Early Career Scholars WG Meeting Minutes

Dec 10, 2025 8:00 AM GMT+1

Attendees: Tati Micheletti, Takuya Iwanaga, Pedro Almeida, Vitor Hirata Sanches, Zhu Zhiyi, Mahnaz Ahmadi

Takuya provided a recap of the recent meeting.

Pedro is interested in co-leading the event.

Zhu Zhiyi offered to help with preparation, though she is unlikely to attend in person.
Funding for Pedro to attend is currently uncertain (see Action Items).
Planning will primarily take place via the online document to facilitate asynchronous collaboration. If specific planning meetings are required, Tati can assist in setting them up.

A link to the “Awesome List” will be added to the minutes to encourage collaboration. Please add to the list any interesting and helpful material you have crossed paths with.
https://github.com/openmodelingfoundation/awesome-modeling-practices
Pedro will lead (with Tati’s assistance) a new section in the Awesome List dedicated to AI-guided science, envisioning a “How-To” guide with a focus on coding.
Tati will provide AI Lecture material to kick-start this section.
There is a need to clarify how these materials are included on the official website (see Action Items).

Proposed for the end of March 2026.

8:00 AM CET was agreed upon as a suitable time by those present.
Tati will circulate a Doodle poll. If you wish to join but this time is problematic, please contact Tati directly.

HACKATHON: Tati will check with Charlotte to see if OMF can support funding for the event for Pedro to attend.
MINUTES: Tati will send minutes including a specific section for Hackathon discussion and the link to the “Awesome List”: https://github.com/openmodelingfoundation/awesome-modeling-practices
WEBSITE: Tati will ask Charlotte and Allen about the inclusion of the awesome list on the website (perhaps via new tab as ‘Resources’) and the update workflow from the website.
AWESOME LIST: Tati will provide AI Lecture material to kick-start the AI-guided science section.
AWESOME LIST: Pedro will lead the creation of the AI-guided science section.
RESOURCES: Tati will upload the available material for the Scientific Programming and Reproducible Workflow Workshop.
NEXT MEETING: Tati will send the Doodle poll for the end of March.

Attendees: Takuya Iwanaga, Tati Micheletti, Pedro Almeida, Vitor Hirata Sanches, Caroline Rosello, Jonas Letschert

Interesting Upcoming Conferences:
iEMS 2026: https://conference.iemss.org/ (if anyone is interested in helping out, please reach out to Takuya)
MODSIM2025: https://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2025/
Introducing Jonas Letschert: Works on ABMs in fisheries / bio-economic models
In this context, lots of data available on fish catch
In their ABMs, the agents are the fishers, parameterised from theory/available literature
Caroline Rosello: Would like to see more discussion aligning perspectives with model/tool purpose
Discussed the status of the paper in review at Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling: “Good enough” model reproducibility: A practical guide for Early Career Scholars in Socio-Environmental Modelling (see action Items)
Revisited ideas from our last meeting and assigning leads for initiatives (see action Items)
Summer Course at TU Dresden on Scientific Programming and Workflow (Tati offering). Focused on TUD students but open to OMF members: https://forms.gle/N8BbFoYLFY7xPNvs9
Vitor suggestion: “Awesome lists” (e.g., of awesome packages developed/in use by OMF members) on OMF github, either website or new website under the OMF organisational repo.
Hackathon at iEMS (Dublin, July 2026)
How to circulate meeting minutes?
Google Docs / similar: problematic for our Chinese colleagues
Posting on OMF’s website (need to check with Allen – See action items) \

PAPER: Takuya will send out reviewer comments. Interested parties can get in touch with him.
EVENTS:

Ask iEMSs Office requirements for hosting a workshop (Question sent, waiting on answer – Takuya leading, Pedro offered to help)
Tati and Takuya will coordinate to sending email with meetings minutes (Document created: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HI5I-90EUXXmWiz7a5yEJAustCcp55H35HYXF3ETSqY/edit?usp=sharing)
Talk to Charlotte about hosting a repository with reproducibility information on the OMF website (Question sent – waiting on answer – Tati leading)