Category Archives: education

It’s impossible to conduct research without software, say 7 out of 10 UK researchers

Posted on January 16, 2015 by astrocompute

This is the the title of a blog post at the UK’s Software Sustainability Institute, which reports the results of a survey conducted amongst 417 UK researchers across many disciplines. This is the most extensive survey of its type conducted … Continue reading →

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Software Carpentry Workshop at the 225th AAS Meeting

Posted on January 5, 2015 by astrocompute

Many of you have heard of the Software Carpentry Foundation, started some years ago by Greg Wilson, a non-profit organization whose members teach researchers basic software skills. The organization exists to teach fundamental software engineering practices to scientists, who in … Continue reading →

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Introduction to the National Data Service Consortium

Posted on June 12, 2014 by astrocompute

This week, I am attending the National Data Service (NDS) Consortium workshop, hosted by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO on June 12 and 13 2014.  The NDS … Continue reading →

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So exactly why do you blog, Bruce?

Posted on April 9, 2014 by astrocompute

And does it provide any benefits? And is it a sink of time? I have been asked these questions on a number of occasions, even though the topic is a bit off the beaten track, I thought the questions merited … 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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Why you should write buggy software with as few features as possible (no, really!)

Posted on July 11, 2013 by astrocompute

This is the title of a presentation by Brian Granger at last month’s SciPy2013 meeting (see also last week’s post). Now, I certainly concur that software should not be feature rich, but the idea that it should be buggy as … Continue reading →

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Data Visualization from Data to Discovery: A One Day Symposium

Posted on June 28, 2013 by astrocompute

On May 23, 2o13, Caltech, JPL and the Art Center College of Design held a one-day symposium on Data Visualization from Data to Discovery, and the talks  have recently been posted on YouTube. The thrust of this multidisciplinary conference was … Continue reading →

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Creating effective slides: Design, Construction, and Use in Science

Posted on May 30, 2013 by astrocompute

Like many scientists, my Power Point slides need help! Creating simple yet memorable slides that convey content takes a lot of practice. This lecture by Jean-luc Doumont, based on his book “Trees, Maps and Theorems,” gives sound advice on designing, … 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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How can we use HPC platforms to help dig out new exoplanets?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by astrocompute

My colleague Peter Plavchan and  I wrote this lead article for the April 3 edition of International Science Grid This Week, where it appears as the lead article. We are living in the golden age of exoplanets — over 800 … Continue reading →

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