July 9-11, 2012
Venue: Haus der Astronomie and the International Wissenschaft Forum, Heidelberg
Local Organisers: Sarah Kendrew, Markus Pöessel, Tom Robitaille.
Summary: .Astronomy 4 was held during a summery week in Heidelberg. The Haus der Astronomie wowed everyone and inspired some amazing hacks. With big-hitting keynotes and speakers from around the world, this event felt really productive and positive. The Hack Day yielded great work and forged new friendships.
Download: .Astronomy 4 Unproceedings PDF
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Talks
| Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Govender | IAU Office for Astronomy Development | Astronomy for a Better World |
| Markus Pöessel | Haus der Astronomie | Haus der Astronomie |
| Amit Kapadia | Adler Planetarium | AstroJS |
| August Muench | Harvard CfA | Dataverse |
| Thomas Robitaille | MPIA Heidelberg | Astro Python |
| Bruce Berriman | IPAC | Astronomy in the Cloud |
| Thomas Kitching | University of Edinburgh | Astronomy Crowdsourcing |
| Michelle Borkin | Harvard | Mechanical Turk, Visualisation and 'Glue' |
| Julie Steele and Noah Iliinksy | O'Reilly Media / Authors | Visualisation |
| Kelle Cruz | CUNY | AstroBetter |
| Alberto Pepe | Harvard CfA | Data Mining and ADS |
| Alyssa Goodman | Harvard CfA | Seamless Astronomy |
Unconference Sessions
| Title | Instigator(s) | More Info |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineering training for scientists | Bruce Berriman | Blog Post |
| Real Data in Education | Laura Whyte | |
| AstroJS | Amit Kapadia | GitHub |
| Visualization tutorial/coaching | Julie Steele, Michelle Borkin, Noah Iliinsky | |
| Universe3D.org | Alyssa Goodman | |
| Planetarium hacking | Markus Poessel | |
| Making the best use of Twitter | Karen Masters, Phil Marshall | |
| Making more of astronomy like .astronomy | Kelle Cruz, Meg Schwamb | |
| What is effective public outreach? | Emily Rice | |
| Getting paid to write code in astronomy? | Dimitri Muna | |
| Astronomy without papers | Aleks Scholz | Blog Post |
| Peer review 2.0 | Peter Melchoir | |
| VO tools that work | August Muench | |
| Nap time on the Moon Rug | Amanda Bauer |
Hacks
| Title | Contributors | More Info |
|---|---|---|
| optimize.js | Foreman-Mackay | Demo Site |
| Flora | Kapadia, Marshall and more | Demo |
| Astroglocal | Govender, Gomez, Gomez and more | TBA |
| Zoonibot | Foreman-Mackay, Beaumont, Lintott, Hogg and more | @zoonibot and Blog Post |
| Cosmology Calculator Widget | Simmons and Lowe | Blog Post |
| Science: It's Universal | Bauer and Gugliucci | Vimeo |
| Sh*t Astronomer's Say | Deacon, Rice, Cruz and more | YouTube |
| Image Extraction from ADS | Pepe, Goodman, and Muench | TBA |
| .Astro Recommends | Masters | TBA |
| Astronym | Simmons, Kitching, Schawinski and Clarke | TBA |
| AstroScanr | Simpson, Kendrew and Masters | Blogs 1, 2 and 3 |
| Astroworld | Odman-Govender | Blog post |
Image Gallery
Participants
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Alasdair Allan | Many | @aallan |
| Geert Barentsen | Armagh Observatory | @GeertMcTwit |
| Amanda Bauer | Australian Astronomical Observatory | @astropixie |
| Christopher Beaumont | Harvard CfA | @BeaumontChris |
| Bruce Berriman | Virtual Astronomical Observatory | @bruceberriman |
| Michelle Borkin | Harvard University | @michelle_borkin |
| Eli Bressert | ESO & University of Exeter | @astrobiased |
| Christopher Clark | Cardiff University | @CJRClarkEsquire |
| Kelle Cruz | Hunter College & CUNY & AMNH | @kellecruz |
| Niall Deacon | MPIA Heidelebrg | @nialldeacon |
| Jonathan Fay | Microsoft Research | @astrojonathan |
| Janine Fohlmeister | Zentrum für Astronomie Heidelberg | @JFohlmeister |
| Daniel Foreman-Mackey | NYU | @__dfm__ |
| Haley Gomez | Cardiff University | @astrofairy |
| Edward Gomez | Las Cumbres Observatory | @zemogle |
| Alyssa Goodman | Harvard CfA | @aagie |
| Kevin Govender | IAU Office of Astronomy for Development | @govender |
| Nicole Gugliucci | CosmoQuest | @noisyastronomer |
| Boris Haeussler | University of Nottingham | @Boris_H |
| David W Hogg | New York University | @davidwhogg |
| Noah Iliinksy | Author | @noahi |
| Amit Kapadia | Adler Planetarium | @a_kapadia |
| Sarah Kendrew | MPIA Heidelberg | @sarahkendrew |
| Tom Kitching | University of Edinburgh | @tom_kitching |
| Chris Lintott | University of Oxford | @chrislintott |
| Stuart Lowe | LCOGT | @astronomyblog |
| Markus Pössel | Haus der Astronomie | @mpoessel |
| Phil Marshall | Oxford University | @drphilmarshall |
| Karen Masters | ICG Portsmouth | @karenlmasters |
| Peter Melchior | The Ohio State University | @openpaperreview |
| August Muench | Harvard-Smithsonian CfA | @augustmuench |
| Demitri Muna | New York University | @scicoder |
| Carolina Odman-Govender | Freelance | @carolune |
| Alberto Pepe | Harvard University | @albertopepe |
| Gabe Perez-Giz | NYU Center for Cosmology & Particle Physics | N/A |
| David Perez-Suarez | Trinity College University | @dvdgc13 |
| Jan Pomierny | Astronomia.pl & UNAWE & Zooniverse Poland | N/A |
| Adrian Price-Whelan | Columbia University | @astrodrian |
| Emily Rice | CUNY & American Museum of Natural History | @emilulu |
| Hans-Walter Rix | MPIA Heidelberg | N/A |
| Thomas Robitaille | MPIA | @astrofrog |
| Pedro Russo | Leiden University/EU Universe Awareness | @pruss |
| Kevin Schawinski | Yale University | @kevinschawinski |
| Sergei Schmalz | International Meteor Organization | N/A |
| Aleks Scholz | Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies | @dalcashdvinsky |
| Meg Schwamb | Yale University | @megschwamb |
| Brooke Simmons | Yale University | @vrooje |
| Robert Simpson | Oxford University | @orbitingfrog |
| Julie Steele | O'Reilly | @jsteeleeditor |
| Adam Tarnoff | Adler Planetarium | N/A |
| Laura Whyte | Adler Planetarium | @whytewithawhy |