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Since 2016 SIESTA uses an open development model that encourages collaboration and contributions from any interested parties.
A list of contributors to the development of SIESTA, which includes a historical account of the involvement of its original authors and main developers, is available on the Contributors page.
The SIESTA Curating Team is the group of SIESTA developers responsible for the development coordination, maintenance, and release of SIESTA.
At the moment, the members of the Curating Team are:
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| José María Escartín | Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) |
| Alberto García | Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) |
| Nick R. Papior | Technical University of Denmark (DTU Compute) |
| Federico Pedron | Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) |
The SIESTA Steering Committee is the group of SIESTA authors, principal investigators, and academics that oversee the SIESTA project.
At the moment, the members of the Steering Committee are:
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Emilio Artacho | CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastián) and University of Cambridge |
| José Maria Cela | Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) |
| Julian Gale | Curtin University of Technology |
| Alberto García | Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB - CSIC) |
| Javier Junquera | Universidad de Cantabria (UNICAN) |
| Richard M. Martin | Stanford University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Pablo Ordejón | Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and CSIC |
| Nick R. Papior | Technical University of Denmark (DTU Compute) |
| Daniel Sánchez-Portal | Centro de Física de Materiales CSIC/UPV-EHU (San Sebastián) |
| José M. Soler | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) |