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                <h2 class="mb-4">Overview</h2>
                <p>
                    The objective of the SWAS center is to identify critical software and develop a plan for sustaining
                    this software that is tailored to the needs of this unique software ecosystem. SWAS will advance and
                    sustain workflows and application services development, with entrusted validation and verification
                    capabilities (via a community-endorsed sustainability model), so that these systems and application
                    services can provide the functionality and robustness required by DOE science users.
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                <h3>Target Software</h3>
                <p>
                    SWAS welcomes engagements with software teams and communities related to workflows and application
                    services. We emphasize that "workflows" in this context represents the broad set of software and
                    services users need to configure, orchestrate, and operate modern analysis, modeling, and simulation
                    campaigns. Specifically, we seek engagement with the following communities:
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                        <strong style="color: #5C7DFE">Workflow Systems</strong>
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                        <strong style="color: #F63555">Data Management Frameworks</strong>
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                        <strong style="color: #FFAD34">Visualization Frameworks</strong>
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                        <strong style="color: #00AEAD">AI/ML Tools</strong><br /><span
                            style="font-size: 0.7em; font-style: italic;">(used in
                            modern workflows)</span>
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                        <strong style="color: #C43BF7">Application services</strong>
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                <h2 class="mb-4">Stakeholder Communities</h2>
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                    The primary stakeholders of the SWAS center are workflow researchers and developers, science and
                    engineering users, and computing centers and facilities operators:
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                        <strong style="font-size: 1.2em; color: #5C7DFE">Workflows and application services</strong>
                        that focus on general and specific domains, non-expert and expert users, and offer
                        configuration-based interfaces, graphical interfaces, domain-specific languages, or programming
                        language libraries or APIs.
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                        <strong style="font-size: 1.2em; color: #F63555">Science and engineering communities</strong>
                        to understand their current, imminent, and future workflow needs and challenges, and provide
                        guidance for application, infrastructure, and software development. These communities are the
                        groups most affected by the uncertain workflows landscape, and face the crucial need for robust
                        and sustainable workflows software.
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                        <strong style="font-size: 1.2em; color: #00AEAD">Computing centers and facilities
                            operators</strong>
                        (both public and private) to support the use and deployment of workflow and application
                        services, and provide training to foster proper adoption of workflow tools and therefore
                        offering pathways for sustainability.
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                <h2>Get Involved</h2>
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                <p>The SWAS seedling effort is planning to organize an in-person workshop during <strong>Summer 2023</strong>.</p>
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                <p>Members of the SWAS team will be visiting several institutions and engaging in conversations with
                    software teams and communities. Please, reach out to <a
                        href="mailto:contact@swas.center" style="color: #fff; font-weight: bold;">contact@swas.center</a> for more information.</p>
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                <h2 class="mb-4">SWAS Leadership Team</h2>
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                                <!-- <span class="position">{{ member.role }}</span> -->
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                            <a href="{{ member.link }}" target="_blank">
                                <img src="/images/about/{{ member.photo }}" alt="{{ member.name }}"
                                    class="img-fluid mb-3" style="width: 100%">
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                            <a href="{{ member.institution.link }}" target="_blank">
                                <img src="/images/institutions/{{ member.institution.image }}"
                                    alt="{{ member.institution.name }}" style="max-height: 2em" />
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