CROSS
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New grant supports UC Santa Cruz-led multi-UC campus effort to build network of open source program offices
A $1.85 million grant from the Sloan Foundation will serve to institutionalize the OSPO approach in the UC system by creating coordinated activities that support local campus OSPOs and building a network that can leverage multi-campus efforts.
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Center for Research in Open Source Software welcomes James Davis as new faculty director
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering is the new faculty director of the Center for Research in Open Source Software (CROSS).
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NSF funding will strengthen infrastructure for open source ecosystems at UCSC
Co-principal investigator Stephanie Lieggi and PI Carlos Maltzahn will develop a plan to recruit research software engineering staff who can establish and maintain the support infrastructure necessary for open source projects to thrive within the university context.
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NSF award will support project to promote reproducibility in computer science
With the support of a three-year, $900,000 grant from the NSF, Carlos Maltzahn will participate in collaborative research to increase the reproducibility of computer science research.
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Sloan Foundation funds two-year pilot open source program office at UC Santa Cruz
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded Professor Carlos Maltzahn a $695,000 two-year grant aimed at establishing an open source program office (OSPO) that will serve the entire campus community.
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Sage Weil: Opening doors for open source
As the founder of web hosting company DreamHost, Sage Weil was already a successful entrepreneur when he came to UC Santa Cruz in 2004 to study data storage systems.
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Scott Brandt appointed to Sage Weil Presidential Chair for Open Source Software
VCR Scott Brandt has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Sage Weil Presidential Chair for Open Source Software.
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Gifts from alum Sage Weil provide $3 million for open source research at UC Santa Cruz
Alumnus Sage Weil has established an endowed chair and provided an additional $2 million for research in open source software.
