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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[Please share with interested colleagues.]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleague,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are organizing a minisymposterium (topical poster group) on "Software Productivity and Sustainability for CSE" for the SIAM
</span><a href="https://www.siam.org/conferences/cm/conference/cse21"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">CSE21</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> conference, which is scheduled to take place 1-5 March
 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas.  Remote participation options will be available.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We welcome poster contributions for this general topic (see the draft abstract at the end of this message). This poster group will complement a number of minisymposia
 which are also being organized on topics within this space.  All posters in the thematic poster group will be co-located in the poster viewing area, which will promote informal exchange of ideas on software productivity and sustainability issues. At prior
 conferences, we have had groups of around 30 posters each (</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4410767"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CSE19</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3703771"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CSE17</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">).   SIAM CSE21 is committed to provide a rich environment for online
 poster displays; details will be provided in the coming months.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Because of the logistics of matching contributors into the correct topical groups, we first need to collect information about your poster.  Then, we’ll reply
 with the next steps for your submission.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You will need to provide the following information with your submissions:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your name and email address<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Names of any co-authors<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Poster title<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your title must start with “<b>Minisymposterium:</b>” in order to be matched into the poster group.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Poster abstract (up to 1500 characters)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please be sure that the title and abstract of your poster emphasize issues in software productivity and sustainability<i>.</i></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are collecting poster proposals at this
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckh2wuHtcz41WZYjKe6aUx1mEWT4QdHL_aMwSYBERSrLsmlw/viewform?usp=sf_link"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Google form</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
 Please submit by <b>Monday 14 September 2020</b> so that we can follow up and you can finalize your submission.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please note that new SIAM guidelines allow an individual to present just
<b><u>one</u> talk or poster</b>.  If you already have a talk planned for CSE21, please encourage your co-authors or collaborators to participate in the poster group.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards, David Bernholdt, Sandra Gesing, Rinku Gupta</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Draft Minisymposterium Information</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Title</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">: Software Productivity and Sustainability for CSE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Bernholdt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sandra Gesing, University of Notre Dame<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rinku Gupta, Argonne National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Abstract</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">: Software is the key crosscutting technology that enables advances in mathematics,
 computer science, and domain-specific science and engineering to achieve robust simulations and analysis for predictive science, engineering, and other research fields. While software is becoming more complex due to multiphysics and multiscale modeling, the
 coupling of data analytics, and disruptive changes in computer hardware (due to increases in typical system scale and heterogeneity, including GPUs and additional alternative architectures), software itself has not traditionally received focused attention
 in the CSE community. The posters presented in this minisymposterium will address work that addresses growing technical and social challenges in software productivity, quality, and sustainability, and thereby helps software fulfill its critical role as a cornerstone
 of long-term CSE collaboration.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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