Contribute to Collegeville 2020

Any member of the computational science and engineering community who has an interest in improving developer productivity for scientific software is encouraged to submit content to build the program of Collegeville 2020. We welcome the following contributions:

Contribution	Submission Date	Description
White paper	June 26 now June 29	A brief document articulating impediments, challenges, opportunities or potential solutions to developer productivity for scientific software.
Teatime theme	July 10	A topic related to developer productivity for open discussion during teatime. If your teatime theme is accepted, you would facilitate a small group discussion on the theme during the July 21 – 23 workshop.
Poster	July 10	A PDF or interactive webpage that will be the focus of small group discussion during teatime. If your poster is accepted, you would facilitate a small group discussion during the July 21 – 23 workshop.
Recorded presentation	July 10	We will record short presentations on content selected from some of the submitted white papers. If your white paper content would make a good presentation for the workshop, we will contact you to inquire if you are interested in this opportunity. Recorded presentations will be available to attendees before the workshop.
Panelist	July 21 - 23	During the workshop dates of July 21 – 23, we will host a live plenary panel discussion with Q&A as the first event each day. We are limited to just a few panelists each day and will invite people based on their white paper submission and the diversity of viewpoint for the theme of the day. We will contact panelist candidates to inquire if you are interested in this opportunity. The panel sessions will be recorded and available after the workshop.

All submission will be reviewed by the organizing committee for possible acceptance to the workshop program

White paper guidelines and submission

• Please limit length to 2 - 4 pages standard text (references are not included in page count).
• Your text can address impediments, challenges, opportunities, research directions or potential solutions, or combinations of these aspects.
• Workshop presentations and panelists will in part be drawn from white paper submissions.
• To have your white paper considered for presentation, please submit it no later than June 26, 2020 now June 29, 2020.
• How to submit your white paper:
  • Option 1: Submit a pull request. Instructions and current white papers are on this page.
  • Option 2: Submit your white paper in PDF form as an email attachment to Mike Heroux maherou@sandia.gov.

Poster guidelines and submission

• Poster sessions will be conducted during teatimes. We will run discussions concurrently and keep the discussion groups small enough for interactive dialogue.
• Posters can be PDF files of one or a few slides or an interactive webpage. The intent is to have content that conveys your ideas in a small group dialogue.
• To have your poster considered for presentation, please submit it no later than July 10, 2020.
• How to submit your poster:
  • Option 1: Submit a pull request. Instructions and current posters are on this page.
  • Option 2: Submit your poster in PDF form as an email attachment or send the interactive webpage URL to Mike Heroux maherou@sandia.gov.

Teatime theme guidelines and submission

• Teatime is a concept borrowed from Angela Herring: scheduling an open discussion with a small group of people.
• In order to provide a bit of structure to the discussion, we invite you to submit a teatime theme related to developer productivity.
• If your theme is selected, we will invite you to facilitate a discussion on your theme during the concurrent breakout sessions.
• To have your teatime theme considered for discussion, please submit it no later than July 10, 2020.
• How to submit your teatime theme and abstract:
  • Option 1: Submit a pull request. Instructions and current teamtime themes are on this page.
  • Option 2: Submit your teatime theme and abstract in PDF form as an email attachment to Mike Heroux maherou@sandia.gov.

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