazing Open Source activities happening on campus.

Registration is free (no-cost)

All are welcome to join!

~WHEN & WHERE: Thursday May 23 starting at 5pm in the Baskin Courtyard~

Due to on-going UAW Strike this event will be held remotely

Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 981 6785 1576
Passcode: 330167

Fun and informal event to celebrate Open Source at UCSC

5:00 – Event Starts

5:05 – Welcome by the UCSC Open Source Program Office

5:10 – Lightning talks with breaks for Q&A

6:15 – Wrap up and Raffle*

6:30- Event closes (zoom room will remain open for additional discussions/breakout sessions as needed)

We will use the registration list for the raffle entries. You will need to be present to claim prize

Who should come

Anyone from the UCSC community excited about working in Open Source. This includes:

Students interested and new to Open Source but wanting to learn more about how to get involved and build important skills
Students and researchers already working on projects and wanting to know more about on-campus support
Researchers interested in how to grow their OS communities and build sustainable ecosysystems

See you all there!

Accepted as 2024 GSoC Mentor Organiztion

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We are excited to have once again been selected as a Google Summer of Code Mentor Organization. The 2024 Open Source Research Experience (and with it the 2024 Summer of Reproducibility ) will once again benefit from GSOC’s world-wide outreach and generous funding of contributors. We are now listed among 190 selected mentor organizations. See our organization page on the GSoC 2024 site.

Since 2018, the we have successfully mentored 36 GSoC supported contributors and look forward to working with more contributors this year! We are also excited to welcome back two former GSoC contributors joining us as 2024 GSoC mentors - Kiran Deol and Jack Luar.

AI/ML
Reprodubibility
OS Hardware
Bioinformatics
Educational Technologies
Visualization
Storage systems
High Performance Computing

Students are encouraged to reach out to our mentors during the proposals stage. See our student information section for information related to the proposal process. Note we ask that all interested student join our Slack channel by March 19 in order for their application to be considered. Contact the OSRE admin to get the link.

How to add a new project idea to OSRE

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Instructions for adding/updating a project

A project serves as the context for one or more project ideas. Each project is represented as a web page with project information and ideas. Projects and their updates are subject to review of the OSRE administrators.

Preferred method (via git):
- Fork git repository
- Create content/project/osre26/ORGANIZATION/PROJECTNAME directory or copy it from previous year’s content/project/osre25/ORGANIZATION/PROJECTNAME
- In that directory create/update index.md and the project’s image (featured.png or featured.jpg)
- In index.md fill in the frontmatter (see example):
  - Add the project’s title in title:,
  - Date the project entry with date: and lastmod:, using the format YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. 2026-05-27. Note that projects dated in the future will not display.
  - Include a list of authors:, using either names in quotes or user names (see below for instructions on how to add user names)
  - IMPORTANT: set a list of tags that include "osre26". Feel free to add additional tags.
  - Below the frontmatter start with a description of the project and include links to the project’s webpage.
  - Add each project idea with level-3 header, i.e., ### ... and add a list of essential information that includes topics, skills, difficulty, size (175 vs 350 hours), and mentors.
  - Every mentor should at least have a mailto: link. Better yet: add the mentor using the instructions below and use the shortcut {{% mention "USERNAME" %}}. There should be at least two mentors per project idea.
- Make a pull request and email OSRE Admins (currently: Stephanie Lieggi).

If you are unable to upload via git please email OSRE Admins (currently: Stephanie Lieggi) for other options

Instructions for adding a mentor

Mentors are welcome to add information about themselves (see example):

Preferred methond (via git):
- Fork git repository (or combine with pull request of adding/updating a project above)
- Create /content/authors/USERNAME directory.
- In that directory copy an _index.md file from another user and update it (see example)
  - Many icons are available (see documentation)
  - IMPORTANT: Under user_groups: add - University of California Mentors.
  - The short bio and any other information goes below the frontmatter.
- Make a pull request and email OSRE Admins
Or email OSRE Admins
- Include name, title, affiliations, email, short bio, whether you are UC or Summer of Reproducibility mentor (or both), and, optionally, photo, web page and social media links.

OSRE 2024 Mentor Info Session

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Video of Previous Info Session now available

Could your open source project or reproducibility-related research project benefit from working with enthusiastic and talented students who are paid to productively contribute to your work this coming Summer? Would you or someone in your open source or research project be able to mentor a new contributor for no more than 5 hours per week? The Open Source Research Experience (OSRE) Program may be the opportunity you are looking for to move your research forward and build your community.

The OSRE organizers will give a brief overview of the Summer 2024 program and discuss the benefits of being an OSRE mentor at a Mentor Info Session on January 11 at 10am Pacific Time.

The OSRE is modeled after the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) which matches undergraduate student contributors with mentors working on open source projects. The goal of the OSRE program is to seed contributor communities of UC-based open source research efforts through participation in parallel efforts like GSoC AND to help make computational research efforts reproducible with our NSF funded Summer of Reproducibility. The OSRE leverages our involvement in global programs like GSoC to recruit students from around the world. All students are paid a stipend and mentors are provided administrative and other needed support to allow for a productive summer.

The OSRE 2023 supported the work of 38 successful summer projects and we are looking to expand that number even further this year. But we need mentors to work with our amazing students. Mentors from previous years have spoken highly of their experience:

The OSRE funded student … helped us create detailed docs and scripts to easily reproduce our project evaluations. This not only eases our own future work, but also helps us promote our work as other people can easily reproduce our results.

[The program] provided us a great platform to connect with great students and have them join our projects and make progress.

[The OSRE] can be very useful for the sustainability of academic open source projects. It can help identify potential contributors and kick-start the design and implementation of new features.

At this meeting, we will give a brief overview of the program and discuss the benefits of being an OSRE mentor. We will be asking a number of our mentors from the OSRE 2023 program to join in the discussion to share their experiences. We will also highlight the changes in the 2024 program aimed at making the OSRE even more rewarding for both mentors and students.

Virtual Reproducibility Hackathon

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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About the Event

Reproducibility is not just a sound scientific practice – it also has many potential practical applications in teaching and creating new research results. At this event, the attendees will learn about how to package their computer science research experiments in such a way that they are not only reproducible – but also practically reproducible, i.e., capable of being reproduced easily enough to be used as a mainstream method of interactive scientific exploration and exchange.

Sign up to learn about practical reproducibility on Chameleon, receive guidance on packaging your experiments, share insights and feedback on the reproducibility process, and much more!

Get your research out there!

All participants who attend the hackathon and successfully upload an experiment as a reproducible artifact on Trovi by the end of December 2023 will have their artifacts featured on Trovi during January 2024 and receive an invitation to have their research featured in our Chameleon blog.

We hope that participants can use their initial work and what they learn at the Hackathon to make future contributions to reproducibility workshops and conferences such as ACM REP.

Reproducibility Sessions

The Hackathon will consist of three sessions held throughout the day to accommodate folks outside of the Central time zone:

Session I: Tutorial – Packaging Experiments for Practical Reproducibility – 10-12pm CT
Session II: Open Work Period – Packaging Your Experiments – 1-4pm CT
Session III: Open Discussion – Share Your Experience – 4:10-5pm CT

Participants are encouraged, but not required, to attend all three sessions.

I. Tutorial: Packaging Experiments for Practical Reproducibility

Session I will include an overview of Chameleon services, how to run experiments on Chameleon, how to package experiments for reproducibility, how to make such artifacts searchable and shareable, and other best practices for practical reproducibility. If you are interested in learning more about Chameleon Cloud and our digital artifact hub (Trovi), this session is for you!

Concepts may include how to use the NSF-funded Chameleon platform, one of the largest academic clouds, and how to package experiments for reproducibility using this platform; tools and services Chameleon provides to share experiments, including using Jupyter to manage the full experimental workflow including creating the environment, implementing the experiment body, and data analytics; using Chameleon daypass to give access to the testbed for reproducibility; as well as Trovi, an experiment sharing portal integrated with the testbed. The tutorial will also cover the existing experiment patterns available via Trovi representing common elements of experimental configurations such as e.g., configuring storage with RAID, NFS, or RDMA.

II. Open Work Period: Packaging Actual Experiments

During Session II, participants will work on packaging their experiments to share on the Chameleon digital artifact hub, Trovi, following the guidelines covered in Session I. Technical support and “office hours” will be provided for individuals and teams during this session. If you have an experiment that you have been wanting to share with others, this is a great opportunity to finally get that artifact online with some extra help and support from the Chameleon team!

No experiment to share at the moment? No problem! Participants are also encouraged to use this session to reproduce existing artifacts from a curated list of recommended experiments that we will post two weeks before the event.

How to come prepared for reproducibility success:

We recommend that participants who attend this session bring one of their own experiments that they would like to package and make available for reproducibility on Trovi. Experiments that already have an established code base with some documentation on GitHub or other public repositories are typically quicker to package and will be easier to work with during the session. Some knowledge of Chameleon and general cloud computing is also helpful (such as concepts covered in Session I). However, participants are not required to use Session II to package their experiments. Participants can also use the time to run other experiments that are already on Chameleon.

Participants will share their experiences during the hackathon and have time to ask more questions about the platform, give feedback on the Chameleon site, and brainstorm ideas to facilitate experiment reproducibility on public testbeds.

We hope to see you all on December 15!

OSRE 2024 Mentor Info Session

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Video of Info Session now available

The OSRE organizers will give a brief overview of the Summer 2024 program and discuss the benefits of being an OSRE mentor at a Mentor Info Session on November 29 at 10am Pacific Time.

The OSRE funded student … helped us create detailed docs and scripts to easily reproduce our project evaluations. This not only eases our own future work, but also helps us promote our work as other people can easily reproduce our results.

[The program] provided us a great platform to connect with great students and have them join our projects and make progress.

[The OSRE] can be very useful for the sustainability of academic open source projects. It can help identify potential contributors and kick-start the design and implementation of new features.

Writing a blog about your OSRE 2024 project

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

As last year, the Organization Admins will be asking students and contributors to provide regular status updates which will help us better highlight the work you are doing and track activities within our OSRE projects. These progress reports will also form the basis of blog reports prepared by students in the course of their summer. Blog reports should include links to proposals, presentations, reports, and an overview of the student’s experience.

Your experience is invaluable for future OSRE candidates and for improving the program every year.

Size and content

Keep it short and crisp. Include a short description of your project, a link to your project proposal, and, later in the program, links to the GSoC reports you provided.

Making a pull request for your blog

Fork the git repository
If you haven’t already done so, add your profile using these instructions
- IMPORTANT: Under user_groups: add - 2024 Contributors (as opposed to any of the two mentor groups)
- The short bio and any other information goes below the frontmatter
Post your blog
- Add /content/report/osre24/ORGANIZATION/PROJECTNAME/DATE-USERNAME/index.md
- Add a frontmatter to index.md, using the labels below
- Blog text goes below the frontmatter
- In that same directory include a picture and call it featured.png (also supports .jpg, .jpeg)
Commit to your fork and make a pull request and email OSRE Admins (currently: Stephanie Lieggi, Carlos Maltzahn).

Example frontmatter and text body

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2023 UC Open Source Symposium

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Join us in creating new communities, partnerships, and collaborations in amplifying research impact with open source.

Preliminary Agenda →

Registration Now Open

Three-day hybrid event (in-person attendance highly encouraged, online participation welcome) that includes keynote speakers, expert panels, and technical workshops, as well as poster presentations and lightening talks highlighting the work of our Open Source Research Experience students.
Wed 9/27, Day 1 (hybrid): single-track program with keynotes and panels, Oktoberfest reception in the evening, all at the UC Santa Cruz Cowell Hay Barn, breakfast, lunch, dinner provided.
Thu 9/28, Day 2 (hybrid): two-track program of workshops at the UC Santa Cruz Engineering 2 building, breakfast, lunch
Fri 9/29, Day 3 (online-only): single-track program with workshops.

The event is organized by the UC Santa Cruz Open Source Program Office (OSPO). This year we are offering four levels of sponsorships to help make this event possible. The event follows this code of conduct.

Free for UC affiliated and remote participants
Cost for non-UC affiliated participants: $299

Interested in sponsoring this event? Sponsors get complimentary registration, recognition and other benefits (see below)

Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Does your organization want to support and promote open source innovation in academia? Do you want to foster collaboration between industry, academia and open source communities? Why not be a sponsor for the 2022 Open Source Research Symposium?

Organizations that sponsor this event will be given public acknowledgement on the Symposium website and agenda, and get free passes for in-person participation.

Sponsorship Level	Amount	Benefits
Silver Sponsors	$500	Acknowledgements + 1 free registration
Silver Sponsors	$1,000	Acknowledgements + 2 free registration
Gold Sponsors	$2,000	Acknowledgements + 4 free registrations
Platinum Sponsors	$4,000	Acknowledgements + 8 free registrations

If your organization might be interested in sponsoring, please contact Stephanie Lieggi (slieggi@ucsc.edu). You can

sponsor by credit card during registration,
send a check, or use wire transfer.

Logistics

Parking

Link to UCSC Campus and Parking Map

Day 1 at Hay Barn: Parking permits will be available near the Hay Barn (lot 170) with overflow parking nearby in lot 116. Parking permits will be available from attendants upon arrival at the Hay Barn. For late arrivals come to the reception desk in the Hay Barn.
Day 2 at Baskin Engineering: Parking permits provided upon arrival at CORE WEST Parking. When you arrive, drive to the third floor of CORE WEST and request a free permit from the attendants. If you arrive after 10am, please go to the parking kiosk at the main entrance to pick up your permit.

Hotels in Santa Cruz

Dream Inn
175 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Call 831-426-4330 and ask for the UCSC rate (rates not available online)
The Hotel Paradox
611 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, 95060
Use code UC0 online for the UCSC rate
Fairfield Inn and Suites
2956 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Use code UC0 online for the UCSC rate

Computational I/O Stack Workshop

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

👋 Join us for an exciting event featuring IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Yoichiro Tanaka (Tohoku University) discussing technological and institutional innovations to make the computational I/O stack a reality!

Agenda & Media of Past Event

The introduction of computational data management services into the I/O stack, especially in storage and networking devices, requires both technological innovations and new relations between university and industry. This one-day workshop will convene experts from storage systems, open source, and community architecture to discuss technologies and strategies for a computational I/O stack with low market entry barriers.

The workshop will take place on August 17, 2023 from 10am to 5pm, at UC Santa Cruz, Engineering 2 (room to be confirmed) and is jointly organized by the IEEE Magnetics Society’s Distinguished Lecturers Program, the Skyhook Data Management community with funding by the National Science Foundation (TI-2229773), the Center for Research in Open Source Software (cross.ucsc.edu), and the Open Source Program Office, UC Santa Cruz (ospo.ucsc.edu).

Agenda & Media of Past Event

A Record 38 Contributors participating in OSRE '23

Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This year’s Open Source Research Experience is off to a fantastic start, with 38 contributors getting ready to work this summer on projects spanning open source hardware, software, and reproducibility in research and in teaching. Funding for these contributors is provided by the NSF REPETO Project-sponsored Summer of Reproducibility, the 2023 Google Summer of Code, and Baskin Engineering’s Inclusive Excellence Hub.

Check out the Student Pages where contributors have begun blogging updates about their summer projects!

CROSS, Skyhook, and Polyphy

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We would like to invite you to a day-long hybrid workshop on April 27, 2023, entitled “CROSS, Skyhook, and Polyphy: Institutional support for creating Paths to Open Source Ecosystems for Open Source Products in Research." This hybrid workshop will be held at UC Santa Cruz with remote access for participants unable to attend in-person.

With support from an NSF Pathways to Enable Open Source Ecosystems (POSE) Phase 1 grant, the NSF Institute for Research and Innovation in Software for High-Energy Physics (IRIS-HEP), and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the goal of the workshop is to scope out self-sustaining ecosystems for the Skyhook and Polyphy projects and to create an institutional model within the Center for Research in Open Source Software (CROSS) and the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) UC Santa Cruz to create paths to sustainable open source ecosystems for research products across UC campuses.

A draft agenda for the event ~~will be provided by March 27~~ is available here as well as a white paper that will form the basis for the day’s discussion. The workshop’s interactive sessions will discuss strategies for creating and sustaining institutional support for creating open source ecosystems, using Skyhook and Polyphy as examples. We will also hear updates from our CROSS fellows about their research projects that are already creating open source products that likely will benefit from institutional support for open source ecosystems in the future.

2023 UCSC Open Source for Business

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The OSPO at UC Santa Cruz is pleased to be hosting the third Summer Seminar Series for our affiliated researchers, students and industry partners facilitated by Dr. Dirk Riehle, Professor of Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg.

The seminar entitled Open Source for Business consists of 12 lectures addressing everything you need to understand open source and to develop a corporate open source strategy.

Registration information

Module 1: Open source software

July 10th, 2023 - Lecture 1: Open-source software

July 12th, 2023 - Lecture 2: The software supply chain

July 13th, 2023 - Lecture 3: Compliance and security

Module 2: Supply chain economics

July 17th, 2023 - Lecture 4: Community open source projects

July 19th, 2023 - Lecture 5: Software supply chain economics

July 21th, 2023* - Lecture 6: Open source foundations and consortia note date change from original schedule

Module 3: Commercial open source

July 24th, 2023 - Lecture 7: Commercial open source business models

July 26th, 2023 - Lecture 8: The new proprietary open source

July 27th, 2023 - Lecture 9: Intellectual property strategies

Module 4: Open source strategy

July 31th, 2023 - Lecture 10: The open source program office

Aug 1st, 2023 - Lecture 11: Open source risk management

Aug 2nd, 2023 - Lecture 12: The corporate open source strategy

CROSS, Skyhook, and Polyphy

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Please fill out this brief attendees form ~~by April 4~~ to let us know if you think you will be able to participate – either in person or remotely.

Sponsor Open Source Research Experience

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Is your organization looking to better utilize open source and want to support projects that directly benefit your work?

Does your company want to strengthen the talent pipeline able to work on technologies essential to your organization’s success?

Do you want to collaborate with innovative open source projects being developed by University of California researchers?

Sponsor Projects –>

The UC Open Source Research Experience (OSRE) offers your organization the chance to participate in projects that can help your development cycles run faster, benefit from wide collaborations, and help support workforce development in domains your organization needs.

To become a sponsor, fill out the Sponsorship Interest Form. You will be asked to indicate the level of sponsorship you would like to fund and the open source projects you are most interested in engaging with.

Overview of Program

The OSRE includes University of California-based open source projects covering multiple disciplines. Our mentors, who are faculty and researchers from throughout the UC system, have provided a list of project ideas that will be the basis for the OSRE student’s work.

Launched in 2020, the Open Source Research Experience program has developed into a marketplace for open source project ideas that matches students to mentors, and engages sponsoring organizations to fund and participate in open source based summer internships. The goal of this program is to increase student capabilities in working in open source, add productive contributors to on-going projects, and further promote open source as a way to engage with communities spanning industry and academia.

OSRE mentors have posted their project ideas for undergraduates to review and help them create proposals for the summer. Industry partners and other outside sponsors can sponsor OSRE summer student funding and indicate their interest in particular projects.

Benefits of sponsorship

Collaborating on innovative project that are of strategic interest to your industry;
Supporting the teaching of open source techniques to a wide range of student contributors;
Interacting with the next generation of open source leaders and up and coming talent; and
Recognition as an OSRE Sponsor at the Open Source Research Symposium (Fall 2023)

Table: OSRE 2023 Sponsorship Levels
Level	Amount
Bronze	$3,750 (covers 50% of one student stipend for summer)
Silver	$7,500 (covers one student full-time for summer)
Gold	$15,000 (covers two students full-time for summer)

Becoming a sponsor is easy! Fill out the Sponsorship Interest Form or reach out to the OSRE Admins by April 20. Information requested by the form include: name of contact person, level of sponsorship, and projects you are most interested in (if applicable.) The OSRE Admins will follow up with next steps for finalizing the sponsorship process.

Sponsor Projects –>

Accepted as 2023 GSoC Mentor Organiztion

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We are very excited to have been selected as a 2023 Google Summer of Code Mentor Organization. The 2023 Open Source Research Experience and with it the 2023 Summer of Reproducibility will therefore benefit from GSOC’s world-wide outreach and generous funding of contributors. We are now listed among 172 selected mentor organizations. We are listed under “Data” and “Science and medicine”.

Since 2018, the we have successfully mentored a total of 22 GSoC students. We look forward to mentoring this year’s students.

Interested students can check out our projects for proposal ideas from our mentors. Our projects cover a wide range of topics this year. Students are encouraged to reach out to our mentors during the proposals stage. See our student information section

AMA Session for 2023 Summer of Reproducibility and OSRE Mentors

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

No registration necessary. Join session via zoom or email the OSRE Admins for a calendar invite.

More information on the programs see Summer of Reproducibility (SoR) and the Open Source Research Experience (OSRE).

Please feel free to share this information with any colleagues who you think might be interested or could benefit from participating in this program.

FAQ for Mentors

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

What kind of projects are you accepting? Are there specific technologies or topics that you prefer?

The OSRE program supports projects in a wide range of open source communities and reproducibility efforts. We have no requirement for the type of technology or aspects of the project being worked on, so long as it is or ultimately will be part of an open source project or community.

For Summer of Reproducibility mentors: The SoR supports projects that focus on developing and using reproducible artifacts. Project ideas for the SoR program should steer students towards producing reproducibility artifacts for use by others and/or using artifacts to validate research results, evaluate/develop teaching tools for classrooms, and extend research insights. See the SoR program page to read more about these objectives. As with all OSRE projects, we do not require that SoR projects use any particular technology or platform. However, we encourage mentors to design projects that leverage public infrastructure and open source platforms (such as Chameleon Cloud and CloudLab) to exploit the availability of shared resources, which can lead to more robust reproducibility artifacts and usage. For example, Chameleon enhances experiment reproducibility by offering shared access to uniform hardware resources and enabling users to configure, deploy, and share experimental environments (with the Trovi service) through cloud-based tools. Additionally, Chameleon’s Jupyter Notebook integration supports the implementation, analysis, and visualization of experiments within a cohesive environment, significantly facilitating the packaging of experiments for repeatability and further research collaboration.

What is the process for becoming a mentor and submitting a project / project idea?

The program organizers invite potential mentors to post their project ideas directly onto the Project Ideas page so that interested student can review them. Project ideas do not have to be pre-screened by the OSRE/SoR organizers in order to be submitted. We will review your submission before uploading and let you know if we have any questions about your project idea or think the description could use any editing/additional information.

To add a project idea, please read the instructions for participating mentors. Mentors should use tags to associate with a particular year. More tags can be used to associate the project with a particular research area, e.g. AI, machine learning, chip design, storage systems, data science. We also ask all mentors to include their biosketch and headshot on the mentor page.

There is a mentor-only mailing list. Please write us an email if you want to be added to this list.

For new research groups wishing to join OSRE: just create one or more projects (see instructions).

What happens after a mentor submits a project idea and what criteria is used to determine which student projects get support for the summer?

Once we open the project ideas page up for review by potential students, interested students will begin reaching out to mentors with questions about the project and requests for review of their potential OSRE project. The proposal writing process is iterative and the mentor works closely with students as they formulate a proposal for their summer project based on the mentor’s project idea. The primary criteria for which student projects get picked for support is the extent to which the mentor and student appear to be a good fit. Mentors are ultimately responsible for choosing a student project that will be beneficial to their overall work. Other criteria we consider when evaluating projects include 1) whether a student projects will have a significant impact on the relevant open source or reproducibility project and 2) if all timelines and deliverables seem attainable. The importance of building and maintaining a diverse community is also an important goal of the OSRE, thus the inclusion of mentors and applicants from historically excluded groups will also be a consideration when selecting student projects.

Can students who currently work with a mentor be considered for support under the OSRE?

The OSRE program’s ability to support students work is based on participation in a number of programs in addition to Google Summer of Code. Each of those programs have different rules for those related to whehter current students can be supported with their funding. When OSRE projects are supported through the Google Summer of Code, student must be be new to the communities that they will work with over the summer. Students already working on those projects will therefore generally not be allowed to apply under the OSRE unless it fits to a program other than Google Summer of Code. If you have questions on this please contact the OSRE organizers.

How are selected students compensated for their summer work?

Selected students are provided a stipend for the summer. The amount of stipend they receive is based on the number of hours their project is expected to take. For example a full time project is considered to take approximately 350 hours over the course of the summer. A US-based undergraduate student will receive approximately $6000 over the course of the summer for a full time project. Note that the stipend rate for students is based on the location where they will be completing the work. OSRE uses the same rate as those for the Google Summer of Code contributors. Questions about stipends can be addressed to OSRE organizers.

Register for the 2023 Summer of Reproducibility (SoR) Mentor Info Session

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:15:56 -0700

Update: If you missed our info sessions so far, recordings are now available. There will be another informal Q&A session on January 26 at 10:30 Pacific Time.

Watch Videos –>

The UCSC Open Source Program Office is excited to introduce the 2023 Summer of Reproducibility (SoR 2023) into the Open Source Research Experience (OSRE) program and is looking for researchers and academics interested in being an SoR mentor.

For those of you unfamiliar with the OSRE, this program is modeled after the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) which matches undergraduate student contributors with mentors working on open source projects. The goal of the OSRE program is to seed contributor communities of UC-based open source research efforts and to help make computational research efforts reproducible. With this program the OSPO participates as mentor organization in GSoC and other outreach and sponsorship programs.

The OSRE began in 2020 and has included mentors from multiple UC campuses. (Find information about the 2022 OSRE here.) The Summer of Reproducibility (SoR) program is a new joint program with the new NSF-funded, collaborative REPETO Project (U Chicago, UC Santa Cruz, NYU Tandon). The SoR will focus on producing and using reproducibility artifacts as well as give summer students the opportunity to help out in this cutting-edge effort and acquire valuable skills related to reproducibility.

We will give a brief overview of the program and discuss the benefits of being an OSRE mentor. Join us on January 18 at 10:00am Pacific Time to hear about the Summer of Reproducibility followed immediately by an overview of the general OSRE program. Registration for this online event is now open. We will be asking a number of our mentors of the OSRE 2022 program to join in the discussion to share their experiences and we will also highlight the changes in the 2023 program aimed at making the OSRE even more rewarding for both mentors and students.

For a quick overview of what to expect of the OSRE 2023 please see information on the OSPO website. We are also happy to answer any questions prior to the January 18 session.

Please feel free to share this information with any colleagues who you think might be interested or could benefit from participating in this program.

Register for the OSRE 2023 Mentor Info Session

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 11:15:56 -0700

In case you missed our December 13 mentor info session, the recording is available now! (youtube channel)

WATCH HERE

The UCSC Open Source Program Office is excited to once again be sponsoring the Open Source Research Experience (OSRE) program in the Summer of 2023 and is looking for researchers and academics interested in being OSRE mentors.

The OSRE began in 2020 and has included mentors from multiple UC campuses. (Find information about the 2022 OSRE here.) A new feature for 2023 is the NSF funded Summer of Reproducibility (SoR) program! A part of the new NSF-funded, collaborative REPETO Project (U Chicago, UC Santa Cruz, NYU Tandon), the SoR will focus on producing and using reproducibility artifacts as well as give summer students the opportunity to help out in this cutting-edge effort and acquire valuable skills related to reproducibility.

We will give a brief overview of the program and discuss the benefits of being an OSRE mentor. Join us on December 13 at 10am Pacific Time. Registration for this online event is now open. We will be asking a number of our mentors the OSRE 2022 program to join in the discussion to share their experiences and we will also highlight the changes in the 2023 program aimed at making the OSRE even more rewarding for both mentors and students.

For a quick overview of what to expect of the OSRE 2023 please see information on the OSPO website. I’m also happy to answer any questions prior to the December 13 session.

Please feel free to share this invitation with any colleagues who you think might be interested or could benefit from participating in this program – both UC-affiliated colleagues working in open source and non-UC researchers that might benefit from the Summer of Reproducibility.

Writing a blog about your OSRE 2023 project

Sun, 06 Nov 2022 11:15:56 -0700

Starting in 2023 the Organization Admins will be asking students and contributors to provide regular status updates which will help us better highlight the work you are doing and track activities within our OSRE projects. These progress reports will also form the basis of blog reports prepared by students in the course of their summer. Blog reports should include links to proposals, presentations, reports, and an overview of the student’s experience.

Your experience is invaluable for future OSRE candidates and for improving the program every year.

Size and content

Keep it short and crisp. Include a short description of your project, a link to your project proposal, and, later in the program, links to the GSoC reports you provided.

Making a pull request for your blog

Fork the git repository
If you haven’t already done so, add your profile using these instructions
- IMPORTANT: Under user_groups: add - 2023 Contributors (as opposed to any of the two mentor groups)
- The short bio and any other information goes below the frontmatter
Post your blog
- Add /content/report/osre23/ORGANIZATION/PROJECTNAME/DATE-USERNAME/index.md
- Add a frontmatter to index.md, using the labels below
- Blog text goes below the frontmatter
- In that same directory include a picture and call it featured.png (also supports .jpg, .jpeg)
Commit to your fork and make a pull request and email OSRE Admins (currently: Stephanie Lieggi, Carlos Maltzahn).

Example frontmatter and text body

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subtitle: "YOUR SUBTITLE (OPTIONAL)"
summary:
authors:
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tags: ["osre23"]
categories: []
date: YYYY-MM-DD
lastmod: YYYY-MM-DD
featured: false
draft: false

# Featured image
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OSRE'22 Students Contributors Posters and Final Reports

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 11:15:56 -0700

The UCSC OSPO Open Source Research Experience (OSRE) Program is happy to announce that we had 12 successful summer programs. Ten of these contributors were supported by GSoC – double to the number we have had in 2021. Our other sponsors included Baskin Engineering, Toshiba America and CITRIS. The significant increase in contributor numbers was in large part due to the expansion of the OSRE to include mentors from other UC campuses and affiliated labs. This year the OSRE is excited to have 17 mentors who include researchers and faculty from three UC campuses (Santa Cruz, Riverside, and San Diego) as well one UC-run lab (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab). All these mentors are involved with UC-based open source projects and ecosystems.

Student contributors began working on their projects in mid-June, with most ending by late August/ early September. All summer contributors were asked to create a poster for or provide a presenation at the 2022 Open Source Research Symposium in late September 2022. See links to those posters as well as final products below.

We look forward to holding OSRE 2023 next summer. We will begin recruitment for mentors in the coming months and students at the start of 2023.

Interested in sponsoring this program and getting to know more about open source projects on UC campuses. Contact CROSS’s Executive Director Stephanie Lieggi for more information.

OSRE 2022 Student Contributors

Table: OSRE 2022 Student Contributors
Contributor	Summer Project	Final Products	UC-based OS Project
Mohammad Abdussalam	Geospatial Data Science on AsterixDB	Poster / Product	Asterix
Xuan Xu	Python Interface to HDF5 Asynchronous I/O	Poster / Product	HDF5
Craig White	Create python interface for PDC	Poster / Product	PDC
Talha Ahmed	Register File Generator	Poster / Product	OpenRAM
Arman Avetisyan	OpenLane/SKY130 Demos and tutorials	Poster / Product	OpenRoad
Pranay Mathur	Path finding algorithm using OpenCV and machine learning	Presentation / Product	OSAVC
Bhumil Depani	Driver Module for Open Source Autonomous Vehicle Controller	Presentation / Product	OSAVC
Joshua Angel	Autonomous Vehicle and Sensor Dynamic Simulation with Gazebo	Presentation/ Product	OSAVC
Asavari Ambavane	Develop a website for PolyPhy	Poster / Product	PolyPhy
Patrice Musoke	DevOps for PolyPhy, A Python Library for Polyphorm.	Poster / Product	PolyPhy
Hari Prasad	Discrete graph extraction from simulated scalar fields	Poster / Product	PolyPhy
Rachel Lau	NVMe for Rotational Media	Poster / Product (On-going)	Eusocial Storage

2022 UC Santa Cruz Open Source Symposium

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Join us in creating new communities, partnerships, and collaborations in amplifying research impact with open source.

In Case You Missed It, Recordings from The UC Santa Cruz Open Source Symposium are available now!

WATCH HERE

This year’s event is organized by the UC Santa Cruz Open Source Program Office (OSPO) and we thank our sponsors to help make this event possible. The event follows this code of conduct. It includes keynote speakers, expert panels, and technical workshops, as well as poster presentations highlighting the work of our Open Source Research Experience students. This year we are excited to host keynotes by Demetris Cheatham (GitHub), Nithya Ruff (Amazon), Karsten Wade (Red Hat), and Stephen Walli (Microsoft).

Free for UC affiliated and remote participants
Cost for non-UC affiliated participants: $299

Interested in sponsoring this event? Sponsors get complimentary registration, recognition and other benefits (see below)

Agenda Overview

Tue 9/27 @ UC Santa Cruz Hay Barn (directions). Plenary (single-track) sessions. In-person participation limited to 50 people; remote participation also available.
Wed 9/28 @ UC Santa Cruz Baskin Engineering 2 (directions). Technical Workshops (two-track). In-person participation limited to 60 people; Remote participation also available.
Thu 9/29, Fully Remote. Technical Workshops (single-track).

Detailed Agenda

(separate page or scroll below)

WATCH HERE

Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Organizations that sponsor this event will be given public acknowledgement on the Symposium website and agenda, and get free passes for in-person participation.

Sponsorship Level	Amount	Benefits
Silver Sponsors	$500	Acknowledgements + 1 free registration
Gold Sponsors	$1,000	Acknowledgements + 2 free registrations
Platinum Sponsors	$2,000	Acknowledgements + 4 free registrations

If your organization might be interested in sponsoring, please contact Stephanie Lieggi (slieggi@ucsc.edu). You can

sponsor by credit card during registration,
send a check, or use wire transfer.

Logistics

Parking

Link to UCSC Campus and Parking Map

Day 1 at Hay Barn: Parking permits will be available near the Hay Barn (lot 170) with overflow parking nearby in lot 116. Parking permits will be available from attendants upon arrival at the Hay Barn. For late arrivals come to the reception desk in the Hay Barn.
Day 2 at Baskin Engineering: Parking permits provided upon arrival at CORE WEST Parking. When you arrive, drive to the third floor of CORE WEST and request a free permit from the attendants. If you arrive after 10am, please go to the parking kiosk at the main entrance to pick up your permit.

Hotels in Santa Cruz

Dream Inn
175 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Call 831-426-4330 and ask for the UCSC rate (rates not available online)
The Hotel Paradox
611 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, 95060
Use code UC0 online for the UCSC rate
Fairfield Inn and Suites
2956 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Use code UC0 online for the UCSC rate

2022 UC Santa Cruz Open Source Symposium

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Join us in creating new communities, partnerships, and collaborations in amplifying research impact with open source.

In Case You Missed It, Recordings from The UC Santa Cruz Open Source Symposium are available now!

WATCH HERE

Free for UC affiliated and remote participants
Cost for non-UC affiliated participants: $299

Interested in sponsoring this event? Sponsors get complimentary registration, recognition and other benefits (see below)

Agenda Overview

Tue 9/27 @ UC Santa Cruz Hay Barn (directions). Plenary (single-track) sessions. In-person participation limited to 50 people; remote participation also available.
Wed 9/28 @ UC Santa Cruz Baskin Engineering 2 (directions). Technical Workshops (two-track). In-person participation limited to 60 people; Remote participation also available.
Thu 9/29, Fully Remote. Technical Workshops (single-track).

Detailed Agenda

(separate page or scroll below)

WATCH HERE

Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Organizations that sponsor this event will be given public acknowledgement on the Symposium website and agenda, and get free passes for in-person participation.

Sponsorship Level	Amount	Benefits
Silver Sponsors	$500	Acknowledgements + 1 free registration
Gold Sponsors	$1,000	Acknowledgements + 2 free registrations
Platinum Sponsors	$2,000	Acknowledgements + 4 free registrations

If your organization might be interested in sponsoring, please contact Stephanie Lieggi (slieggi@ucsc.edu). You can

sponsor by credit card during registration,
send a check, or use wire transfer.

Logistics

Parking

Link to UCSC Campus and Parking Map

Day 1 at Hay Barn: Parking permits will be available near the Hay Barn (lot 170) with overflow parking nearby in lot 116. Parking permits will be available from attendants upon arrival at the Hay Barn. For late arrivals come to the reception desk in the Hay Barn.
Day 2 at Baskin Engineering: Parking permits provided upon arrival at CORE WEST Parking. When you arrive, drive to the third floor of CORE WEST and request a free permit from the attendants. If you arrive after 10am, please go to the parking kiosk at the main entrance to pick up your permit.

Hotels in Santa Cruz

Dream Inn
175 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Call 831-426-4330 and ask for the UCSC rate (rates not available online)
The Hotel Paradox
611 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, 95060
Use code UC0 online for the UCSC rate
Fairfield Inn and Suites
2956 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Use code UC0 online for the UCSC rate

🧪 Open Source Research Experience

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:23:07 -0700

🪺 Open Source Incubator Fellowship

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:10:07 -0700

Overview

The Open Source Incubator Fellowship, funded through through the UCSC Open Source Program Office (OSPO), supports the work of postdoctoral scholars aiming to create and grow productive open source contributor communities around innovative research prototypes in order to amplify the impact of their research. A successful application includes (1) a research prototype with significant open source software or hardware infrastructure typically created as part of the applicant’s Ph.D. project and (2) strong evidence that the proposed project would be met with great interest by at least one well-established open source community.

Incubator Fellows play the role of “open source ambassadors” at UC Santa Cruz by displaying exemplary open source project and community management practices and by sharing their experience via mentorship and classroom instructions so students learn how to productively engage in open source projects. Ideal incubator fellows are inclusive, comfortable reaching across different scientific disciplines, and run compelling projects that have broad interdisciplinary appeal.

Current Incubator Fellows

Thanks to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation the OSPO can currently fund up to two incubator fellows. The OSPO is in the process of raising more funding to expand the Incubator Fellowship within UC Santa Cruz and across other UC campuses. Please welcome the inaugural 2022 cohort:

Dr.-Ing. Oskar Elek

Dr.-Ing. Oskar Elek works on the project “Polyphorm + PolyPhy: An open source software platform for learning and visualizing connectivity patterns in complex datasets.” For more information, please see his website.

Dr. Emily Lovell

Dr. Emily Lovell works on “Strengthening Underserved Segments of the Open Source Pipeline”. For more information, please see her website.

Eligibility/Requirements

A mentor who is a member of UC Santa Cruz faculty
Completion of Ph.D. (Ph.D. must be in hand at time of appointment)
Ph.D. dissertation or equivalent level of research that includes an innovative open source prototype (software or hardware)
Experience with teaching or mentoring undergraduates preferred
Experience with open source community management preferred

Timeline (current academic year)

Begin reviewing applications on March 15, 2022; positions open until filled

Fellowship Terms

Number of positions: three (3)
Resident fellowship based at UC Santa Cruz
Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Minimum annual salary rates are made based on the individual’s Experience Level, which is determined by the number of months of postdoctoral service at any institution. See current salary scale for Postdoctoral Titles at https://apo.ucsc.edu/compensation/salary-scales/index.html,
Anticipated start: as early as April 2022
Postdoctoral Scholar appointments are full-time; the initial appointment is for a minimum of one year, with the possibility of reappointment. Reappointment will be contingent upon positive performance review and availability of funding.

Application Structure

All applications should include:

Project Title
Background, overview & objectives
Expected time needed to meet objectives
Brief explanation of the relevant experience / previous work of project lead
Description of Diversity and Inclusion efforts/plans for project
Detail on the project roadmap and strategy for sustainability after fellowship ends
Risk assessment due to dependencies on any organization
Details related to project infrastructure and community engagement, including when applicable:
- Software project name and homepage URL
- Main code repository
- Documentation or other publication(s) describing project
- Name and affiliation of those with commit rights to the code repositories
- Names and affiliations of other maintainers/contributors
- Open source license
- Primary main programming language and other relevant language(s)
- List of scholarly papers citing or mentioning the software project
- Current number of unique users/contributors
- Number of software projects that depend on the software project
- Estimate of the potential number of users who could adopt this software project
- List of upstream, downstream, or related software projects that you are contributing to or receiving contributions from.
- Provide links to:
  - End-user documentation
  - Issue tracker
  - Community engagement or on-boarding forum
  - Contribution/coding guidelines

Other Application Material to be included in proposal:

CV of postdoctoral applicant

Register: 2022 UC Santa Cruz Open Source Symposium

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:22:07 -0700

The UC Open Source Research Symposium (successor to the CROSS Research Symposia series) is happy to be able to mix in-person, hybrid and fully remote activities in an effort to provide a larger audience the opportunity to learn about open source research at the University of California. Participants can interact with UC faculty, graduate students, and affiliated researchers, and discuss future directions and discover areas of collaboration from campuses throughout the UC system.

Returning after a two year hiatus, the Symposium will once again include the annual UC Santa Cruz Systems Research Lab’s Oktoberfest barbeque on the evening of the first day of the symposium.

Symposium Details →

🎓 Open Source Education

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:23:07 -0700

2022 UC Santa Cruz Open Source Symposium

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 11:22:07 -0700

Agenda and registration information is here.

Hybrid In-Person and Online Event

Registration to open in late August!

The UC Open Source Research Symposium (successor to the CROSS Research Symposia series) is happy to be able to mix in-person, hybrid and fully remote activities in an effort to provide a larger audience the opportunity to learn about the cutting edge open source research being done throughout the University of California. Participants can interact with UC faculty, graduate students, and affiliated researchers, and discuss future directions and discover areas of collaboration from campuses throughout the UC system.

AND returning after a two year hiatus, the Symposium will once again include the annual UC Santa Cruz Systems Research Lab’s Oktoberfest barbeque on the evening of the first day of the symposium.

This year’s event is organized by the UC Santa Cruz Open Source Program Office (OSPO) and sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and CROSS. It will include keynote speakers, expert panels, and technical workshops, as well as poster presentations highlighting the work of our Open Source Research Experience students.

Cost for non-UC affiliated participants: $299

Interested in Sponsoring this Event? Contact Stephanie Lieggi. Sponsors get complimentary registration, recognition and other benefits

Tentative Agenda

September 27, 2022

Venue: UC Santa Cruz Hay Barn
In-person participation limited to 50 people; Remote participation also available

Plenary sessions including keynote speakers, expert panels and poster sessions.
Day closes with the return of the 12th UCSC Systems / CROSS sponsored Oktoberfest BBQ!

September 28, 2022

Venue: UC Santa Cruz Baskin Engineering 2
In-person participation limited to 60 people; Remote participation also available

Technical workshops (two tracks) focusing on open source research and communities at UC Santa Cruz and other UC campuses.

September 29, 2022

Venue: Online Only

Technical workshops as well as presentations by contributors from the Open Source Research Experience Program.

Sponsors

OSPO UC Santa Cruz funded

Wed, 18 May 2022 11:22:07 -0700

(This is a slightly edited version of this UCSC news release).

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded Professor Carlos Maltzahn a $695,000 two-year grant aimed at establishing an open source program office (OSPO) that will serve the entire campus community. The new OSPO will be one of the first four in the United States to have such an office (John Hopkins, RIT, and Vermont are the others) and one of only two public universities.

Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) are an organizational innovation developed initially by companies in the tech sector as a way to manage the relationships with open source software ecosystems of strategic importance to their business. The UC Santa Cruz OSPO, together with the three other offices, are adapting this OSPO concept to build on the missions of research universities of research, teaching, and public service.

“We’re extremely excited about the establishment of university open source program offices and their potential to legitimize and improve the development of open source software across the research enterprise,” said Joshua Greenberg, director of the Sloan Foundation’s technology program. “We’re especially proud to support the establishment of an office at UC Santa Cruz. This work is being led by an accomplished team and represents an exciting development for the campus—as well as offering a blueprint for other UC schools.”

The UC Santa Cruz OSPO will transcend the scope of Baskin Engineering’s Center for Research for Open Source Software (CROSS) but not replace it. CROSS will continue its education, research, and incubator programs, with an increased focus on the topics of interest of its industry sponsors. CROSS was started by Maltzahn in 2015 to bridge the gap between student work and successful open source projects. Since its establishment, CROSS has raised $2.6 million in industry funding.

“By generously sponsoring CROSS, major corporations including Toshiba, Kioxia, Micron, SK Hynix, Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung, and Fujitsu clearly signaled that industry-university research collaboration via open source strategies and techniques works,” observed Maltzahn. “Thanks to their engagement and Sloan Foundation’s funding, we now have an opportunity to significantly expand this collaboration in innovative ways.”

As noted by Interim Vice Chancellor for Research John MacMillan, “The UCSC Office of Research will work closely with the OSPO team at cross-divisional and corporate engagement and help track funding of open source projects within the university. We are pleased that the Sloan Foundation chose to fund UC Santa Cruz’s efforts in open source – making it the first UC campus with an OSPO. We think this pilot project will allow UC Santa Cruz to be a model for UC campuses and other public universities.”

As part of the Sloan Foundation award, the OSPO introduces a new incubator fellowship aimed at attracting postdoctoral scholars whose compelling and innovative open source research projects make them natural open source ambassadors to UC Santa Cruz. The OSPO will establish a teaching fellowship to encourage innovation in teaching students how to productively engage with open source projects.. The OSPO will also promote and track funding of open source research efforts to help estimate the value of open source to UC Santa Cruz and the UC system as a whole.

The OSPO team, led by Maltzahn and CROSS Assistant Director Stephanie Lieggi, runs the Open Source Research Experience (OSRE) program, an exchange of summer project ideas that matches student contributors and sponsors with mentors working on open source research efforts. As part of the OSPO, the OSRE will be able to expand and engage mentors across UC campuses and associated national labs.

Maltzahn summarized: “The Open Source Research Experience is the kind of OSPO program we want: inclusive and easy to engage with, highly rewarding, scalable across multiple UC campuses, well-aligned with the goals and desires of stakeholders, and increasing in value with the number of contributors.”

For more on the OSPO and how it works, check out the recent feature published by the Red Hat Research Quarterly and the OSPO UC Santa Cruz website, ospo.ucsc.edu.

2022 Open Source Seminar Series at UC Santa Cruz

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is a past event. If you are interested in finding out more about future events like this, please contact Stephanie Lieggi.

The OSPO UC Santa Cruz and CROSS are pleased to be hosting a Summer seminar series for our affiliated researchers, students and industry partners facilitated by Dr. Dirk Riehle, Professor of Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. The series will include four multi-session modules (12 sessions in total).

Module 1: Open source licenses (July 5, 6, 7)
Module 2: Open source audits (July 11, 12, 14)
Module 3: License-compliant distribution (July 18, 20, 21)
Module 4: Open source program office (July 25, 27, 28)

All sessions last approximately one hour and begin at 8am Pacific Time. See specific dates for all sessions below.

Module 1: Open source licenses

Participants learn about open source software and how to interpret its licenses.

This module covers the following topics over the course of three sessions of 1h each:

July 5 (Tuesday): Free/libre, and open-source software licenses
July 6 (Wednesday): The copyleft obligation
July 7 (Thursday): The state of open source licensing

Module 2: Open source audits

Participants learn how to create a bill of materials and audit open source software.

This module covers the following topics over the course of three sessions of 1h each:

July 11 (Monday): Software bill of materials
July 12 (Tuesday): Software composition analysis
July 14 (Thursday): Open source legal risks

Module 3: License-compliant distribution

Participants learn how to deliver products built on open source to third parties.

This module covers the following topics over the course of three sessions of 1h each:

July 18 (Monday): Standardized license interpretation
July 20 (Wednesday): License-compliant distribution
July 21 (Thursday): Continuous integration

Module 4: The open source program office

Participants learn how to set up and operate an open source program office.

This module covers the following topics over the course of three sessions of 1h each:

July 25 (Monday): The open source program office
July 27 (Wednesday): Securing the software supply chain
July 28 (Thursday): University open source program office (Carlos Maltzahn & Stephanie Lieggi)

About the Facilitator: Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle, M.B.A., is the Professor of Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Before joining academia, Riehle led the Open Source Research Group at SAP Labs, LLC, in Palo Alto, California (Silicon Valley). He works on open source and inner source software engineering as well as agile software development methods and continuous delivery. Prof. Riehle holds a Ph.D. in computer science from ETH Zürich and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He welcomes email at dirk@riehle.org, blogs at https://dirkriehle.com, and tweets as @dirkriehle.

17 OSRE Students Contributing to UC-Based OS Projects

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 11:15:56 -0700

The UCSC OSPO Open Source Research Experience (OSRE) Program is excited to announce that our mentors will work with 17 student contributors this summer. This includes 14 contributors sponsored by the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) under the Center for Research in Open Source Software (CROSS) mentor organization. Aside from GSoC, OSRE sponsors this year include Toshiba America Electronic Components, and Baskin Engineering Inclusive Excellence Hub (IEH), and CITRIS.

This is the most students to be supported by the OSRE program since its inception in 2020, and almost doubles the number of OSRE students in 2021. Most notably, the number of GSoC contributor slots is nearly triple the slots awarded to CROSS in 2021. This significant increase in GSoC support is in large part due to the expansion of the OSRE to include mentors from other UC campuses and affiliated labs. This year the OSRE is excited to include 18 mentors who include researchers and faculty from three UC campuses (Santa Cruz, Riverside, and San Diego) as well one UC-run lab (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab). All these mentors are involved with UC-based open source projects and ecosystems.

OSRE mentors posted project ideas for contributors on the Project Ideas page in early 2022 and began advising interested contributors in February. Interested students/contributors submitted their project proposals in April and slots were announced on May 19. The CROSS/OSPO organization administrators received 53 applications this year through the GSoC portal – a 33% increase from the 2021 application pool.

Student contributors begin working on their projects in mid-June, ending in late August/ early September. All summer contributors will be asked to present their work at the Open Source Research Symposium scheduled to take place in late September 2022 (in-person at UC Santa Cruz as well as remote.) The OSPO will also be highlighting the work of these contributors throughout the summer, so come back to check out the progress.

OSRE 2022 Student Contributors

Table: OSRE 2022 Student Contributors
Contributor	Summer Project	Country	Contributor’s Affiliation	UC-based OS Project
Mohammad Abdussalam	Geospatial Data Science on AsterixDB	Egypt	Alexandria University	Asterix
Sridhar Dhamija	DirtViz: Visualize Sensor Data	India	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, K.K. Birla Goa Campus	DirtVix
Xuan Xu	Python Interface to HDF5 Asynchronous I/O	China	Zhengzhou University	HDF5
Craig White	Create python interface for PDC	USA	Florida Polytechnic University	PDC
Talha Ahmed	Register File Generator	Pakistan	Usman Institute of Technology	OpenRAM
Arman Avetisyan	OpenLane/SKY130 Demos and tutorials	Armenia	National Polytech University	OpenRoad
Chamika Sudusinghe	VLSI Power Planning and Analysis	Sri Lanka	University of Moratuwa,	OpenRoad
Nimra Khan	Demos and Tutorials	Pakistan	Usman Institute of Technology	OpenRoad
Pranay Mathur	Path finding algorithm using OpenCV and machine learning	India	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani	OSAVC
Bhumil Depani	Driver Module for Open Source Autonomous Vehicle Controller	India	Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of	OSAVC
Joshua Angel	Autonomous Vehicle and Sensor Dynamic Simulation with Gazebo	USA	UC Santa Cruz	OSAVC
Asavari Ambavane	Develop a website for PolyPhy	India	Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute	PolyPhy
Patrice Musoke	DevOps for PolyPhy, A Python Library for Polyphorm.	USA	Temple University	PolyPhy
Hari Prasad	Discrete graph extraction from simulated scalar fields	India	T.K.M College of Engineering	PolyPhy
Kwan Ting (Kestino) Lau	Creating new data visualization regimes	USA	University of Michigan	PolyPhy
Rupesh Gelal	Developing website and writing content for PolyPhy	Nepal	Nepal Engineering College	PolyPhy
Rachel Lau	NVMe for Rotational Media	USA	UC Santa Cruz	Eusocial Storage

2021 CROSS Research Symposium

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Go to Event

2021 Commercial Open Source Start Up Workshop Series (hosted by CROSS)

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

2020 CROSS Research Symposium

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Go to Event

2020 Commercial Open Source Workshop Series (hosted by CROSS)

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

2019 CROSS Research Symposium

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Go to Event

2018 CROSS Research Symposium

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Go to Event

2017 CROSS Research Symposium

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Go to Event

2016 CROSS Research Symposium

Mon, 24 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Go to Event

Guidelines for Summer Students

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

AI USAGE POLICY

How to apply to the be a contributor in our summer programs

Take a look at the current year’s project ideas and refer to the timeline for exact dates.
Between late February and mid March, select projects of interest, contact mentor(s), and tell them your motivation and provide them with your relevant background/experience. You are strongly encouraged to apply to no more than two projects.
Join the slack channel for contributor applicants. You should contact the Organization Admins for access. Note that we will only review proposals of contributors who have also joined our slack channel by the deadline stated on the timeline. Use this time to also get to know the project to which you are applying and the members of the project community. You are highly encouraged to ask questions.
Be prepared to provide mentors with some examples of your technical knowledge as an initial step. For instance, mentors may ask you to carry out a technical test or show work you have done in the past to assess your knowledge. This is an important step for ensuring you are proposing something that is beneficial to you, the mentor and the community. We have opportunities for contributors with a wide range of skill levels, so do not worry about “passing” the test - just show what your skill levels are and areas you are interested to grow in.
Once you and the mentor have established your level of proficiency and how it fits within project ideas, you may receive feedback from the mentor on writing the proposal. Each mentor or mentor team will establish their own process for reviewing and commenting on the work of interested students. Note – DO NOT RELY ON AI TOOLS for your proposal writing or showing your competence. Mentors need to see your work in order to judge if you are a good fit and will be successful in your project. While you can utilize tools to refine you project if necessary YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN ANY AND ALL WORK THAT YOU PRESENT TO THE MENTORS and the application text must be your origianal work. We prohibit the use of AI tools for generating your project deliverables. Misuse of AI tools will be grounds from removal from the program.
Keep track of that year’s project deadlines. Proposal must be turned in on time and include:
- A detailed plan of work with an estimate of the time needed (typically 175 or 375 hours in total). See below for a suggested template.
- Well defined tasks and their objectives, list of deliverables
- Note: any committments that could impact the amount of time you can spend on the project.
- Submit via the GSoC portal
Mentors will provide a ranked list of proposals to Org Admins. Results are made public in early May.

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT FOR ALL ACCEPTED PROPOSALS

Summer contributors will be required to provide short bi-weekly status updates. These will help the mentors and the Org Admins see that your project is on track. They are also meant to provide a basis for blog posts to be completed by the contributors and highlighted by the organization admins.

Mentors and Org Admins expect summer contributors to act professionally and respect the mentor’s time and efforts. As with any professional setting, it is the responsibility of the contributor/student to inform their mentor if they will be taking any vacations or if they have any other obligation that conflicts with the proposed workplan. Not informing the mentor of these conflicts can result in removal from the program.

Contributors will be expected to attend all-hands and other group meetings throughout the program. These meetings will be via zoom and held at various times of day to allow participation for a wide range of time zones.

Do not hesitate to contact Org Admins for further questions.

Suggested proposal template

In your proposal, be specific and make sure your mentor can see evidence that you will be able to succeed at your project.

Proposal title - Should give an indication of what your proposal is expecting to accomplish
Name of project mentor(s)
Contributor’s full name
Slack and github handles
Introduction
- Define the problem you are trying to solve
- Provide background about the current state of the problem
- Descrbe you solution
Project goals
- Project objectives: What do you expect to get from this project? How will the community benefit?
- Expected deliverables: What do you think the results will be from this proposal?
- Future work based on project (if applicable)
Implementation plan
- Project methodology: How will you work to meet your objectives? How will you interact with the mentor and other members of the relevant open source community?
- Describe the project’s technical elements
- Describe any challenges and proposed solutions
Project timeline
- Project plan and deliverables schedule.
- Total number of hours expected to need for project and number of weeks to complete.
- IMPORTANT – the timeline must specify any time conflicts that you anticipate during the program (ie conflicts due to travel, school, other activities.)
Biographical information
- Relevant experience and educational background
- Technical interests and strengths
- Contact information:
  - Required: your full name, email address, current affiliation (for instance, which school are you currently attending);
  - Required: Timezone you will reside in during program;
  - Optional: relevant blog or website URL; Linkedin profile; other social media links.

Stephanie Lieggi | UCSC OSPO

UC Open Source Summit 2026

General AI Use Policy for Contributions to OSRE Affiliated Projects

United Nation's Reboot The Earth Hackathon Comes to UC Santa Cruz

Registration

Draft Agenda

Friday, November 7

Saturday, November 8

Open Source SlugFest 2025

Come to hear about … and talk about … the amazing Open Source activities happening at UCSC!

Registration is free

The First Annual UC Open Highlights Open Source Innovation in the UC System

Highlights from Day One included:

Highlights from Day Two included:

Sponsors and Support

Platinum Sponsors: Red Hat, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Looking to 2026!

UC Open Source Summit 2025

Accepted as 2025 GSoC Mentor Organiztion

OSRE 2025 Mentor Info Session

CURIOSS Members Winter Workshop 2025

REGISTRATION LINK

Workshop Details

Schedule

Meeting Venue

Travel to Santa Cruz

Weather and Things To Do

CURIOSS Members Winter Workshop 2025

REGISTRATION LINK

Workshop Details

Schedule

Meeting Venue

Travel to Santa Cruz

Weather and Things To Do

SoR 2025 Mentor Info Session

Writing a blog about your OSRE 2025 project

Making a pull request for your blog

Example frontmatter and text body

Writing a blog about your OSRE 2026 project

Making a pull request for your blog

Example frontmatter and text body

2024 UCSC Open Source Symposium

Creating new communities, partnerships, and collaborations to amplify research impact with open source ✨

Overview

Agenda

Logistics

Parking

Hotels in Santa Cruz

Sponsorship

UC Network Joins UN OSPOs For Good to Enhance Global Collaboration on Sustainability Goals

UC OSPO Network Launched

40 Contributors participating in OSRE '24

Summer 2024 OSRE supporting 40 students working on Open Source and Reproductivity

Open Source SlugFest 2024

Come to hear about … and talk about … the amazing Open Source activities happening on campus.

Registration is free (no-cost)

Accepted as 2024 GSoC Mentor Organiztion

How to add a new project idea to OSRE

Instructions for adding/updating a project

Instructions for adding a mentor

OSRE 2024 Mentor Info Session

Virtual Reproducibility Hackathon

About the Event

Reproducibility Sessions

I. Tutorial: Packaging Experiments for Practical Reproducibility

II. Open Work Period: Packaging Actual Experiments

How to come prepared for reproducibility success:

III. Open Discussion: Share Your Experience

OSRE 2024 Mentor Info Session

Writing a blog about your OSRE 2024 project

Size and content

Making a pull request for your blog

Example frontmatter and text body

2023 UC Open Source Symposium

Join us in creating new communities, partnerships, and collaborations in amplifying research impact with open source.

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