Open-Source Software Community Welcomes Virtual Internships

LLNL hosts hundreds of student interns annually—even during a year distinguished by the COVID-19 pandemic. This summer, the Computing Scholar Program welcomed 160 undergraduate and graduate students into virtual internships. The Lab’s open source community was already primed for student participation. A Computing news article describes three open source projects that benefitted from interns’ help: Ascent, MFEM, and this website. Mentors discuss the challenges of mentoring remotely, while students describe their experiences including skill development.

Another version of this story is available as a Code.gov blog post, penned by Ian Lee: Spotlight Story: Interns and Open Source: A Productive Combination.