Any member of the computational science and engineering community who has an interest in improving scientific software teams is encouraged to submit content to build the program of Collegeville 2021.
While we welcome any relevant contribution to the software teams theme,
We are particularly interested in contributions that draw from software team experiences, no matter how formal or informal your team processes are. Often the structures and dynamics of scientific software teams are not clearly documented. We also are interested in teams that address the software ecosystem, in addition to those that address specific software. We strongly encourage participants to reflect on how their teams are organized and operate, and submit content for the workshop in any of the formats listed below. By sharing your team's experience, you will help build community awareness about how we can understand and improve scientific software teams.
We also enthusiastically welcome contributions on conceptual models that can help attendees better understand how teams work and can be improved.
We welcome the following contributions:
| Contribution | Submission Date | Description |
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| White paper | June 18 | A brief document articulating impediments, challenges, opportunities or potential solutions to teams for scientific software. Note: While details are still being worked out, we intend to invite select authors of white papers to expand their paper as a peer-reviewed article for a special issue of Computing in Science and Engineering (CiSE). Details available soon. |
| Recorded presentation | June 21 - July 9 | We will accept short recorded presentations on content selected from some of the submitted white papers. If your white paper content would make a good presentation for the workshop, we will contact you to inquire if you are interested in this opportunity. Recorded presentations will be available to attendees before the workshop. |
| Teatime theme | July 1 | A topic related to software teams for open discussion during teatime. If your teatime theme is accepted, you would facilitate a small group discussion on the theme during the July 20 – 22 workshop. |
| Poster | July 1 | A PDF or interactive webpage that will be the focus of small group discussion during teatime. If your poster is accepted, you would facilitate a small group discussion during the July 20 – 22 workshop. |
| Watch party | July 12 - 19 | During the week prior to the workshop, participants can host a watch party for one or more of the workshop video recordings. Given the increasing number of recorded and available talks online, these watch parties can become regular occasions for sharing recent research and ideas, much like a reading group. More information on the pre-workshop watch parties and their post-workshop sustenance is available on this page. |
| Panelist | July 20 - 22 | During the workshop dates of July 20 – 22, we will host a live plenary panel discussion with Q&A as the first event each day. We are limited to just a few panelists each day and will invite people based on their white paper submission and the diversity of viewpoint for the theme of the day. We will contact panelist candidates to inquire if you are interested in this opportunity. The panel sessions will be recorded and available after the workshop. |
All submission will be reviewed by the organizing committee for possible acceptance to the workshop program
- Please limit length to 2 - 4 pages standard text (references are not included in page count).
- Your text can address impediments, challenges, opportunities, research directions or potential solutions, or combinations of these aspects.
- Workshop presentations and panelists will in part be drawn from white paper submissions.
- To have your white paper considered for presentation, please submit it no later than June 18, 2021.
- How to submit your white paper:
- Option 1: Submit a pull request. Instructions and current white papers are on this page.
- Option 2: Submit your white paper in PDF form as an email attachment to Mike Heroux mheroux@csbsju.edu.
- Poster sessions will be conducted during teatimes. We will run discussions concurrently and keep the discussion groups small enough for interactive dialogue.
- Posters can be PDF files of one or a few slides or an interactive webpage. The intent is to have content that conveys your ideas in a small group dialogue.
- To have your poster considered for presentation, please submit it no later than July 1, 2021.
- How to submit your poster:
- Option 1: Submit a pull request. Instructions and current posters are on this page.
- Option 2: Submit your poster in PDF form as an email attachment or send the interactive webpage URL to Mike Heroux mheroux@csbsju.edu.
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Teatime is a concept borrowed from Angela Herring: scheduling an open discussion with a small group of people.
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In order to provide a bit of structure to the discussion, we invite you to submit a teatime theme related to software teams.
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If your theme is selected, we will invite you to facilitate a discussion on your theme during the concurrent breakout sessions.
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To have your teatime theme considered for discussion, please submit it no later than July 1, 2021.
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How to submit your teatime theme and abstract:
- Option 1: Submit a pull request. Instructions and current teamtime themes are on this page.
- Option 2: Submit your teatime theme and abstract in PDF form as an email attachment to Mike Heroux mheroux@csbsju.edu.