Certification Working Group
The Certification Working Group (CWG) develops and administers programs to certify model code that meets OMF standards for modeling best practices, and officially recognize model developers who apply these standards. CWG activities include developing and administering a community-wide program for model code peer review, establishing metrics for standards compliance, creating and assigning digital certification badges that follow guidelines being developed by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The CWG helps OMF member (and other) code repositories to ensure that models meeting OMF standards are clearly identified and developers who create standards-based models are publicly recognized. The CWG coordinates collaborative efforts with journals, funding agencies, societies, institutions/labs, other software/modeling consortia, and professional bodies to disseminate and administer OMF standards across the community of modeling science, and to promote recognition of OMF standards.
If you are interested in joining the Certification Working Group, please fill out this brief interest form.
Acting Certification Co-Chairs
Maria Pierce
- Ecological modeller working on modelling and simulation workflows
- Currently develops the work area Modelling Systems at the Thünen Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries
- Participates in expert groups of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
Irene Garousi-Nejad
- Hydrologic and scientific computing researcher with expertise in reproducible modeling workflows, model evaluation, and large-scale environmental data systems
- Contributes to Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH) community efforts focused on interoperable, FAIR-aligned, and reusable hydrologic modeling and data practices
- Develops metadata, benchmarking, and validation approaches that support transparent assessment, traceability, and standards-based scientific software
We are seeking expressions of interest for Certification Working Group Co-Chairs to continue advancing this work. If you are interested or know someone who might be a good fit, please contact us.
Current Developments
Rebooting the CWG and restarting work on certification projects.
Previous Projects
- Ten simple rules for good model-sharing practices
- February-May 2024: Seven-part ModelShare workshop series. Learn more about this project here.
Certification Working Group Co-Chair Alumni
We are grateful to all our co-chair alumni for their diligent and capable service.