Category Archives: crowdsourcing

Review of A Hack Day: Coding Comes to the U.K. National Astronomy Meeting (NAM)

Posted on October 30, 2014 by astrocompute

Hack Days have become very popular in the past few years. If you want to know what happens at one and what value they offer, read this excellent post by Robert Simpson on the Hack Day at the U.K. National Astronomy … Continue reading →

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Citizen Science and the Modern Web – Talk by Amit Kapadia.

Posted on March 17, 2014 by astrocompute

Amit Kapadia gave this excellent talk at CERN on Citizen Science and The Modern Web.  From Amit’s abstract: “Beginning as a research project to help scientists communicate, the Web has transformed into a ubiquitous medium. As the sciences continue to … Continue reading →

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dot Astronomy 5 Conference From A Distance

Posted on September 23, 2013 by astrocompute

Last week, the fifth annual dot Astronomy conference was held in Cambridge, MA. This event is a little different from other conferences: its goal is to advance the use of new compute technologies in the service of astronomy, from computing … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourced Astronomy – A Talk By Carolina Ödman-Govender

Posted on May 8, 2013 by astrocompute

This is a talk given by Carolina Ödman-Govender, given at the re:publica 13 meeting, on May 8 2013.  She gives a fine general introduction to the value of crowdsourcing in astronomy, and invites people to get in touch with her … Continue reading →

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