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Workshops

OpenSource@Stanford offers practical workshops to provide early-career researchers and coding leads with knowledge about best practices for open source software development and encouragement to release their code as openly as possible.

We are excited to partner with pyOpenSci to deepen knowledge and practice of peer code review, Python package management, and community engagement. As the first academic Open Source Program Office (OSPO) to form a working relationship with pyOpenSci, we will pilot a membership model in the hopes of scaling engagement for other academic OSPOs in the United States.

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pyOpenSci: Improving research software through open and accessible peer review

August 7, 2025
10:00am-11:30am PT

Anyone at Stanford is welcome to attend. Sign up here.

In line with pyOpenSci’s aim to help researchers build better, discoverable, and usable software, this event explores how software peer review can help you:

  • Build reliable research tools
  • Improve coding and software development skills
  • Support open and sustainable Python software
  • Gain academic recognition for code contributions
  • Connect with the broader scientific Python community

 

Previous Workshops

Open Source Licensing & Software Citation

April 25, 2024
1:00 – 2:00pm PT

Location provided via direct email.

This hands-on workshop will be split into two parts:

  1. Open Source Licensing
    One of the most important pieces of open source software development is providing clear licensing. Learn how to select and attribute an appropriate license to your project.
  2. Software Citation
    Learn how to gain credit for your open source software packages with a walkthrough of best practices on software citation, including how to get DOIs for your software repository and publish in the Journal of Open Source Software.