Category Archives: software maintenance

Accessing Multi-Dimensional Images and Data Cubes In the Virtual Observatory

Posted on January 31, 2014 by astrocompute

New instruments and missions are routinely producing multi-dimensional datasets, such as Doppler velocity cubes and time-resolved movies. Observatories such as ALMA and new integral field spectrographs on ground-based telescopes are generating data cubes , and future missions such as LSST … Continue reading →

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Astrophysics Code Sharing II: The Sequel at AAS 223

Posted on January 24, 2014 by astrocompute

This blogpost was prepared by Alice Allen (Editor, Astronomy Source Code Library) and posted on the ASCL blog. I wish to thank Alice for permission to reproduce her post here. On Tuesday, January 7, the AAS Working Group on Astronomical … Continue reading →

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Licensing Your Code: GPL, BSD and Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”

Posted on January 17, 2014 by astrocompute

I have for some time considered changing to a more permissive license (with Caltech’s approval) for the Montage image mosaic engine, as the the current license forbids modification and redistribution of the code. My first attempt at navigating the many … Continue reading →

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Amazon Web Services and the Square Kilometer Array

Posted on January 13, 2014 by astrocompute

This week,  I report on what I think is a creative way to use cloud computing to support the development and preconstruction of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA). The work is reported as an Amazon Web Services case study. The … Continue reading →

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Astroinformatics 2013 – The Denouement

Posted on December 18, 2013 by astrocompute

The  Astroinformatics 2013 meeting, hosted  by CSIRO, is now over. This successful conference discussed advances in data processing, manipulation and management – crucial topics in modern astronomy. The agenda is here, along with a nearly complete list of  presentations, and … Continue reading →

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Astroinformatics 2013 – Day Five Morning, December 13 2013

Posted on December 12, 2013 by astrocompute

The last day, Day Five, of Astroinformatics 2013, hosted  by CSIRO, is now underway. In this successful meeting, we have been discussing advances in data processing, manipulation and management – crucial topics in modern astronomy. You can see the agenda … Continue reading →

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Astroinformatics 2013 – Day Three, December 11 2013

Posted on December 10, 2013 by astrocompute

Day Three  of Astroinformatics 2013, hosted  by CSIRO, is well underway. We are discussing advances in data processing, manipulation and management – crucial topics in modern astronomy. You can see the agenda here, along with a growing list of presentations, … Continue reading →

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Astroinformatics 2013 – Day Two Morning, December 10

Posted on December 9, 2013 by astrocompute

Day Two of  Astroinformatics 2013, hosted  by CSIRO, where we are discussing advances in data processing, manipulation and management – crucial topics in modern astronomy. You can see the agenda here, along with a growing list of presentations, and you … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences

Posted on December 3, 2013 by astrocompute

This workshop was held on Sunday, November 17, 2013 as part of Supercomputing 2013. Some 60 people attended, although I am sorry to say I don’t think astronomy was well represented. The aim of the workshop was to discuss challenges … Continue reading →

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Astrophysics Source Code Library: Where do we go from here?

Posted on October 11, 2013 by astrocompute

This week I am featuring a guest post by Ms. Alice Allen, the Editor of the the Astrophysics Source Code Library, an on-line index of codes used in astronomical research and that have been referenced in peer-reviewed journal articles.  The … Continue reading →

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