Contributing to Scientific Open Source Software

Kirstie's slides for STRUDEL Contributor Workshop at UC Berkeley in February 2026. Live copy of Google Slides to remix and reuse: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NsAjvwROkKMoW_fy11FLF99BFOiIcDHaWoBotVKniHg/edit?usp=sharing Some useful links: Aliveness and where to find it: https://benbyfax.substack.com/p/aliveness The Turing Way book: https://book.the-turing-way.org Version Control: https://book.the-turing-way.org/reproducible-research/vcs Introduction to GitHub: https://book.the-turing-way.org/collaboration/github-novice Maintainers and Reviewers on GitHub: https://book.the-turing-way.org/collaboration/maintain-review The Turing Way GitHub repository: https://github.com/the-turing-way/the-turing-way Jupyter Book Website: https://jupyterbook.org GitHub: https://github.com/jupyter-book Jupyter Hub Website: https://jupyter.org/hub GitHub: https://github.com/jupyterhub University of California Open Source Program Office: https://ucospo.net Berkeley Institute for Data Science: https://bids.berkeley.edu