2024 Improving Scientific Software Conference🔗︎
Date and Time: April 15-18, 2024
Location: NSF NCAR Center Green Campus (Boulder, Colorado) and Virtual
Agenda and Recordings🔗︎
For reference, the Conference agenda along with abstracts and author bios and slide decks from talks and tutorials are available. You can also watch recordings from each day with the links below:
About ISS🔗︎
The 2024 Improving Scientific Software Conference was held April 15-18, 2024 in Boulder, Colorado. We also offered a virtual registration option for those interested in remote attendance.
Audience🔗︎
The conference is for staff and students at research institutions, universities, and industry who are interested in learning and discussing the latest developments and practices in scientific software. Those working in the geosciences will likely find it more relevant. However, anyone who finds the agenda beneficial to them is welcome to attend even if they do not fit the category previously stated.
This year’s conference focused on the modernization of scientific software and what that means to our community now and in the years to come. We will touch on the challenges and opportunities of modernizing software code, workflows, development, and more.
- Modernizing scientific code in large and small projects
- Porting codes to new architectures (e.g., accelerators, Arm CPUs…)
- Utilizing machine learning
- Modernizing software development practices
- Adopting continuous integration and/or development in existing projects
- Using code review during development
- Building communities around scientific software
- Democratizing software development
- Improving scientific workflows
- Incorporating containers into science workflows
Proceedings🔗︎
We have also adopted Jupyter Notebooks as paper proceedings for those interested in submitting. Notebooks seamlessly combine descriptions of work and process, supporting graphics, and relevant code into a self-contained and (optimally) rerunnable package.
Registration and Logistics🔗︎
| Type | Deadline | Price (general) | Price (student) |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-person | March 29 | $250 | $150 |
| Virtual | April 12 | $50 | $50 |
Venue🔗︎
NSF NCAR Center Green Campus
3080 Center Green Drive
Boulder, CO 80301
Lodging🔗︎
Book your group rate for UCAR improving Scientific Software (135 USD/night).
Rates available: Sunday, April 14, 2024 - Saturday, April 20, 2024
Last Day to Book: Friday, March 15, 2024
Code of Conduct🔗︎
UCAR and NSF NCAR are committed to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all participants in any conference, workshop, field project or project hosted or managed by UCAR, no matter what role they play or their background. This includes respectful treatment of everyone regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, age, body size, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, level of experience, political affiliation, veteran status, pregnancy, genetic information, as well as any other characteristic protected under state or federal law.
All participants are required to abide by this Code of Conduct.