Ambassadors
Software Heritage is building the universal software source code archive, that enables a wealth of applications, in the realms of academia, cultural heritage, industry and public administration. We are looking for enthusiastic organizations and individuals to volunteer as ambassadors to help grow the Software Heritage community.
Become a Software Heritage ambassador to support this effort in your area by:
- presenting Software Heritage, the services it provides, and its long term mission to key persons in your area
- sharing information with relevant mailing lists, venues and contacts
- posting Software Heritage news on blogs and social media
- identifying code hosting platforms in your area that it is urgent and important to archive
- updating the Software Heritage team with your community’s feedback
Software Heritage will offer support to ambassadors by:
- Sharing selected relevant material for their specific area
- Providing access to the Software Heritage team
- Acknowledging ambassador’s name and affiliated organization
- Shipping promotional material
Here are a few examples of what ambassadors can do in each of the main areas.
- Show researchers how to save and reference research software and how to cite it properly
- Contact scientific journals and conferences to recommend archiving research source code in Software Heritage;
- Foster Software Heritage as a pillar of Open Science in your institution and research community
- Learn and promote the Software Heritage Acquisition Process (SWHAP) for archiving landmark legacy software
- Connect with museums, cultural institutions, software preservation initiatives
- Talk about the ongoing collaboration with UNESCO
- Promote best pratices
- Explain how Software Heritage provides a universal, vendor-neutral, persistent software archive, and the reference source code knowledge base for all industry compliance needs
- Promote SWHIDs to ensure traceability along the supply chain, across future development and organizational changes
- Show how archiving source code in Software Heritage helps public administrations become more transparent and accountable
- Explain the importance of collecting, curating and sharing the public source code from public administrations worldwide
- Share good practices and promote them in government fora
Meet our ambassadors
Agustín Benito Bethencourt
Open Source Entrepreneur
Agustín (toscalix) met Free Software during his studies at the Universidad de
Alexis Lebis
AI Lecturer at CERI SN of Institut Mines Télécom Lille Douai
Alexis Lebis a lecturer in artificial intelligence at the Center for Digital
Anna-Lena Lamprecht
Chair of Software Engineering at University of Potsdam, Institute of Computer Science
Anna-Lena Lamprecht is Chair of Software Engineering at University of Potsdam, Institute
Baptiste Mélès
Researcher at the Henri-Poincaré Archives
Baptiste Mélès (Researcher at CNRS, Archives Henri-Poincaré PReST UMR 7117) studies the
Bertrand Néron
Research software engineer at the Pasteur Institute
Bertrand holds a PhD in cellular physiology and has been working as
Bostjan Spetic
Curator at Slovenian computer museum
While studying Philosophy and Sociology at University of Ljubljana, Bostjan worked as
Bruno Khélifi
Physicist Université Paris Diderot
After a Ph.D. at PCC/Collège de France in 2002, a post-doctorate at
Camille Françoise
Open Culture/GLAM Advocate & Project manager
Camille Françoise is Product Manager Research and Heritage at the Netherlands Institute
Cécile Arènes
Data librarian at Sorbonne University
Cécile Arènes is a data librarian at Sorbonne University library. She has
Flavia Marzano
Computer scientist, university lecturer and consultant on Digital Transformation
Computer scientist, university lecturer and consultant on Digital Transformation, especially in Public
Frédéric Santos
Data Analyst in PACEA
After a master's degree in applied mathematics, Frédéric has been working since
Gavin Henry
CIO of TelcoSwitch
Gavin Henry is the CIO of TelcoSwitch and founder of the recently
Giacomo Lorenzetti
Research Software Engineer at CEFCA
Giacomo Lorenzetti works as a Research Software Engineer at Centro de Estudios
Harish Pillay
Electrical and computer engineer
Harish is an electrical and computer engineer; he leads the Community Architecture
Italo Vignoli
Founder of the LibreOffice project
Italo Vignoli is a founding member of The Document Foundation and the
Jaime Arias
CNRS research engineer - LIPN
Jaime Arias is a CNRS research engineer working at the Laboratoire d'Informatique
Joenio Marques da Costa
Research Software Engineer at LISIS
Joenio is a Research Software Engineer at LISIS, a social science research
Julien Caugant
Assistant librarian, Python and web developer
Julien Caugant is an assistant librarian at Aix-Marseille University. He's been working
Linda Angulo-Lopez
Data Research Officer at Ecole Centrale Lyon
Linda is a Data Research Officer at Ecole Centrale Lyon, a scientific
Malin Sandström
Scientific community manager at INCF
Malin Sandström has a PhD in computational neuroscience and a MSc in
Max Kalik
Software engineer
Max Kalik is a software engineer at Triumph Labs (San Francisco, USA)
Maxence Azzouz-Thuderoz
Data scientist IA & natural language processing
Maxence Azzouz-Thuderoz is a data scientist specialising in AI and natural language
Mohammad Akhlaghi
Big Data Astronomer at IAC
Mohammad Akhlaghi is a Big Data Astronomer at the Instituto de Astrofísica
Océane Valencia
Archivist and Head of the archives and records department at Sorbonne University
Océane Valencia is an archivist and the head of the archives and
Pierre Poulain
Lecturer / (tenured) associate professor Université de Paris
Pierre has a PhD in physics and is a lecturer in bioinformatics
Sandrine Layrisse
System and network administrator at the Bordeaux Mathematics Institute
System and network administrator at the Bordeaux Mathematics Institute (IMB - CNRS,
Simon Phipps
Computer engineer
Simon Phipps is a computer engineer who has had a long career
Violaine Louvet
Research engineer in scientific computing
Violaine is a research engineer in scientific computing. For 7 years, she
Wendy Hagenmaier
Software Preservation Program Manager at Yale University Library
Wendy Hagenmaier is the Software Preservation Program Manager at Yale University Library,
Former Ambassadors
Borut Kumperscak
Technology specialist at Slovenian computer museum
Borut is a founding member of Computer museum society in Ljubljana, where
Dare Pejić
programme coordinator and producer at Ljubljana’s Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory
Dare Pejić has been a freelance producer in new media & digital
Gerard Coen
Marketing Manager at NIAS
Gerry works for the Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Gilmary Gallon
Senior Research and Innovation Associate
After an education orientated toward the pharmaceutical industry and a PhD in
Maria-Chiara Prodi
artistic coordinator, deputy director at the Opéra Comique, Paris
Maria Chiara Prodi works as artistic coordinator at Opéra Comique, in Paris.
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Neal Fultz
Principal data scientist of NJNM consulting
Neal is the principal data scientist of njnm consulting (a boutique analytics
Vicky Rampin
Librarian data management and reproducibility at New York University
Vicky Rampin is the Librarian for Research Data Management and Reproducibility at