Faculty mentors and other supporters recently gathered to hear 24 lightning talks from the largest cohort to date of UW-Madison Open Source Program Office interns. These undergrad and grad students highlighted what they learned from open source projects.
The Open Source Program Office and the UW-Research Software Engineering community will be hosting an upcoming talk by Alyssa Travitz from Open Free Energy on April 14 from 3:00–4:00 PM (with reception to follow) in the Orchard View Room in the Discovery Building. Open Free Energy focuses on developing tools that enable researchers to easily …
The OSPO and WISCURDS programs are hosting a joint informational session for researchers who might want to mentor with the DSI! Both programs are mentorship opportunities for UW Madison students. Come to the informational session on Wednesday, March 18th 2026, from 12:00-1:00pm to figure out if one of these programs might be right for your …
Registration for this event has closed. The agenda and links to the slides of the presentations can be found at our Indico event page. Are you looking to find a community on campus dedicated to the production of open hardware? Are you interested in hands-on-creation? Do you know nothing about the benefits of building in …
Abe Megahed, University of Wisconsin Data Science Institute Summary As part of the University of Wisconsin Madison’s Open Source Program Office’s investigation into open source activities around the state, we collected and analyzed a set of information from GitHub and GitLab that yields some insights into the general state of code and repository quality. Methodology …
The Open Source Program Office (OSPO) is looking to connect interns with meaningful open-source projects as part of our internship program. The program would match projects with interns and begin activities in Spring 2025. OSPO support would consist of a student training session and weekly group check-ins for the duration of the internship period until …
On September 26, 2024 over 50 faculty, staff, and students attended “How Open Source is Fostering Innovation in AI” as part of Innovate Week 2024. This event consisted of short talks and a moderated panel discussion by leaders in the AI community about how AI initiatives are leveraging open source technologies for maximum impact and …
Simon Goring, University of Wisconsin Data Science Institute Open Source software is ubiquitous and contributions to and adoptions of OSS have immense value at a national and global scales. Open source software is at the core of most major operating systems, and drives most of the websites and internet services we use every day; however, …
The UW–Madison Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Manager, Allison Kittinger, will present a talk entitled “Welcoming and Belonging in Open Source” at DevFest 2024 on August 22nd in the Memorial Union. A description of the talk is below. The success of open source projects is heavily based on community and volunteer contributions. This talk takes …
Thanks to a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The University of Wisconsin–Madison Open Source Program Office (OSPO) is positioned to support and grow our vibrant open source ecosystem. The OSPO’s mission is to collaborate with key stakeholders and community members to provide open source learning opportunities, promote best practices, facilitate the use of …