NASA's Thirst for Open Source Software — and for Open Science - The New Stack

Items tagged with oa.floss in Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) 2023-03-06

Summary:

"Software has been a crucial component to all of NASA’s major achievements, from space travel to the deepest images of our universe. Naturally, NASA’s need for high-quality scientific software has led it to open source developers, and now to an ambitious new program based on the larger principles of “open science.” Bringing NASA’s open source message to the annual FOSDEM conference was Steve Crawford, a space-loving astronomer who is now also the data officer of NASA’s science directorate, the group engaging the scientific community to define questions and expand research.... But there’s also an outreach to the world beyond NASA — including a new $40 million, five-year program called Transform to Open Science. The idea of open science involves free availability of research information to encourage outside contributions, and NASA is actively trying to lead us there.... The official TOPS webpage calls it NASA’s “global community initiative to spark change and inspire open science engagement through events and activities that will shift the current paradigm.” Throughout 2023, NASA TOPS will be partnering with 12 scientific professional societies in the scientific community “to advance the adoption of open science, roll out an open science curriculum, and support minority-serving institutions engagement with NASA through prizes, challenges, and hackathons.”..."

Link:

https://thenewstack.io/nasas-thirst-for-open-source-software-and-for-open-science/

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Tags:

oa.usa.nasa oa.top oa.policies oa.open_science oa.nasa oa.embargoes oa.astronomy usa open_source_software americas northern_america americas

Date tagged:

03/06/2023, 08:57

Date published:

03/06/2023, 04:01