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title: "About"
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description: "Open Science Labs, sharing knowledge"
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date: "2025-01-09"
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"Open Science Labs — empowered growth through belonging, mentorship, and
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purpose."
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date: "2026-01-19"
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# About Open Science Labs
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Open Science Labs (OSL) is committed to advancing open science and open source
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projects through collaboration, innovation, and education. We are a vibrant
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community where scientists, developers, and enthusiasts come together to share
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knowledge and foster the development of open-source software and scientific
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research.
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Open Science Labs (OSL) is a unified, no-fee commons where people and open
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projects grow together. We exist to turn learning into real-world experience,
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and open collaboration into visible, lasting social and technological impact.
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## Our Mission
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OSL is for the moments when people feel stuck or unseen—finishing a course and
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wondering “now what?”, facing “experience required” walls, or watching a project
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stall without contributors. We bring belonging, momentum, and recognition by
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helping contributors ship meaningful work alongside supportive peers and
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mentors.
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Our mission is to make scientific research more accessible and transparent,
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thereby enhancing the community's ability to conduct and share reproducible
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research. We aim to provide tools, resources, and a collaborative platform to
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support and amplify the global open science and open source effort.
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## Our Gift
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We envision a world where opportunity is not reserved for the few—where
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newcomers and early-stage projects, regardless of background or location, enter
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an open, supportive commons. In this environment, anyone aligned with our values
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grows through learning and contribution, and together we turn open science and
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open technology into tangible social and technological impact.
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## Our Promise
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**OSL empowers people and projects to grow together**—turning learning into
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real-world experience, careers with purpose, and open collaboration into lasting
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social and technological impact.
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## What We Stand For
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- **Growth:** learning by doing, with steady progress and real outcomes.
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- **Belonging:** a friendly, supportive place to contribute and be seen.
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- **Mentorship:** trust, care, and guidance that builds confidence and skill.
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- **Collaboration:** collective momentum across cultures, disciplines, and time
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zones.
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- **Empowerment:** pathways that help people believe in their potential.
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- **Purpose:** work that matters—socially, technically, and scientifically.
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- **Gratitude & recognition:** celebrating contributions and making impact
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visible.
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## What We Do
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- **Incubator Program:** We nurture innovative open-source projects with the
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potential to significantly impact scientific research.
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- **Internship Program:** We connect talented individuals with advanced
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projects, providing practical experience and fostering professional growth.
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- **Mentoring:** Our Internship Program also aims to offer mentoring to
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students, professionals, and researchers, enhancing their learning and career
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prospects.
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- **Google Summer of Code (GSoC):** We annually apply to participate in GSoC,
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helping newcomers integrate into open-source projects.
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- **Blog:** We encourage the community to share their knowledge and experiences
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through blog posts, fostering a collaborative learning environment.
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- **Community Support:** Through our Discord Server, we provide a community
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platform where members can discuss topics related to open science and open
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technologies, including various programming languages.
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- **Project Incubation:** we support mission-driven open projects with a path
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from idea → contributors → releases → adoption.
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- **Internships & structured onboarding:** we help newcomers build credible,
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portfolio-ready experience through real work on real projects.
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- **Mentorship network:** multi-level mentoring that supports both contributors
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and maintainers over time.
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- **Programs & partnerships:** we collaborate with institutions and communities
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to grow open ecosystems (including participating in initiatives like GSoC when
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applicable).
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- **Visibility & storytelling:** we publish and amplify work through posts,
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updates, and public artifacts so contributors and projects get recognized.
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- **Community space:** our Discord is where people meet, ask, build, review, and
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ship—together.
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## Who OSL Is For
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- **Newcomers** who want a real path from learning to meaningful experience.
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- **Maintainers** who need contributors, structure, and long-term momentum.
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- **Researchers and developers** who want to build openly, reproducibly, and
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with purpose.
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- **Communities across geographies** looking for a welcoming place to grow.
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If you are interested in contributing to or learning more about our projects,
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please join our vibrant community on
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[Discord](https://opensciencelabs.org/discord).
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If you want to learn by contributing, grow with others, or help open projects
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move forward, join our community:
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## Contributions from many parts of the world
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[Discord](https://opensciencelabs.org/discord)
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People from many parts of world had engaged and contributed to the projects and
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activities under OSL Umbrella, such as: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada,
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Kenya, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, United States, Venezuela, etc.
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OSL is shaped by contributors from many parts of the world. We prioritize
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cross-geography collaboration so that opportunity, mentorship, and visibility
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Software Engineer and open-source contributor with a strong interest in compilers,
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systems programming, and backend development. Experienced in JavaScript, C, and Python,
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with hands-on work in LLVM-IR generation, APIs, and collaborative open-source projects.
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github_url: https://github.com/yuvimittal
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github_sponsor: https://github.com/sponsors/yuvimittal
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Machine learning Engineer passionate about Open Science and Open Source.
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title: "OSL 2.0"
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date: 2026-01-19
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OSL 2.0 is a new chapter—and an open invitation. If you believe in Growth, Collaboration, and Impact, there's a place for you here: to learn in public, contribute to real projects, and grow into a leader who helps others do the same. Whether you're a student, a researcher, a maintainer, or simply someone who cares about open source and open science, we'd love to meet you. Read our mission, join the conversation, and take your first step with us—one small contribution can become a life-changing journey.
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## OSL 2.0
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Open Science Labs (OSL) was born in 2015, when I was working at a transportation
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engineering lab. The idea was simple: help researchers bring open science into
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their daily work.
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After a few months, life took me in other directions, and OSL went on pause.
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In 2018, a few friends were looking for their first jobs in tech. I decided to
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reactivate OSL (back then called _Open Data Science Labs_) to support them with
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mentoring and internships, and to connect them to open source projects in
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research settings.
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Through this initiative, my friends **Sandro Loch** and **Elton Santana**
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started contributing to a scientific project I had previously worked on:
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**Alerta Dengue**, led by professor **Flavio Coelho**. A few months later, both
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### Growing together
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incubation, internships, translations, webinars, and more.
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We received support from wonderful people and friends like **Francisco Palm**,
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**Mariangela Petrizzo**, **Ever Vino**, **Eunice Rodas**, **Luis Gago**,
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**Agustina Pesce**, **Sandro Loch**, and many others.
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New interns joined too, such as **Luã Bida**, **Anavelyz Perez**, and **Yurely
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Camacho**, who helped keep many internal projects moving. Later, Anavelyz also
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helped coordinate our activities related to **Google Summer of Code (GSoC)**.
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**Alerta Dengue**, **The GRAPH Network**, **The GRAPH Courses**, **pyOpenSci**,
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**Aziza**, **Erol Orel**, and many others for the opportunities and trust.
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GSoC 2026 has not yet been announced, and we are already receiving messages from
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new candidates. This is one of the reasons we felt the need to pause, look at
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ourselves, and clarify our mission, motivation, and purpose.
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connect with our values, not only because of GSoC. Otherwise, many might feel
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You can read more about our mission, motivation, and purpose [here](/about).
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The three core values that represent our community are:
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### Thank you 💚
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### Hiperhealth
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- **Description**: SDX provides a set of tools and libraries for health care
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- **Description**: Hiperhealth provides a set of tools and libraries for health
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- **Project WEB Page**: <https://sdx-org.github.io/sdx/>
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- **Project WEB Page**: <https://hiperhealth.github.io/hiperhealth/>
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- **Repository**: <https://github.com/hiperhealth/hiperhealth>
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