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Algorithms and Statistical Models for Scientific Discovery in the Petabyte Era
Brian Nord, Andrew J. Connolly, Jamie Kinney +35
The field of astronomy has arrived at a turning point in terms of size and complexity of both datasets and scientific collaboration. Commensurately, algorithms and statistical mode…
The Growing Importance of a Tech Savvy Astronomy and Astrophysics Workforce
Dara Norman, Kelle Cruz, Vandana Desai +26
Fundamental coding and software development skills are increasingly necessary for success in nearly every aspect of astronomical and astrophysical research as large surveys and hig…
The demise of the filesystem and multi level service architecture
William O'Mullane, Niall Gaffney, Frossie Economou +3
Many astronomy data centres still work on filesystems. Industry has moved on; current practice in computing infrastructure is to achieve Big Data scalability using object stores ra…
Astro2020 APC White Paper: Astronomy should be in the clouds
Arfon M. Smith, Rob Pike, William O'Mullane +15
Commodity cloud computing, as provided by commercial vendors such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, has revolutionized computing in many sectors. With the advent of a new class of…
Petabytes to Science
Amanda E. Bauer, Eric C. Bellm, Adam S. Bolton +24
A Kavli foundation sponsored workshop on the theme \emph{Petabytes to Science} was held 12 to 14 of February 2019 in Las Vegas. The aim of the this workshop was to di…
Planet Four: Probing Springtime Winds on Mars by Mapping the Southern Polar CO Jet Deposits
K. -Michael Aye, Megan E. Schwamb, Ganna Portyankina +11
The springtime sublimation process of Mars' southern seasonal polar CO ice cap features dark fan-shaped deposits appearing on the top of the thawing ice sheet. The fan material…