University Libraries Appoints G. Sayeed Choudhury to New Role Supporting Open-Source Projects at CMU | Carnegie Mellon University, June 22, 2022

"G. Sayeed Choudhury, currently the associate dean for digital infrastructure, applications, and services and Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center at the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University, will join Carnegie Mellon University Libraries in a newly created role to raise awareness of and stimulate collaboration among open-source projects that take place across the university. Early initiatives are likely to include support for automated science efforts at the Carnegie Mellon University Cloud Lab and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a federally funded research and development center that helps government and industry organizations develop and operate software systems that are secure and reliable. The Open Source Program Office (OSPO) will also encourage students to develop or update open-source software, and provide advice on licenses and development platforms commonly used in industry. "We are looking forward to welcoming Sayeed to CMU. He is an internationally recognized advocate of approaches to open scholarship. His work at Johns Hopkins has been transformational, and he will join a university eager to link to a growing network of academic OSPOs," said Keith Webster, the Helen and Henry Posner, Jr. Dean of University Libraries and director of Emerging and Integrative Media Initiatives...."