Sustainable Software in Academia
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM
This workshop, hosted in collaboration with Georgia Tech’s new Open Source Program Office, focused on sharing the latest information on several related efforts related to developing and maintaining sustainable research software projects and communities. From the conception of the initial research idea, this workshop explored the steps from initial software prototype to publication with a focus on Georgia Tech-specific best practices and resources that can help you to create your next great software project. Specific sessions by SSE software engineers demonstrated the capabilities of the center as well as provided tips on how to quickly improve your existing scientific software project. Attendees also had the opportunity to discuss challenges faced in terms of research software and deployments in an open panel session.
Speaker Materials and Recordings
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Workshop Agenda
| Time (EDT) | Speaker | Talk Title |
| 8:00 | Breakfast | |
| 8:30 | Jeffrey Young Co-Director, SSE Center | SSE Center Update & Overview [Slides] [Video] |
| 9:00 | Fang Liu Co-Director, GT Open Source Program Office | Introduction to Georgia Tech’s OSPO [Slides] [Video] |
| 9:30 | Michael Varon Senior Licensing Associate | Working with the Office of Technology Licensing [Slides] [Video] |
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:30 | Irfan Essa Senior Associate Dean of Computing | Intersection of AI Hubs and Software Engineering |
| 11:00 | Suresh Marru Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence in Science and Engineering (ARTISAN) | Introduction to ARTISAN [Slides] [Video] |
| 11:30 | Dave Brownell Head of Engineering, SSE Center | How to Introduce Software Engineering into Your Research Project [Slides] [Video] |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch and Learn | |
| 12:30 | Panelists: Dave Brownell, Kate Rachwal, Robin Fievet Moderator: Jeffrey Young | Open/Panel Discussion – Challenges for Software Sustainability in Academia [Slides] |
| 1:30 | Dave Brownell Head of Engineering, SSE Center | Demo – Python Project Bootstrapper [Repo] [Video] |
| 2:00 | Discussion & Closing Remarks |