The Savvy Astronomer Research data, citation, and software repositories

Data Access & Citation

Software Access & Citation

Workshops/Software

Cartpentary

Arna Karick (e-Research Consultant, Swinburne Research) 

Data Access & Citation: So you have some data you want to share...

★ Astronomy catalogues, project/personal website, telescope archives★ Often no direct link to publication - or URL changes = broken links★ May not be associated with a publication - citation details?★ Long term maintenance issues for personal websites & research nomads

http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/ http://www.gama-survey.org/ http://hla.stsci.edu/

Data Access & Citation: Emerging trend torwards Open Access data andDOIs created specifically for data citation

★ Article type “Data Descriptors”★ Assigns a DOI for citation★ Metadata description only★ Data stored elswhere★ $$ but < Nature’s APC

★ Metadata description only★ Data stored elswhere★ DOIs batch/auto created by Swinburne (later)★ Not setup for individual users ★ FREE

★ Metadata & Data★ DOIs created by CSIRO★ Your data might be here★ Inconvenient DOIs (?)★ Some citation/owner issues★ FREE

http://www.nature.com/sdata/ https://researchdata.ands.org.au/ https://data.csiro.au

Data Access & Citation: One [good] solution: Astro TARDIS

data DOI: dx.doi.org/10.5072/03/...

ADVANTAGE: DOIs are permanent. Can be modified to point to a new data location if the data URL changes

Data Access & Citation: One [good] solution: Astro TARDIS

★ Metadata & Data (solves the hosting issue)

★ Auto DOI creation

★ Private version setup for BPsyC & CAOUS

instruments

★ Open Source code & Python/XML based

★ Auto ingests files

★ Facilitates versioning

★ Swinburne Research Data Storage disk

330TB

Less Complicated than CSIROs (Institutional)

Atlas ~30 GB data

paper DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1088/0067...

http://vera183.its.monash.edu.au/experiment/view/104/

Software Access & Citation Can I get a DOI for my code? Yes we Can!”

DOIs are free and easy to create for public repositories (via GutHub & Zenodo). Facilitates modifications and versioning

DOIs not available for Bitbucket... yet..but Bitbucket is arguably

better for private repositories so you should check it out...

Workshops/Software Cartpentary What else can you tell me?

Workshops/Software Cartpentary What else can you tell me?

Workshops & bootcamps(Usually open to all Swinburne researchers)

★ Python★ DOIs and data archives★ d3js.org data visualisation★ multi-disciplinary hack days★ CartoDB: mapping visualisation★ Software carpentary bootcamps ★ IPython on the NeCTAR cloud★ Python for Geodynamics★many more.... driven by researchers needs

Upcoming(Open to all Swinburne researchers)

★ CartoDB: mapping visualisation - July★ MatLab Bootcamp - August ★ 3-day Python Bootcamp - September★ Research Bazaar conference - February (free event for all researchers)Blog and Twitter: @ITS_Res (Unimelb)

The Savvy Astronomer Why should I know about all this?

★ Promoting your research and increasing impact. ★ Research efficiency: set up software and data repositories in advance.

★ Become a ‘data expert’ within your collaboration: hosting/DOIs/licenses etc.

★ Industry skills: Bitbucket, GitHub, Python, R, d3js.org -- Great for careers in Data Science.

★ Participate in Hack-a-thons: project-in-a-day and collaborative coding skills.

★ Easy to start implementing these skills in your day-to-day research.

★ Take responsibility for your data. -- Compliance with funding bodies, particularly NSF and ARC. Scientific scrutiny.

★ Remember some of the most highly cited papers tend to be data archives, calibration datasets, models, surveys and survey tools, dust maps, and sofware.

The Savvy Astronomer LINKS

Bookmark these...

• Orbiting Frog: http://orbitingfrog.com/ (Twitter: @orbitingfrog)• .Astronomy: http://dotastronomy.com/ (Twitter: @dotastronomy)• UniMelb Research Bazaar - Conference Feb 2015 (FREE) http://resbaz.tumblr.com/conference • GitHub DOIs: https://github.com/blog/1840-improving-github-for-science• D3js.org Data Driven Documents: http://d3js.org/ (Orbiting Frog/Zooniverse/.Astronomy folks use this)• Science to Data Science (UK): http://www.s2ds.org/• Insight Data Science Fellowships: http://insightdatascience.com/• People on Twitter: @astrowisicist @astroinfo2013 @dfflanders @drphilmarshall• AstroTARDIS at Monash (M.Brown’s data): http://vera183.its.monash.edu.au/experiment/view/104/

Things I would like to emulate at Swinburne...

• Berkeley Institute for Data Science: http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/datascience/bids-launch-dec-12• NAM 2014 Hack Day (UK’s ASA): see also Orbiting Frog blog post http://www.nam2014.org/hackdaywiki/index.php5/Main_Page (Twitter: #NAM2014)• UniMelb Research Bazaar: http://resbaz.tumblr.com/ (Twitter: @ITS_Res)• UniMelb Research Bazaar - Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/research-bazaar-conference-2848208870

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