# Software WG meeting: 15 March 2023

## Attendees

0800

- Ankur Sinha
- Marcel Stimberg
- Shailesh Appukuttan
- Chitaranjan Mohaptra

1700

- Ankur Sinha
- AHSAN UL HAQ (Masters student in Physics)
- KOffivi (Masters student in HPC)

## Agenda

- Tasks from last meeting: https://ocns.github.io/SoftwareWG/2023/03/08/wg-meeting-14-february-2023.html
- RFC CNS2023: RFC: WG presence at CNS 2023: https://github.com/OCNS/SoftwareWG/issues/125
- Tasks force updates

## Notes

### Tasks from last meeting

- All actions complete
- ACTION: Shailesh open new ticket for new co-chair: DONE

### CNS 2023

- Definitely do a social gathering
- Defer decision on tutorial/workshops until next meeting so we have information on submissions/scheduling
- Raise question of extra day/dedicated day for community development sessions (student/postdoc related, career, funding, DEI, general training that's not specific to tools)
- ACTION: Ankur e-mail board to ask if there's someplace we can feature the SoftwareWG
- ACTION: Ankur e-mail president to suggest Software WG be added to members meeting agenda

### Task force updates

#### Simselect

- working on UI, dockerised prototype
- https://fly.io/
- https://www.netlify.com/pricing/#features
- https://www.heroku.com/pricing

#### Cookbook

- ACTION: Ankur rename software development guidelines repo for cookbook: https://github.com/OCNS/SoftwareDevelopmentGuidelines
- ACTION: Ankur set up template and submission process

### Misc

- INCF neuroinformatics assembly: September 18-20 2023, online: https://neuroinformatics.incf.org/
- Call for workshops: https://www.incf.org/update/call-workshops-incf-neuroinformatics-assembly-2023
- GSoC: https://neurostars.org/c/gsoc/5
- Outreachy: https://www.outreachy.org/
- Open Science pot for academic/research projects
- Next meeting in 3rd week of April