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Bruce Berriman is an astronomer and computer scientist at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology.-
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- A Mosaic of TESS Images Acquired Near The South Ecliptic Pole
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- Software Citation Implementation in Astronomy
- The Virtual Observatory Is Very Much Real!
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- Best Practices for a Future Open Code Policy
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Category Archives: information sharing
Computer simulation of a supernova core collapse
This week’s post is about innovative work led by Carola I. Ellinger and Sangwook Park (University of Texas, Arlington) to perform 3D modeling of the core collapse phase of a supernova as it evolved into remnants. As Park put it: … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, computer modeling, computer videos, cyberinfrastructure, High performance computing, information sharing, Parallelization, programming, supernovae
Tagged astronomy, computer modeling, computer videos, computing, cyberinfrastructure, high-performance computing, information sharing, parallelization, scientific computing, software, supernovae
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Unproceedings from the .Astronomy4 Conference, Heidelberg, July 2012
Broadly speaking, the .Astronomy conference series aims to bring together astronomers, software engineers and educators who wish to explore how to use “Web 2.0” technologies to serve astronomy and astronomy outreach. The conferences are by design interactive and informal, with … Continue reading
Posted in astroinformatics, Astronomy, Career Advice, careers, citzen science, Cloud computing, education, information sharing, Journals, knowledge based discovery, On-line Journals, Open Access, programming, social media, social networking, software engineering, user communities, visualization, Web 2.0
Tagged astroinformatics, astronomy, cloud computing, computing, cyberinfrastructure, information sharing, scientific computing, social media, social networking, software, software maintenance, user communities, visualization, Web 2.0
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Astrophysics Code Sharing? AAS Splinter Meeting, January 2013
In the age of data intensive astronomy, software has come to be regarded as an instrument, and the question of when and whether code should be shared in astronomy (and indeed across all scientific disciplines) is a topic of debate … Continue reading
Posted in astroinformatics, Astronomy, cyberinfrastructure, information sharing, programming, social media, software engineering, software maintenance, software sustainability, Uncategorized, user communities, Web 2.0
Tagged astroinformatics, astronomy, computing, cyberinfrastructure, information sharing, scientific computing, social media, social networking, software, software maintenance, software sustainability, user communities, Web 2.0
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The Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO) at the 221st AAS Meeting
The VAO is funded to provide a computational infrastructure for virtual astronomy. When complete, it will enable astronomers to discover and access data in archives worldwide, allow them to share and publish datasets, and support analysis of data through an … Continue reading
Posted in archives, astroinformatics, Astronomy, cyberinfrastructure, data archives, Data Management, information sharing, social media, social networking, user communities, Web 2.0
Tagged astroinformatics, astronomy, computing, cyberinfrastructure, data archives, information sharing, scientific computing, social media, social networking, software, Virtual Observatory, Web 2.0
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On-line Resources for Software Development Practices Aimed At Scientists
A number of people have asked me if I know of on-line resources on the topic of software development practices, aimed at people who are scientists rather than expert software engineers. I am happy to say I know of several … Continue reading
Posted in astroinformatics, High performance computing, information sharing, programming, social media, social networking, software engineering, software maintenance, software sustainability, Uncategorized, user communities
Tagged astroinformatics, computer videos, computing, cyberinfrastructure, information sharing, scientific computing, social media, social networking, software, software maintenance, software sustainability, user communities, Web 2.0
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The Architecture of the RunMyCode platform
Several weeks again, I published a post on RunMyCode, a platform for publishing code and data associated with papers. After verification by the project staff, the code is run on a remote server but controlled from a web page. Several … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud computing, cyberinfrastructure, Data Management, document management, High performance computing, information sharing, Journals, knowledge based discovery, Parallelization, programming, social media, social networking, software engineering, software maintenance, software sustainability, text processing
Tagged cloud computing, computing, cyberinfrastructure, Grid Computing, high-performance computing, information sharing, parallelization, scientific computing, social networking, software, software maintenance, software sustainability, Web 2.0
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e-Science – towards the cloud: infrastructures, applications and research
The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A has just published a special issue entitled: “e-Science – towards the cloud: infrastructures, applications and research.” The issue contains 12 papers that are considered “best in show” at the U. K. e-Science … Continue reading
Posted in astroinformatics, Astronomy, Cloud computing, cyberinfrastructure, Data Management, document management, earthquake science, exoplanets, Grid Computing, High performance computing, image mosaics, information sharing, Kepler, Open Access, Parallelization, programming, software engineering, software maintenance, software sustainability, telescopes, text processing, Time domain astronomy, Transiting exoplanets, Web 2.0
Tagged astroinformatics, astronomy, cloud computing, computing, cyberinfrastructure, Grid Computing, high-performance computing, information sharing, Montage, parallelization, scientific computing, software, software maintenance, software sustainability, time domain astronomy, transiting exoplanets, Web 2.0
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The VAO Community Day In Baltimore, November 29 2012.
The Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO) is holding a series of community days at U.S. astronomical institutions. The community days feature two kinds of presentations: Members of the VAO describe the goals of the project and its services, provide demos and … Continue reading
Posted in astroinformatics, Astronomy, astronomy surveys, cyberinfrastructure, data archives, galaxies, galaxy formation, HST, information sharing, user communities, Virtual Observatory, Web 2.0
Tagged astroinformatics, astronomy, astronomy surveys, CANDELS, computer videos, cyberinfrastructure, data archives, galaxy formation, HST, information sharing, scientific computing, social media, software, user communities, Web 2.0
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RunMyCode.org: a platform for executing published computational results
Much has been written about the need for scientists to share code used in the production of scientific papers. Sharing is now generally seen as an essential component of scientific reproducibility. Yet even if codes are shared, researchers may not … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud computing, cyberinfrastructure, Data Management, High performance computing, information sharing, On-line Journals, Open Access, social media, social networking, software engineering, software maintenance, software sustainability, user communities
Tagged cloud computing, computing, cyberinfrastructure, high-performance computing, information sharing, scientific computing, social media, software, software maintenance, software sustainability, user communities, Web 2.0
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Best Practices for Scientific Computing
Software is now considered by many as a scientific instrument, and it has assumed the same importance as “telescopes and test tubes.” This is certainly an opinion I share, and one shared by Aruliah et al. in their paper “Best … Continue reading
Posted in agile development, astroinformatics, cyberinfrastructure, High performance computing, information sharing, programming, software engineering, software maintenance, software sustainability
Tagged astroinformatics, computing, cyberinfrastructure, high-performance computing, information sharing, scientific computing, software, software engineering, software maintenance, software sustainability
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