2026 Improving Scientific Software Conference Now Accepting Abstracts

The UCAR Software Engineering Assembly's Improving Scientific Software Conference is returning in 2026! Next year's ISS will take place April 6-10, 2026 at NSF NCAR's Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, CO. The theme of the conference will be:

Maintaining the Joy of Software Development.

We are now accepting abstract submissions for talks, tutorials, and panel sessions. As always, we welcome anyone with an interest in improving scientific software design, quality, development, deployment, and support.

Abstracts are due by: Friday January 23, 2026. We plan to provide student support as funding allows and will accept paper submissions for a conference proceeding.

Visit our conference website for more information and to submit an abstract. 

Please contact Brian Vanderwende or the 2026 ISS Committee with questions. Thank you!