OSU Open Source Lab

The Oregon State University Open Source Lab is the home of growing, high-impact open source communities. More information about the OSUOSL can be found at our about page. A random selection of OSUOSL hosted projects is listed to the right; you can also see the full list of OSUOSL hosted projects.

Featured Project: Energy Sector Open Source Study

The Energy Sector Security Consortium (EnergySec) and Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab (OSUOSL) are partnering to perform strategic research on the current use of open source software in the energy sector, especially as it relates to cybersecurity. OSUOSL will perform case studies looking at leading and influential organizations or projects, the tools they use and the challenges these groups have faced in adopting open source software.

The project is designed to provide EnergySec with baseline data on the use of open source software in the energy sector, especially within the area of cybersecurity, and to produce an inventory of the experienced companies and groups in this space. The aim is to build up a significant body of knowledge regarding how and why energy companies and groups participate in open source, both as users and as contributors.

Organizations interested in participating may email Deborah Bryant, OSUOSL Principal Investigator, at energystudy -at- osuosl -dot- org. More information on the project is available on the study website at http://energystudy.osuosl.org.