Vidya Samadi et al. 2025 NSF PI Meeting Poster

The NSF-funded initiative WaterSoftHack, led by Clemson University, University of Iowa, and CUAHSI, aims to empower the water science community by bridging the gap in cyberinfrastructure (CI) prototyping and interdisciplinary workflow development. This three-year project, running from 2024 to 2026, seeks to integrate computer science, engineering, data science, and water science to train diverse researchers. As part of this project, we develop a suite of open-source water science educational software (WaterSoft) and curriculum and deliver them through a recurring, two-week hackathon (WaterSoftHack) with three core components: tutorials on state-of-the-art methodology, peer learning, and capstone projects in a collaborative environment. Launched in January of 2024, the program conducted the first and the second two-week online training workshop in July 2024 and 2025, followed by science communication learning. The WaterSoftHack events seek to enhance career advancement opportunities for researchers and students and contribute to the advancement of water informatics workflow development.

由克莱姆森大学、爱荷华大学和CUAHSI牵头、美国国家科学基金会（NSF）资助的WaterSoftHack计划，旨在通过填补网络基础设施（cyberinfrastructure, CI）原型设计与跨学科工作流开发之间的空白，增强水科学社区的能力。该三年期项目（2024-2026年）致力于整合计算机科学、工程学、数据科学与水科学，培养多元化研究人员。作为项目的一部分，我们开发了一套开源水科学教育软件（WaterSoft）及课程体系，并通过定期举办的两周黑客松（WaterSoftHack）予以交付；该黑客松包含三大核心模块：前沿方法教程、同伴学习，以及协作环境下的顶点项目。该计划于2024年1月启动，分别在2024年7月和2025年7月举办了第一期和第二期为期两周的在线培训工作坊，随后开展了科学传播学习活动。WaterSoftHack活动旨在为研究人员和学生拓展职业发展机会，并助力水信息学（water informatics）工作流开发的进步。