1. Computing in Astronomy: Applications and Examples.
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Bogert, F. Alexander, Smith, Nicholas, Holdener, John, De Jong, Eric M., Hart, Andrew F., Cinquini, Luca, Khudikyan, Shakeh E., Thompson, David R., Mattmann, Chris A., Wagstaff, Kiri, Lazio, Joseph, Jones, Dayton L., Allen, Alice, Shamir, Lior, and Teuben, Peter
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COMPUTERS in astronomy , *CUDA (Computer architecture) , *OPEN source software , *DATA visualization , *COMPUTER graphics - Abstract
This article includes the following "mini-articles" about applications and examples of computing in astronomy: "Visualizing the Universe: Using Modern Graphics Cards to Understand the Physical World," by F. Alexander Bogert, Nicholas Smith, and John Holdener; "Visualizing Big Data in Astronomy: The Automated Movie Production Environment Distribution and Display (AMPED) Pipeline," by Eric M. De Jong; "Supporting Distributed, Collaborative Review and Classification of Fast Transient Events," by Andrew F. Hart, Luca Cinquini, Shakeh E. Khudikyan, David R. Thompson, Chris A. Mattmann, Kiri Wagstaff, Joseph Lazio, and Dayton L. Jones; "Big Data Technologies at JPL," by Dayton L. Jones; and "The Astrophysics Source Code Library: ascl.net," by Alice Allen, Lior Shamir, and Peter Teuben. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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