Shaping Research Software: An Interview With Johanna Bayer - ARDC

"One of my favourite projects was being a Subject Matter Expert on Open Software for the NASA Transform to Open Science (TOPS) program. NASA declared the year of 2023 as the year of Open Science and launched a sprint to create a curriculum for a course that will be hosted on the platform edX. I joined a group of open science experts from around the globe to create the chapter about Open Software in a sprint of 5 days! The course has 6 chapters on subjects like Licensing/Ownership, Code Management/Quality, Version Control, and Contributing. It was a super fun experience overall, and I particularly liked the project because it showed what can be done in a short amount of time when everyone is committed...."