As we enter 2024, we publish, as usual, our annual report on the past year, and like last year this is now available as a → standalone document ←, making it easier to grasp the breadth of the mission, follow the progress made and share it with a broader audience. The start of 2023 witnessed the […]
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We are delighted to introduce our 2nd ambassador in 2024, Linda Angulo-Lopez! Linda is a Data Research Officer at Ecole Centrale Lyon, a scientific graduate school. Her role involves defining, implementing, and managing support services for researchers in research data management, in collaboration with various stakeholders within the institution, such as the library. She participates […]
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Reproducible research? Challenge accepted! If massive data and complex calculations (in terms of duration and/or code size) are part of your daily life, then you should register now for the new edition of the MOOC “Reproducible Research”. Its contents are aimed at researchers and engineers who are looking for good control of their computing environments. […]
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We are pleased to announce that a dedicated session called “Infrastructures for Research Software: Moving toward adoption” will be part of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) P22 plenary, online. ℹ️ This session will occur on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 at 14:00 UTC. 🔁 A repeat session is planned on May 22nd at 22:30 UTC. 📝 […]
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Our Software Heritage ambassador Camille Françoise asked experts, with different backgrounds, to share their thoughts on software preservation in an interview series published in Medium. This blogpost will give you an overview of the series. Camille Françoise is a passionate open culture advocate. Camille is Product Manager Research and Heritage at the Netherlands Institute for […]
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The essential mission at Software Heritage is to build the long-term universal source code archive, by collecting, preserving and sharing the source code of all software publicly available. Since the beginning, we have faced complex technical challenges to build a robust, scalable and resilient infrastructure. 2023 has been a decisive year to make significant progress […]
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We are delighted to introduce our 1st ambassador in 2024. Baptiste Mélès is a researcher at the Henri-Poincaré Archives, in a unit dedicated to philosophy and research on science and technology. Therefore, a significant part of his job is to study source code, using a philosophical, linguistic and historical approach. Some days leave a lasting […]
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Our Software Heritage ambassador Camille Françoise published the “Towards Preserving Digital Culture” interview series, highlighting experts with different backgrounds and perspectives, in order to collectively advocate for software preservation. The interview series is published in Medium. ⚠️👀🤐 Spoiler alert: this addictive series contains also reading recommendations from Camille Françoise’s guests. Camille Françoise is a passionate […]
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On January 31st, 2024, members of the Software Heritage community came together at the Inria research center in Paris, France. This gathering, a prelude to the 2024 Symposium, was a chance for people from various backgrounds – developers, curators, librarians, open source advocates, and researchers from around the world – to share ideas and work […]
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We’re excited to share the news that the Software Heritage Symposium 2024 materials are now accessible online: those who couldn’t join us in person for our annual event on February 1st, 2024 will now find video recordings of all sessions and the detailed slide decks from our speakers on the event webpage. Over the past […]
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Software Heritage’s mission is to collect, preserve, and make the entire body of software source code easily available, especially emphasizing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as a digital commons encapsulating decades of human ingenuity. Our journey is dedicated not only to safeguarding this invaluable resource for future generations but also to maximizing its utility […]
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