Conceptualizing a US Research Software Sustainability Institute (URSSI)

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urssi.us

 URSSI mission

To improve the quality, usefulness, and sustainability of research software by improving practices, and increasing diversity of practitioners

First community unconference
Second community unconference
Community survey

1

2

Funded

Jan 2018

Software metrics, citation
Research software incubators

Tentative end July 2019

3

4

Community unconference

1

April 2018
Berkeley, CA

Software

People

Training

Org practices

Critical, Discoverability, Dev practices, Metrics, Citation 
Career paths, promotion, tenure, diversity
SWE carpentry, broad training and mentoring initiatives.
Governance, collaboration

2

Oct 2018
Chicago IL

Community unconference

Software

People

Training

Org practices

Critical, Discoverability, Dev practices, Metrics, Citation 
Career paths, promotion, tenure, diversity
SWE carpentry, broad training and mentoring initiatives, URSSI Summer School
Governance, collaboration

3

Jan 2019
Santa Barbara, CA

Software metrics & credit

People

Broader challenges

$ for maintenance 
Awareness of best practices
Career paths
Academic disincentives
individual impact
software value recognition
quality versus impact
Funding

4

Feb 2019
College Park, MD

Software Incubators

github.com/
si2-urssi/
final_workshop