CROSS homepage
Citation
Center for Research in Open Source Software (CROSS), UC Santa Cruz. “Center for Research in Open Source Software.” Web page, cross.ucsc.edu, last modified Aug. 4, 2026. https://cross.ucsc.edu/. Read 2026-10-26.
Bottom line
- A thin homepage (356 words). CROSS “provides funding to work on innovative projects after graduation”. It works with the UC Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Network of “six UC campuses”.
- It has no facts on the membership model.
Background
See CROSS.
Key claims
- “UCSC created CROSS as a center that assists students with their research prototypes to collaborate with open source communities and companies.”
- “The UC OSPO Network is a groundbreaking initiative that harnesses the collective power of six UC campuses to revolutionize open-source practices in academia.”
- News: CruzCon on Oct. 22, 2026; the 2026 Open Source Research Experience (OSRE) cohort; a PyTorch meetup “Sponsored by Red Hat and University of California, Santa Cruz”.
Evidence and method
The center’s own page. The site map lists only four pages: home, News, About and Events.
Pages taken, and why:
- CROSS About: the founding gift, the founding members, the leadership and the stakeholder model. This is the only page on the membership model.
- CROSS Events: the move from the CROSS symposium to the UC Open Source Summit.
Limits
- Mostly menus and news. No figures on funding, members or staff.