Replication package Associated paper material

Associated paper

Training Space Software Engineers: Connecting Computing, Science, and Professional Practice in an International School

Review material v1.0.11 28 August 2026 10.5281/zenodo.22117082
2successive editions
159returned forms
3research questions, RQ2 has two analytical parts
4founding objectives
2emergent priorities
1support condition
2025

Initial edition

Official intake individuals
153
Actual attendees
128
Final scholarship allocations
54
Intake countries
32
Returned forms
77
Confirmed program speakers
58

Tracks Robotics, Digital Twins, Artificial Intelligence

2026

Later edition

Official intake individuals
444
Externally admitted applicants
280
Final scholarship allocations
220
Intake countries
69
Returned forms
82
Confirmed program speakers
55

Tracks Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, GEO

Program scale comparison

Common labels are used for the same program functions, while the source terminology and mapping rules remain available in the replication data.

Open the terminology crosswalk and scale data

The scale indicators compare common program functions. They describe demand, reach, support, attendance, and program size, not learning outcomes.

Study design

Questions, evidence, and analytical boundaries

The school is the case. The analysis reconstructs one documented transition across two successive deliveries. RQ2 is divided into configuration and participant reaction analyses.

Evidence levels

  1. 01
    Planning rationale

    Needs, alternatives, and recorded decisions.

  2. 02
    Scheduled provision

    Agendas, activities, roles, and service design.

  3. 03
    Process and delivery

    Administrative stages, capacity, and support records.

  4. 04
    Participant reactions

    Complete closed item distributions within each returned form set.

  5. 05
    Direct assessment and follow up

    Required for learning, integration, transfer, and persistent relationships.

Program logic

Program evolution

Founding objectives, emergent priorities, traceable adaptation

Three changes satisfy the complete trace rule: prior need, subsequent decision, and corresponding later program or organizational record.

Declared track paths by edition

Exact entry choices show how demand crossed track boundaries. They describe selected curricular paths, not attendance or learning.

Open the exact track path data

Physical attendance by track

Both panels report weekly physical attendance, with repeat participants counted in each week they attended.

Practical redesign

SPACERAISE Academy Rover Systems Lab

Feedback from the first edition was translated into a separately designed laboratory supported by the GSSI Robotics Laboratory. The 2026 program assigned four ninety minute slots, a complete program day, and seven contributors. Organizers report delivery through six macro groups working on one collaborative lunar logistics scenario.

Collective missionSix macro groups coordinated simulated rovers to move resources in a simplified lunar environment
Task constraintsObstacles, autonomy, and nominal points structured progress; ranking was not the educational objective
Expertise inputSeparate ROB, AI, and GEO expertise fields were collected; organizers used ROB entries in group composition
Reusable formatThe Academy retains the platform and structure while adapting task complexity and support for different learners
Open the Rover Systems Lab design record Open the application expertise field aggregates

The agenda, design record, contributor roster, and application schema establish the surrounding structure. The six group delivery and group composition process are organizer reported because no laboratory roster, assignment matrix, timing log, task completion record, or artifact archive was retained.

Shared problems and sequence in interdisciplinary program design

Computer Science led the school. In 2026, ROB connected software with physical systems, AI supplied the central computational bridge, and Social Science led GEO as a continuation into societal uses of space data.

Participant reactions

Questionnaire evidence by edition

Complete category distributions are reported separately for 77 returned forms in 2025 and 82 in 2026.

View the 13 item descriptive summary

International participation

Participation support as educational infrastructure

Outreach, selection, scholarships, visa assistance, registration, communication, logistics, safety, and capacity were designed around in person participation.

Official intake467form submissions
Decision data444applicant IDs
Selection280admitted IDs
Scholarships220final allocations
Local enrollment7 / 16students / track enrollments
Visa support244request records
Communicationabout 250server accounts

Reported communication use. Organizers report that participants used Discord before arrival to exchange travel and accommodation information and arrange shared rooms. Organizers used it for logistical notices, speaker materials, and slides, while email remained the primary official channel. These observations establish use categories, not message volume, participation breadth, relationship formation, or persistence. Open the communication evidence.

Independent evaluation by track. Every selected track received a separate evaluation and admission decision. Of the 96 applicants selecting ROB, AI, and GEO, 26 were admitted to one track, 37 to two, 1 to all three, and 32 to none. Open the aggregate transition data.

Cost adjusted scholarship amounts. The 2026 allocation rule combined a country indexed travel allowance, ranging from EUR 100 to EUR 1,300 across 70 country entries, with EUR 350 for accommodation in each awarded week. Travel was counted once when a recipient was selected for several tracks. This documents the rule intended to reduce geographic cost differences, not actual cost coverage or equal participation outcomes. Open the allocation rule.

International reach by administrative stage

Decision dataset countries
69
Admitted countries
59
Scholarship selected countries
56

Capacity chosen for physical delivery

0100140200
Working limit
140 per week
Largest room
about 200 seats
Reported weekly presence
140, 140, about 100

These quantities document service volume and capacity. They do not establish equitable attendance, process efficiency, learning, or scholarship and visa outcomes.

Aggregate data

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Every released CSV is available here, including the source schemas, paper output traceability, proposition evidence map, and validation inputs.

Executable reproduction

From released inputs to generated results

The analysis rebuilds manuscript tables and figures, checks schemas and arithmetic, audits provenance labels and privacy constraints, and exits with an error when any check fails.

Validation statusPASS
201 of 201automated checks passed

A pass verifies released calculations and internal consistency. It does not independently validate author coding against restricted source artifacts.

01Canonical inputs

Study design, aggregate data, instruments, source schemas, and provenance.

02Analysis build

One Python command validates the package and regenerates the released outputs.

03Generated results

Exact LaTeX table and figure sources, SVG figures, JSON summaries, and the validation report.

Analysis code Validation report Paper traceability Source schemas
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Research documents

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Human readable documents are accompanied by the complete machine readable and executable replication bundle.

Zenodo DOI10.5281/zenodo.22117082

Study Protocol and Provenance

Research questions, analysis procedures, evidence rules, provenance, privacy, and data availability.

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Questionnaire Instruments

Deidentified wording, harmonization rules, and complete category distributions for both editions.

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Aggregate Data and Analysis

Administrative layers, questionnaires, goals, decisions, traces, data dictionary, and provenance.

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Complete Replication Bundle

Canonical CSV tables, Python analysis, automated tests, exact LaTeX table and figure sources, SVG figures, JSON results, provenance, and source schemas.

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Claim boundaries

What the evidence does not establish

  • Learning gains or causal effects of redesign
  • Complete delivered exposure to every scheduled contributor
  • Persistent professional relationships
  • Equitable access, efficiency, or cost effectiveness
  • Unique 2026 attendance or a later response rate
  • Qualitative themes from restricted open responses