On the MCNP Forum and its Community
From Los Alamos National Laboratory
The presentation discusses the MCNP community and its forum, detailing the history and evolution of MCNP releases over the past 20 to 25 years. It emphasizes the importance of community engagement in understanding the code’s use, highlights contributions from key individuals, and reviews the user base and interactions within the current discourse forum.
Key Takeaways
- MCMP's evolution shows that even code has a 'coming of age'—from paper to pixels in just 40 years!
- The pandemic didn’t just disrupt life; it catalyzed MCMP's user base growth, proving necessity is the mother of adaptation.
- With 73% of releases going to the US, MCMP is a homegrown hero—global ambition with a local heart!
- From archaic e-notebooks to sleek discourse forums, MCMP's communication evolution is a tech timeline worth a TED Talk.
- Only 32% of MCMP users hailed from other countries; imagine the untapped potential just waiting for the next newsletter!
Mentioned in This Episode
- Joel Kaza (person)
- MCNP (product)
- Fred Jones (person)
- MCMP (product)
- Arsich (person)
- Discourse (product)
- Chief Thunder Bear (person)
- MCMP user symposium (event)
- Tim Valentine (person)
- MCMP website (company)
- COVID-19 pandemic (event)