UT-OSPO News

Dr. Claus Wilke, computational Biologist with Integrative Biology, shared his experience working with open source software projects.

Michael Shensky and Bryan Gee presented at the Coalition for Networked Information Spring 2025 Member Meeting on April 8, 2025 in Milwaukee, WI about projects focused on measuring the open sharing of research outputs by UT Austin researchers.

The UT-OSPO User Group met with the OSPO team to discuss needs, wants, and desires for the OSPO in the near future.

Nearly 30 students, multiple mentors, judges, and emcees launched the first open source Hackathon, sponsored by the Jackson School of Geosciences and the UT-OSPO.

The UT-OSPO joins the Open Forum for AI as a Founding Member.

The UT Austin OSPO team participated in the United Nations OSPOs for Good event.

UT-OSPO core team members James Howison and Jennifer Schopf discuss maturity models and present the UT OSPO Participation Pathway illustrated with case study examples from the NetSage open source project.

With financial support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, experts from the Texas Advanced Computing Center, central IT services, University of Texas Libraries and the School of Information are collaborating to run this project.

To maximize the social and economic impact of open source software in research and education, The University of Texas at Austin has launched the Open Source Program Office, a central hub for open source activity, connection, training and support to enable open source practices as a key part of the University.