Category Archives: informatics

Illustris: Creating A Virtual Universe

Posted on May 8, 2014 by astrocompute

Illustris a bold collaborative project that is producing a cosmological simulation of galaxy formation, using a state of the art numerical code and a comprehensive physical model. It is an outstanding example of how advances in computing power enable groundbreaking … Continue reading →

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What makes computational open source software libraries successful?

Posted on April 30, 2014 by astrocompute

This is the title of a paper by Wolfgang Bangerth and Timo Heister, which appeared in Computational Science and Discovery, 6 (2013)  (you may need an account with IOP to download it).  They are mathematicians with many years experience in … Continue reading →

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Creating and evaluating data management plans

Posted on April 22, 2014 by astrocompute

At the request of the Editor of the Astronomy Source Code Library (ASCL),  I am reproducing this post by Jonathan Petters, Data Management Consultant, Johns Hopkins Data Management Services. In a recent discussion on preservation and sharing of research data, … 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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The Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory: Cloud-Based Mock Galaxy Catalogues

Posted on April 4, 2014 by astrocompute

Bernyk et al. (2014) (MNRAS 2014 on press; astro-ph preprint here) have described a much needed on-line service that I am sure many astronomers will welcome, the Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory (TAO), described as an “on-line an online virtual laboratory that houses … Continue reading →

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Cosmology, Computers and the VisIVO package.

Posted on March 23, 2014 by astrocompute

We all know how massively parallel programming is assuming ever greater importance in astronomy. This week, I  describe the Visual Interface for the Virtual Observatory (VisIVO) package and describe how it was used to visualize the results of a cosmological … 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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Resources for Licensing Your Code

Posted on March 5, 2014 by astrocompute

Last week, I reviewed a very useful paper “A Quick Guide To Software Licensing for the Scientist Programmer.” To continue the licensing theme, I am reposting material from the Astronomy Source Code Library blog, which provides some useful resources for those wishing … Continue reading →

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A Quick Guide To Software Licensing for the Scientist Programmer.

Posted on February 25, 2014 by astrocompute

I have already written about software licensing a few weeks ago. This week, I want to write about about a paper by Morin, Urban and Sliz, who wrote a primer on software licensing, with the goal of helping scientists engage … Continue reading →

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Creating A Galactic Plane Atlas With Amazon Web Services

Posted on February 13, 2014 by astrocompute

Creating A Galactic Plane Atlas With Amazon Web Services This post is based on a paper by G. Bruce Berriman, Ewa Deelman, John Good, Gideon Juve, Jamie Kinney, Ann Merrihew, and Mats Rynge. It was submitted to an IEEE Special … Continue reading →

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