The Consortium for the Advancement of Scientific Software (CASS) is a federation of member organizations committed to the stewardship and advancement of the current and future ecosystem of scientific computing software.
Our member organizations exist to support specific communities or to provide crosscutting capabilities related to scientific software stewardship. Member organizations may be categorized as core members, who take an active role in consortium governance, or affiliate members, who are in solidarity with the mission of the consortium but do not take an active role in consortium governance. Member organizations coordinate and cooperate as a Consortium to maximize benefit to the ecosystem as a whole.
CASS is governed by a Steering Committee appointed by the members. Core members each have one representative on the Steering Committee, while the affiliate members have one representative for every five affiliates. The Steering Committee is assisted by three officers: a Chair, Vice-Chair, and a Secretary. The Steering Committee is committed to openness and transparency in its governance processes.
CASS member organizations have their own leadership, governance, and activities, which are distinct from those of the Consortium.
Most of the work of CASS is carried out within Working Groups, which are created as needed. Further details about the activities of the CASS Working Groups will be provided elsewhere on this site.
| Organization Name | Steering Committee Representative | Project Lead Principal Investigator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Core Members | ||
| Center for Open-Source Research Software Stewardship and Advancement (CORSA) | Greg Watson (ORNL) | Greg Watson (ORNL) |
| Frameworks, Algorithms and Scalable Technologies for Mathematics (FASTMath) | Todd Munson (ANL) | Esmond Ng (LBNL) |
| Partnering for Scientific-Software Ecosystem Opportunities (PESO) | Jim Willenbring (SNL) | Lois Curfman McInnes (ANL) and Mike Heroux (Paratools) |
| RAPIDS2: A SciDAC Institute for Computer Science, Data, and Artificial Intelligence | Lenny Oliker (LBNL) | Rob Ross (ANL) |
| Stewardship for Programming Systems and Tools (S4PST) | Seyong Lee (ORNL) | Keita Teranishi (ORNL) |
| Software Tools Ecosystem Project (STEP) | Terry Jones (ORNL) | Terry Jones (ORNL) |
| Affiliate Members | David Bernholdt (ORNL) | |
| Collaboration for Better Software (for Science) (COLABS) | Anshu Dubey (ANL) | |
| Center for Sustaining Workflows and Application Services (SWAS) | Rafael Ferreira da Silva (ORNL) |
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The founding members of CASS are software stewardship projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) through the Next-Generation Scientific Software Technologies (NGSST) and Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) programs. Based on its current membership, CASS focuses primarily on the ASCR scientific software ecosystem, including the Software Technologies developed in the Exascale Computing Project (ECP).
CASS seeks to expand beyond its initial membership to include other projects and organizations focused on the stewardship and advancement of scientific software to reach a larger portion of the scientific software ecosystem. Projects and organizations outside of the DOE are welcome! If you’re interested, contact the CASS Steering Committee.