<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="entry-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><h1 style="margin: 1.714285714rem 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.5rem; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 21px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 400;" class="">Save the Date: WSSSPE4!</span></h1><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714; text-align: center;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">4th Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences<br class=""></b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">(</span><a href="http://wssspe.researchcomputing.org.uk/wssspe4/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">http://wssspe.researchcomputing.org.uk/wssspe4/</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Location: </span><a href="http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/about-us/find-us/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">School of Computer Science, Kilburn and IT Buildings, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> (Buildings 39 and 40 on the </span><a href="http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=6507" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">campus map</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Dates: 2 ½ days</span><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> from</i><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> Sept. 12th noon – Sept. 14th 5 pm, 2016</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Immediately preceding and co-located in Manchester with </span><a href="http://www.rse.ac.uk/conf2016.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">First Conference of Research Software Engineers (RSE Conference)</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> (Sept 15-16 at </span><a href="http://msimanchester.org.uk/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Museum of Science and Industry</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">, Manchester, UK)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714; text-align: center;" class=""><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">A nominal registration fee may be charged.</i></p><h2 style="margin: 1.714285714rem 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.285714286rem; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.6;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Abstract:</b></h2><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Progress in scientific research is dependent on the quality and accessibility of research software at all levels. It is now critical to address many new challenges related to the development, deployment, maintenance, and sustainability of open-use research software: the software upon which specific research results rely. Open-use software means that the software is widely accessible (whether open source, shareware, or commercial). Research software means that the choice of software is essential to specific research results; using different software could produce different results.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">In addition, it is essential that scientists, researchers, and students are able to learn and adopt a new set of software-related skills and methodologies. Established researchers are already acquiring some of these skills, and in particular, a specialized class of software developers is emerging in academic environments who are an integral and embedded part of successful research teams. WSSSPE provides a forum for discussion of these challenges, including both positions and experiences, and a forum for the community to assemble and act.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">WSSSPE4 will consist of two separate tracks with some joint sessions:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Track 1 – Building a sustainable future for open-use research software</b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> has the goal of defining a vision of the future of open-use research software, and a plan of activities that are needed to get there. The idea of this track is to first think about where we want to be 5 to 10 years from now, without being too concerned with where we are today, and then to determine how we can move to this future.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Track 2 – Practices & experiences in sustainable scientific software</b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> has the goal of improving the quality of today’s research software and the experiences of its developers by sharing practices and experiences. This track is focused on the current state of scientific software and what we can do to improve it in the short term, starting with where we are today.</span></p><h2 style="margin: 1.714285714rem 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.285714286rem; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.6;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Deadlines & Timelines:</b></h2><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Lightning talk submission due: July 1<br class=""></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Submission of Track 2 papers/etc.: TBD<br class=""></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Travel support request submission: July 1<br class=""></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Lightning talk acceptances: Aug 1<br class=""></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Travel support notification: Aug 2</span></p><h2 style="margin: 1.714285714rem 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.285714286rem; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.6;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Preliminary Agenda:</b></h2><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Sept 12 </b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">pm – Joint session of both tracks</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Introduction<br class=""></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Keynote<br class=""></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Lightning talks<br class=""></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Updates on actions and activities from </span><a href="http://wssspe.researchcomputing.org.uk/wssspe3/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">WSSSPE3</span></a> <a href="https://github.com/WSSSPE/meetings/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22WSSSPE3+activity%22" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">working groups<br class=""></span></a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Discussion and planning for the remainder of </span><a href="http://wssspe.researchcomputing.org.uk/wssspe4/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">WSSSPE4</span></a></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Sept 13</b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> (all day) and 14 (until 3 pm) – Parallel tracks</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Track 1</b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">: This will be a set of working sessions with a facilitated discussion, breakout sessions, report backs, and active writing towards the track goal of defining a vision of the future of open-use research software, and a plan of activities that are needed to get there.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Track 2</b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">: Events to be determined, but likely to include some of: experience talks, short research papers, position papers on a theme(s), breakout sessions or unconference sessions, demos, posters, and panels, including one on best practices.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Sept 14 </b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">(3 pm – 5 pm) – Joint session of both tracks</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Summary and discussion of each tracks’ progress<br class=""></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Planning for future events</span></p><h2 style="margin: 1.714285714rem 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.285714286rem; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.6;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Organizing Committee:</b></h2><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 1.714285714;" class=""><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Gabrielle Allen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Sou-Cheng T. Choi, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Tom Crick, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><a href="https://impactstory.org/u/0000-0002-2961-9670" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Michael R. Crusoe</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">, </span><a href="http://www.commonwl.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Common Workflow Language</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> project</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Sandra Gesing, University of Notre Dame, USA</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Lorraine J. Hwang, University of California, Davis, USA</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Daniel S. Katz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Kyle E. Niemeyer, Oregon State University, USA </span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Colin C. Venters, University of Huddersfield, UK</span></li></ul></div><div class="">
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