BIDS joins as 2i2c's first premier member organization

We’re thrilled to announce that the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) has joined as 2i2c’s first premier member organization! This partnership marks a significant milestone in our sustainability strategy and recognizes a relationship that’s been central to 2i2c’s story from the very beginning.

What this partnership means #

As our founding premier member, BIDS is financially supporting 2i2c while helping us design our member network services and relationships. Together, we’ll work on:

• Co-designing member services - BIDS will provide feedback and guidance as we develop how our member network operates
• Technical collaboration - Partnering on JupyterHub development, cloud infrastructure improvements, and other open source projects
• Strategic input - Advising on 2i2c’s direction and approach to strengthening open source communities

This gives us a foundation for both technical and social collaboration, and we hope it opens doors to deeper partnerships across the Berkeley community.

Berkeley has long been a leader in open source software development. This partnership lets us share our knowledge and support community development of open source infrastructure across institutions.

Kirstie Whitaker, BIDS Executive Director

Why we’re excited about this #

For open source: BIDS has been a leader in supporting open source and cross-disciplinary open science for many years - helping to shape projects like NumPy, scikit-image, NetworkX, and JupyterHub. Their feedback and partnership will help us improve our impact across the entire ecosystem.

For sustainability: This is the first paying member of our new membership model, which is a key part of our long-term sustainability strategy. It demonstrates that organizations value what we’re building and want to invest in shared open source infrastructure.

For 2i2c: BIDS has been part of our story from the beginning, and this partnership recognizes the continuing influence and support we’ve received from the organization.

Learn more #

Read the full announcements from our partners:

• 👉 CDSS press release: Berkeley Institute for Data Science Partners with 2i2c
• 👉 BIDS press release: Shaping the Future of Open Source: 2i2c and BIDS

Acknowledgements #

• The Berkeley Institute for Data Science and the entire BIDS team
• UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society