openscience
20 posts
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A practical primer on software citation
Software forms the foundation of modern research, yet citing code effectively remains a challenge across scientific disciplines.
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PySM 3.4.4 released with new SZ models and NumPy 2 support
PySM 3.4.4 is now available both on PyPI and on conda-forge. This release is mostly about extending the Sunyaev-Zeldovich model suite and making sure PySM works cleanly with NumPy 2.
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Request access to AWS and Google Cloud resources via CloudBank for scientists
CloudBank provides a simplified way for scientists and educators to access commercial cloud resources, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud. Access is free, but requires writing a proposal to justify the requested resources.
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Manage calendar of a scientific collaboration using Google Groups
Managing a calendar for a large scientific collaboration can be challenging. Over the years, I have tried different approaches to solve this problem.
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PySM 3.4.3 Released
PySM version 3.4.3 is now live. Install it from PyPI or upgrade existing environments with pip install --upgrade pysm3. Full details are available in the GitHub release notes.
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PySM methods paper published in ApJ
The Astrophysical Journal formally published our paper, Full-sky Models of Galactic Microwave Emission and Polarization at Sub-arcminute Scales for the Python Sky Model, on September 12, 2025. I wanted to capture the news here now that the issue is out, following up on my March note about the ArXiv submission.
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PySM 3.4.1 Released
PySM version 3.4.1 is now available. It can be downloaded from PyPI. The release notes detail new features and improvements.
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New paper on arXiv about models of Galactic emission in the microwaves for CMB experiments
A new paper has been published on Arxiv discussing models of Galactic emission in the microwaves for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments:
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Allow users to self-invite to a Google Calendar event
Google Calendar is the most popular calendar service, and it is widely used in academia, often Scientific Collaborations maintain one or multiple shared calendars to keep track of events, deadlines, and meetings.
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New paper about PySM 3
Update November 2021 Paper was published on JOSS:
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Upload a JOSS paper to arXiv
If you are in Astrophysics, you probably want to have your JOSS paper published to the Arxiv. Unfortunately some authors don't get it accepted due to the paper being too short for the Arxiv standard.
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Paper review workflow with Overleaf, git and Google Docs
In this blog post I propose a workflow to use the collaborative features of Google Docs to review a paper being written in Overleaf (unless you have Overleaf Pro which has change tracking embedded).
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Organize calendars for a large scientific collaboration
Many scientific collaborations have a central calendar, often hosted on Google Calendar, to coordinate Teleconferences, meetings and events across timezones.
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Create a Github account for your research group with free private repositories
Github allows a research group to create their own webpage where they can host, share and develop their software using the git version control system and the powerful Github online issue-tracking interface.
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How to post a PEARC18 paper pre-print to Arxiv
Follows the step-by-step version: Why upload a pre-print to arXiv