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CERN’s Open Source Programme Office Publishes First Report
Openness is at the heart of how CERN works — from sharing knowledge to building tools. The Open Source Programme Office (OSPO) helps teams at CERN make their software and hardware openly available and easier to share. It has now published its first report, available at https://repository.cern/records/rc65y-sv737. The OSPO was established in 2023 to support…
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Indico: web-based event management
What is it? Indico is a comprehensive, web-based event management tool developed by CERN. It offers a range of features for organising conferences, meetings, and workshops, including hierarchical content management, abstract and paper reviewing, customisable registration forms, integration with payment systems, and video conferencing solutions. Indico is extensible through plugins and is open-source under the…
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Open Source at CERN in 2024/2025
Anastasia Stasenko and Pierre-Carl Langlais from Pleias shared their view on open-source AI and public data: what today’s problems are and how CERN can help. Sophia Vargas from Google’s OSPO shared how to collectively work towards OSS sustainability. Both were really fascinating and insightful presentations: if you missed them, watch their recordings available on Indico!…