The PlasmaPy Project: Building an open source software ecosystem for plasma science

POSTER

Abstract

The mission of the PlasmaPy Project is to grow an open source software ecosystem for plasma research and education. A software ecosystem is a collection of software projects that are developed and co-evolve in the same environment. The PlasmaPy package is being developed to contain the functionality needed by most plasma scientists. Affiliated or add-on packages will provide more specialized functionality. While the PlasmaPy package is the cornerstone of this effort, the project has the overarching goals of fostering a community of active users and contributors, creating educational resources, and improving interoperability between open source packages. This poster will provide an opportunity to talk with members of the PlasmaPy community about both the package and the project as a whole.

*This work has been supported in part by NSF, DOE, and NASA.

Authors

  • E. T. Everson

    • UCLA
    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Dominik Stańczak

    • University of Warsaw
    • Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Warsaw, Poland

  • Nicholas Murphy

    • Harvard University
    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
    • CfA
    • SAO
    • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

  • J. P. Beckers

    • ASML

  • K. Bryant

    • U. Michigan

  • S. Fordin

    • U. Delaware

  • P. Heuer

    • UCLA

  • F. Khan

    • Bryn Mawr College

  • P. M. Kozlowski

    • LANL

  • S. J. Langendorf

    • LANL

  • A. J. Leonard

    • Aperio Software

  • R. Malhotra

    • Chandigarh U.

  • B. Maruca

    • U. Delaware

  • S. J. Mumford

    • U. Sheffield

  • T. N. Parashar

    • U. Wellington

  • D. Schaffner

    • Bryn Mawr College

  • D. Stansby

    • UCL

  • F. Tamboli

    • Bryn Mawr College

  • R. Qudsi

    • U. Delaware

  • T. Varnish

    • UCL

  • S. Vincena

    • UCLA