About
The Berkeley Open Source Program Office (OSPO) is located within the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) and serves as the central hub for coordinating, facilitating, and supporting open source initiatives at UC Berkeley, primarily within the university’s research community. Jarrod Millman is the executive director, as well as a Senior Open Source Scientific Python Developer at BIDS. Under his direction, the OSPO aims to facilitate knowledge sharing, promote best practices, and provide support for open-source projects at every stage of their lifecycle.
OSPO Events
February - May 2026 details coming soon!
- Thursday, February 5 @ 10am (online) - OSPO Monthly Knowledge Exchange
- Thursday, March 5 @ 10am (online) - OSPO Monthly Knowledge Exchange
- Thursday, April 2 @ 10am (online) - OSPO Monthly Knowledge Exchange
- Thursday, May 7 @ 10am (online) - OSPO Monthly Knowledge Exchange
- hybrid Meetup at AI Futures Lab: third Thursday of each month, with the in-person event starting at 3pm and the online session at 3:30pm
- Thursday, February 19
- Thursday, March 19
- Thursday, April 16
- Thursday, May 21
2025
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Thursday, September 18 @ 3:30pm (hybrid) - OSPO Monthly Meetup: What can your OSPO do for you?
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Thursday, October 2 @ 10am (online): OSPO Monthly Knowledge Exchange: UX design with Superbloom
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We will be joined by three team members from Superbloom, an organization committed to changing who technology serves.
- Philliph Drummond, Senior Tech Design Researcher
- Eriol Fox, Senior Designer, Researcher and Product Manager
- Anh Lê, Programs Operations Manager and STRUDEL contributor
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Thursday, October 16 @ 3:30pm (hybrid) - OSPO Monthly Meetup: Chris Holdgraf and Yuvi from 2i2c
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Thursday, November 6 @ 10am (online) - OSPO Monthly Knowledge Exchange: JupyterCon Share Out
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Thursday, November 20 @ 3:30pm (hybrid) - OSPO Monthly Meetup: Monica Bobra, Principal Data Scientist at the California Office of Data and Innovation
- Thursday, December 4 @ 10am (online) - OSPO Monthly Knowledge Exchange: Scientific Python Developer Summit Highlights
Learn More
Visit the OSPO website which will be updated later this year and sign up for the OSPO announcements mailing list.
NEWS
UC Berkeley’s OSPO Executive Director Joins Global Leaders at a UN Symposium
August 26, 2024 | Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)
UC Berkeley joins effort to advance open source initiatives across UC system
April 17, 2024 | College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS)