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Hidden in Plain Sight: Discovering the Academic Open Source Landscape - Juanita Gomez, University of California, Santa Cruz
Tuesday May 19, 2026 3:05pm - 3:45pm CDT
200A (Level Two)
Academic Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) are emerging across universities to support open source, but how can they identify contributors and know what support is needed?

The University of California launched its OSPO network in 2024, connecting six campuses (UC Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Diego) to promote open source research, sustainability, and best practices. A major challenge is not only finding projects but understanding how they operate and engage contributors.

To address this, the UC OSPO Network is developing the Open Source Repository Browser (ORB), an interactive platform that maps activity, visualizes community health signals, tracks contributor patterns, and surfaces repository metadata. ORB enables OSPOs to guide targeted support, inform policy, and strengthen open source contributions across campuses.

The browser now visualizes data from 30+ universities, providing a multi institution view of project health, contributor patterns, and adoption of community standards. This talk will cover ORB’s design and implementation and share insights from multiple universities to inform OSPO strategies and engagement.
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Juanita Gomez

PhD Student, University of California, Santa Cruz
Juanita Gomez is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at UC Santa Cruz, where her research focuses on improving the security of scientific open source software in collaboration with the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at UCSC. She is a passionate programmer, mathematician, and... Read More →
Tuesday May 19, 2026 3:05pm - 3:45pm CDT
200A (Level Two)
  OSS Enabling & Management, Operations Management & OSPOs
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