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crawfordsm

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Astronomer wandering through time and space. Working on #OpenScience and likely to post about #Earth and #Space science especially #astronomy, #OpenSourceSoftware, and #NASA. And hiking with our dog

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pdebuyl, to space

Blog post: "NASA TOPS Open Science 101 review"

http://pdebuyl.be/blog/2024/nasa-tops-open-science-101-review.html

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@pdebuyl @ChelleGentemann Thanks for the review and glad you enjoyed the course!

The feedback is also very helpful especially for things to consider for future updates to it.

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@danielskatz @pdebuyl @ChelleGentemann I’ll just mention that FAIR software was too new of a topic to be including in this version.

I can’t remember if we discuss it in the further reading but if not, that would be a very good addition for future versions.

And I think a lot of the concepts in FAIR software are included in the code module while keeping the course at an introductory level.

mekkaokereke, to random
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They're talking about grade inflation at the Ivies again. And OK, fair. Everyone gets an A. But can we also talk about educator inflation? Educator inflation is a good thing! By educator inflation I mean: the typical educator at a top tier university today, is miles better at educating, than the typical educator at that same institution 50 years ago.

The field of education is not static. There are constant advances in how material is presented, and how students are supported.

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@mekkaokereke I would also add student inflation - I’m so impressed with the college students I come across today and how much more advanced and skilled they are compared with myself from that same period 25 years ago.

I might have a very biased sample but undergrads seem to be doing now what I was doing in grad school then.

lsterzinger, to random

Hi fediverse friends! We're going to be moving to the Seattle area sometime in the next few months.

Does anyone have good recommendations for (or against) neighborhoods to help focus the housing search? Ideally within a reasonable* commute of SeaTac for my partner

Boosts appreciated!

*at or below 45 minutes during normal rush hour

crawfordsm,
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@lsterzinger I believe @jradavenport is in the greater Seattle area and has commuted around for awhile. (Also always good to connect people passionate about data and software and science)

crawfordsm, to random
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Just to celebrate open access on today, US federally funded research is supposed to be openly accessible since ~2015. It isn’t perfect but many publications can be accessed, downloaded, and shared from the following agency repositories:

NIH:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

NSF:
https://par.nsf.gov

DOE:
https://www.osti.gov/pages/

NASA:
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/collections/pubspace

crawfordsm, to random
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Two things I feel like have been permanently pressed into me from grad school: free food and the feeling of missing out on co-authorship.

It doesn’t matter to me professionally any more. And when asked, I usually turn down offers as any contribution of mine would have been too far in the past and too minor. Also outcomes are more important to me than outputs.

But It just happens that the urge of maximizing the number of papers is as ingrained as free food from grad school.

crawfordsm, to space
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Sonce yesterday’s post was fairly popular for my standards, let’s try another ask me anything during my train commute!

Over the next hour, ask me anything on NASA, open science, or astronomy!

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@cgbencini thanks - you’ve managed to cover all of them! 😊

And I might be bias, but I think NASA is doing a great job! All of our mission data is openly accessible after a reasonable period of time, almost all our publications are openly accessible, and there is some great examples of open source software.

I think we can be doing more to make our publications reproducible, include more diverse voices, open hardware, and adoption of the latest data science tools.

crawfordsm, (edited ) to space
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On the train again - it’s been a while but gives me some free time!

Does anyone want to ask me anything about NASA, open science, astronomy, or anything else?

Update: off the train, but I’ll check back if there are any more questions tomorrow.

crawfordsm,
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@tuban_muzuru

The presence of satellites does not make ground based astronomy easier.

In the end, it will depend on the science trying to be done, number and type of satellites, and mitigation effects to determine what the long term effect will be.

crawfordsm,
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@garyrogers good question and an area I know nothing about!

According to the Wikipedia article on it, it looks like there is a project that is trying to measure this called Ptolemy using interactions between the neutrinos and tritium:

https://ptolemy.lngs.infn.it

Looks pretty interesting but very challenging!

HeidiSeibold, to opensource
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What are good processes to check the quality of data or code when uploading it to e.g. a platform or journal?

Do you know of any good examples?

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@HeidiSeibold RDA probably is a good place to start: https://www.rd-alliance.org/defining-managing-and-reporting-dataset-quality-multidisciplinary-open-data-space

Here is a relevant paper on best practices in astronomy:

https://scixplorer.org/abs/2022ApJS..260....5C/abstract

crawfordsm, to animals
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crawfordsm, to Astro
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This opinion piece is written by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin on future space based astronomy observatories.

There is a lot more nuance (like funding profiles) but I think it does inspire some interesting discussion points and thought.

https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/departments/bolder-than-webb-youll-never-know-unless-you-go/

waldoj, to random
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Any major government function you can think of is powered, somewhere, by a spreadsheet. Not in every instance, but in every type of instance, in the U.S. anyway. Go ahead, think of a thing that surely requires big iron. Nope, spreadsheet. That thing you’re thinking of where a spreadsheet couldn’t possibly scale? Yeah, that too.

I alternate between being appalled and really impressed.

crawfordsm, (edited )
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@krusynth @waldoj I have a vague memory of a study that excel is the most popular programming language/SDE. It’s almost always guaranteed to be installed on any work computer, everyone has some familiarity with it, and you can almost do anything with it. I had once seen someone design astronomical instrumentation in Excel.

laurahelmuth, to random
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I hadn't noticed until I read this article, but a lot of astronomy language is violent and misleading, even misogynistic, when it could be elegant and inclusive https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-language-of-astronomy-is-needlessly-violent-and-inaccurate/

crawfordsm,
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@laurahelmuth I can’t read the article so I’m not sure if it is cited there, but the work of Natalie Gosnell is a great example of changing the language around astronomy: https://thegift.space

yabellini, to random
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Do we have research that studies if collaborative development of scientific software can improve the sustainability of the code?

What about the quality, reliability, and reproducibility of the code?

Any pointers?

I really appreciate any help 🙂

crawfordsm,
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@yabellini good question for @danielskatz

Some quick thoughts; maybe the research of Maha Shaikh or ‘working in the public’ by Nadia Eghbal

crawfordsm, to Trains
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Train travel through Europe! Leaving Geneva on the way to Paris and this is how to travel.

I’ll probably be mainly staring out the window while catching up on some reading.

astronomerritt, to random
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My awesome boss nominated me for a staff recognition award for something I organised this year and now I have £50 of book tokens!! 🤩

So... drop me your book recommendations! I'm specifically looking for queer SFF this time, but I will still accept other recs if you are extremely enthusiastic about them.

crawfordsm,
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@astronomerritt if you haven’t read it, I enjoyed a big ship at the end of the universe. Good, fun Science fiction space opera/adventure.

I’m not sure what counts as queer sci fi but it does Includes queer characters.

crawfordsm, to random
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UNESCO has released their Open Science Outlook that looks at the growth and impact of open science from the individual to the global perspective.

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000387324.locale=en

crawfordsm,
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Open scientific knowledge: only 1/3 of all scholarly literature since 2000 is currently open access.

See growth in open hardware and software - though also broadly still unknown

crawfordsm,
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Science is done by people -

Recognizing the range of contributions for people.

Engagement and dialogue are important parts of the scientific proces.

Societal engagement is increasing but still needs more study and support.

SciXCommunity, to random
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Don't forget to visit Carolyn Grant today at booth 649 or at poster SH33C-3072 today (2:10-6:30pm) to learn how the new NASA Science Explorer (SciX) accelerates research exploration across , , , & . s.si.edu/3RDxfdB

crawfordsm,
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@SciXCommunity might want to add the hashtag

crawfordsm, to random
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With Halley's Comet and the Challenger Disaster, the first few months of 1986 were an incredible formative time for those interested in space. Most of my vivid, early memories date from that year and I would guess it is probably pretty similar to others in the space field that are of a similar age.

krusynth, to random
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One of the main reasons I have my Digital Policy website for government is that I spend at least a third of my work time explaining to folks that the permission they have is not the permission they need to do the thing they want to do. (Today is one of those days.) https://digitalpolicy.us/

(Also it's open-source so please contribute back if I've missed key information!)

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@krusynth very useful reference - so many of these things are not discussed or clear when joining an agency.

Though open source and licenses are still a very fraught subject.

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