Arfon Smith - Podcast Details

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JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Modernizing Weather Forecasting with Julia – Milan Klöwer on SpeedyWeather.jl#20: Milan Klöwer joins Arfon and Abby to discuss SpeedyWeather.jl, its development, and its role in climate science. Milan is a Schmidt AI in Science Fellow at the University of Oxford. You can follow Milan on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/milankloewer bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/milank.bsky.social and at his website milankl.github.io Episode highlights: [01:10] - Introducing Milan Clover [01:56] - Understanding Atmospheric General Circulation Models [05:15] - The Evolution of Weather Prediction [07:23] - SpeedyWeather.jl: A New Approach [20:05] - The Legacy of Fortran in Climate Science [20:51] - Why Julia? [25:35] - B...

2024-10-0342 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Tackling the Machine Learning Reproducibility Crisis – KJ Schmidt & Aristana Scourtas on Foundry-ML#19: KJ Schmidt & Aristana Scourtas join Arfon and Abby to discuss Foundry-ML, a platform designed to simplify using machine learning datasets, highlighting its development, impacts, and their career advancements post-project. KJ just started a position at the Institute for Genomic Medicine within Nationwide Children's Hospital. Aristana is a Product and Research Manager at The Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School. KJ and Aristana both worked on Foundry-ML during their time working at UChicago and Globus. You can follow Aristana on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/aristana/ and Twitter/X @aristana_s. You can follow...

2024-09-1928 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Visualize Hypergraphs with Open Source – Brenda Praggastis on HyperNetX#18: Brenda Praggastis joins Arfon and Abby to discuss HyperNetX, a Python package for modeling complex network data as hypergraphs. Brenda discusses the distinctions between graphs and hypergraphs, their real-world applications, and the collaborative nature of the hypergraph community. She also delves into the open-source development process, the capabilities and limitations of HyperNetX, and the importance of community contribution in advancing hypergraph research. Tune in to learn more about hypergraphs and their growing significance in various research fields. Brenda is a mathematician and data scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. ...

2024-09-0531 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Setting the Standard for Audio Data Management – Magdalena Fuentes on Soundata#17: Magdalena Fuentes joins Arfon and Abby to discuss her project Soundata. Magdalena shares insights into audio datasets, standardization, and community-driven open-source tools, offering valuable takeaways on reproducibility, dataset management, and open source in machine listening. Magdalena is an Assistant Professor of Music Technology and Integrated Design & Media at New York University (NYU). You can follow Magdalena on Twitter/X @mfu3ntes, GitHub @magdalenafuentes, LinkedIn @mfu3ntes https://www.linkedin.com/in/mfu3ntes/ or at her website magdalenafuentes.com. Episode highlights: [02:02] - Magdalena's Background and Motivation [02:54] - Challenges in Machine Listening [03:48...

2024-08-2232 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Greenhouse Gas Flux Analysis Made Easy – Karelle Rheault on goFlux#16: Karelle Rheault joins Arfon and Abby to discuss the development of goFlux, a user-friendly software designed to calculate greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes. The conversation covers Karelle's programming journey, challenges faced, and the role of open-source practices in advancing research. Karelle is a PhD student and the creator of goFlux. You can follow Karelle on X/Twitter @KarelleRheault and on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/karelle-rheault-063842105/ Episode highlights: [02:03] - Karelle's Journey to Creating goFlux [02:56] - Understanding Greenhouse Gas Fluxes

2024-08-0832 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Data Quality Crafted with Passion – Herminio Vazquez & Virginie Grosboillot on cuallee#15: Herminio Vazquez & Virginie Grosboillot join Arfon and Abby to discuss cuallee, their Python package designed for data quality checks across multiple data framed APIs. The discussion covers the importance of data quality, the passion behind the project, and the intersection of open-source software in both academia and industry. Herminio is the Director Data Strategy and Analytics at Copado. Virginie is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Ljubljana. You can follow them both on LinkedIn: Hermino, Virginie Episode highlights: [02:02] - The Story Behind cuallee [03:32] - Guest Backgrounds and Expertise [05:08] - Applications in...

2024-07-2534 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Open Source Revolution in Radiotherapy – James Kerns on Pylinac#14: James Kerns joins Arfon and Abby to discuss how Pylinac automates quality assurance for radiotherapy, running an open source project while teaching yourself to code, and the growing open source ecosystem for medical physics. James is a technical lead at Radformation, focusing on image analysis. You can follow James on LinkedIn and GitHub. Episode highlights: [00:37] - The Importance of Quality Assurance in Radiotherapy [05:19] - James's Journey into Coding [07:48] - How Pylinac Works [09:56] - Community and Support [16:43] - Commercial Use and Collaboration [19:53] - Transitioning from MATLAB to Python [21:27] - Maintaining Pylinac Over the...

2024-07-1139 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Humans Think in Graphy Ways – Naomi Arnold and Ben Steer on Raphtory#13: Naomi Arnold and Ben Steer join Arfon and Abby to discuss their work on Raphtory, THE temporal graph engine for Rust and Python. Other topics include: pomegranates are the graphiest fruit, tracking ship to ship trading, and funding for open source projects through the Tools, Practices and Systems program at the Alan Turing Institute. Naomi is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Northeastern University London. Ben is the CTO and Co-founder of Pometry. You can follow Naomi on Twitter/X @narnolddd. You can follow Ben on Twitter/X @Raphtory, raphtory.com, and pometry.com.

2024-06-2736 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Text Augmentation for NLP – Kenneth Enevoldsen on Augmenty#12: Kenneth Enevoldsen joins Arfon and Abby to discuss Augmenty, a python library for text augmentation, balancing contributor-friendliness with maintainability in open source, and which danishes he would eat. Kenneth is a PhD student at Aarhus University and the maintainer of many open source libraries including Augmenty, MTEB, TextDescriptives, ScandEval and more. You can follow Kenneth on X @kcenevoldsen, LinkedIn @kennethenevoldsen, and GitHub @kennethenevoldsen. Episode highlights: [00:00:48] - Discussion on Augmenty and Text Augmentation [00:02:55] - Origins and Development of Augmenty [00:05:51] - Applications and Use Cases of...

2024-06-1327 min

A.I Right Programming with your CopilotIn our 1st episode, Kris McFadyen, Andy McMahon & Ishbel Softley are joined by Arfon Smith, Responsible AI Lead for Github's Copilot. We discuss the innovation and evolution of AI within the Copilot product and how ChatGPT and AI paired programming technologies will continue to evolve.Arfon's bio:I'm responsible for integrating AI into the core GitHub experience, partnering closely with design, engineering, and our scientists and GitHub and Azure AI. My current focus is on Copilot Enterprise – GitHub's most advanced AI offering to date – infusing GitHub Copilot throughout the software development lifecycle.

2024-05-1543 min

Code for Thought [EN] Collaborations Workshop 2024The Collaborations Workshop, run by the Software Sustainability Institute https://www.software.ac.uk/ is a long-running institution. I had the pleasure of going there in May 2024 for the first time. It was an exciting, but also exhausting, couple of days. The 3 themes focused on AI/ML in science, environmental sustainability and citizen science.Here is a report on the workshop with a bunch of interviews:Arfon Smith from GitHub/CopilotBecky Osselton from Newcastle UniversityDave Horsfall from Newcastle UniversityKirstie Pringle from the Software Sustainability InstituteShoaib Sufi from Uni Manchester/Software Sustainability InstituteMany thanks for...

2024-05-1440 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Reproducibility in Neuroscience – Mats van Es on FieldTrip reproducescript#9: Mats van Es joins Arfon and Abby to discuss reproducible science and the functionality he added to FieldTrip, a MATLAB software toolbox for analyzing brain imaging data. Mats is a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Oxford. You can follow Mats on Twitter/X @mats_van_es. See the show notes: https://blog.joss.theoj.org/2024/05/josscast-9-reproducibility-in-neuroscience Episode Highlights [00:03:11] Introduction to FieldTrip and reproducescript [00:06:30] Config-Driven Science & Reproducibility [00:11:42] Using MATLAB in Open Source Software [00:21:02] The State of Open Source Software in Neuroscience [00:21:53] Publishing in JOSS [00:23:35] Future Directions and Contributions ...

2024-05-0226 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Deep Learning for 3D Protein Structure Predictions – Giulia Crocioni on DeepRank2#8: Giulia Crocioni joins Arfon and Abby to discuss DeepRank2, a deep learning framework for 3D protein structure predictions. Giulia is a Research Software Engineer at the Netherlands eScience Center where she uses different machine learning techniques to develop and contribute to methodologies and applications to answer life sciences research questions. You can follow Giulia on LinkedIn See the show notes: https://blog.joss.theoj.org/2024/04/josscast-8-deep-learning-for-3d-protein-structure-predictions Episode highlights: - [00:02:16] Giulia introduces herself and her work at the Netherlands eScience Centre in the Life Sciences section. - [00:04:09] Introducing DeepRank2: An open-source deep learning...

2024-04-1828 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Adding Defect Analysis to the Materials Project – Jimmy Shen on pymatgen-analysis-defects#7: Jimmy Shen sat down with Arfon and Abby to discuss the role of defect analysis in semiconductor research, the Materials Project, and the development of pymatgen-analysis-defects. Jimmy is a postdoc at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he tries his best to automate himself away. You can follow Jimmy on GitHub @jmmshn, Linkedin, or on Google Scholar. See the show notes: https://blog.joss.theoj.org/2024/04/josscast-7-adding-defect-analysis-to-the-materials-project Episode Highlights [00:02:19] Introducing pymatgen-analysis-defects and the Materials Project [00:07:09] pymatgen packages [00:07:36] Importance of defects in semiconductor research [00:11:19] Target audiences and...

2024-04-0422 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Rewrite in Rust – Gui Castelão and Luiz Irber on Gibbs SeaWater Oceanographic Toolbox in Rust#5: Gui Castelão and Luiz Irber join Arfon and Abby to discuss their work implementing the Gibbs Sea Water Oceanographic Toolbox of TEOS-10 in Rust, and the role of instrument builders in science. Gui is an oceanographer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, previously part of the Instrument Developing Group. Luiz is a Computer Science PhD at UC Davis and an avid Rustacean. Gui’s website: www.castelao.net.Luiz’s website: LuizIrber.org See the show notes: https://blog.joss.theoj.org//2024/03/josscast-5-rewrite-in-rust Episo...

2024-03-0736 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Applying ML to Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations – Nicolas Renaud on QMCTorch#4: Nicolas Renaud joins Arfon and Abby to discuss QMCTorch, a PyTorch implementation of real-space Quantum Monte-Carlo simulations of molecular systems, and work to promote research software as a research output. Nico is the head of the Natural Sciences and Engineering section of the Netherlands eScience Center and Senior Researcher at the Quantum Application Lab. He focuses on the intersection of material sciences and machine learning. You can find Nico on GitHub @NicoRenaud or the Research Software Directory ⁠Full show notes and transcript⁠ Ep...

2024-02-2222 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Astronomy in the Open – Dr. Taylor James Bell on Eureka!#2: In this episode of Open Source for Researchers hosts Abby and Arfon explore the world of open source software in astronomy with Dr. Taylor James Bell, a BAER Institute postdoc at NASA Ames. Eureka! is an end-to-end pipeline designed for JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) time series observations. We chat about the motivations behind Eureka!, its unique features, and the democratization of exoplanet science. Join us for an engaging conversation that unveils the complexity of time series observations, the power of open source, and the exciting future of Eureka! and JWST discoveries. ...

2024-01-2530 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Eva Maxfield Brown on Speakerbox – Open Source Speaker Identification for Political Science#1: In the first episode of Open Source for Researchers, hosts Arfon and Abby sit down with Eva Maxfield Brown to discuss Speakerbox, an open source speaker identification tool. Originally part of the Council Data Project, Speakerbox was used to train models to identify city council members speaking in transcripts, starting with cities like Seattle. Speakerbox can run on your laptop, making this a cost-effective solution for many civic hackers, citizen scientists, and now .. podcasters! From the advantages of fine-tuning pre-trianed models for personalized speaker identification to the concept of few-shot learning, Eva walks us through...

2024-01-2521 min

JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers Introducing Open Source for ResearchersGet ready to dive into the world of open source software for researchers with the new podcast, Open Source for Researchers! Join hosts Arfon Smith and Abby Cabunoc Mayes as they give you a sneak peek of what's to come. Open Source for Researchers launches January 25th, 2024! --- Supercharge your research with the latest scientific software showcased in the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS). Hear directly from authors on their work, their motivations, and new ways open source software can accelerate your work. Hosted by editor-in-chief Arfon Smith and...

2024-01-1608 min

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2023-12-0517 min

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2023-05-2314 min

FLOSS for Science EP020 Peer-reviewed Publication of Research SoftwareIn episode 20, we interviewed Arfon Smith, Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) and Head of Data Science at the Space Telescope Science Institute. We talked with him about the creation of JOSS and its role in peer reviewed publications of research software. He described to us how to start a peer reviewed scientific journal and the challenges and competition that he faces. We chatted about how, by using automation, reusing existing tools and staying nimble, JOSS manages to publish with low operational costs. We also discussed about the submission process and what is reviewed during the peer...

2019-08-061h 03

Request For Commits Measuring Success in Open SourceOn today’s show Nadia and Mikeal are joined by Andrew Nesbitt and Arfon Smith to talk about open source metrics, and how to interpret data around dependencies and usage. They talked about what we currently can, and can not measure in today’s open source ecosystem. They also talked about individual project metrics, how we can measure success, what maintainers should be paying attention to, and whether or not GitHub stars really matter. Leave us a comment Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!

2016-08-111h 13

Changelog Interviews GitHub and Google on Public Datasets & Google BigQueryArfon Smith from GitHub, and Felipe Hoffa & Will Curran from Google joined the show to talk about BigQuery — the big picture behind Google Cloud’s push to host public datasets, the collaboration between the two companies to expand GitHub’s public dataset, adding query capabilities that have never been possible before, example queries, and more! Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Toptal – Take control of your career and join the best at Toptal. Email Adam at adam@cha...

2016-06-291h 24

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source GitHub and Google on Public Datasets & Google BigQuery (Interview)Arfon Smith from GitHub, and Felipe Hoffa & Will Curran from Google joined the show to talk about BigQuery — the big picture behind Google Cloud’s push to host public datasets, the collaboration between the two companies to expand GitHub’s public dataset, adding query capabilities that have never been possible before, example queries, and more! Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Toptal – Take control of your career and join the best at Toptal. Email Adam at adam@cha...

2016-06-291h 24

Star Trek: The Rewatch S02E03 Elementary Dear Datahttps://startrektherewatch.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/s02e03-elementary-dear-data.mp3In many ways this is a defining episode of TNG. The Enterprise is threatened when a character in Data and La Forge’s holodeck simulation becomes sentient. Grant and Rob are joined by guests David Hogg, Arfon Smith, Meredith Rawls and Erin Braswell – recording this live at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago,Warning: Poor audio quality due to live recording.Data can see shortcomings in Geordi’s new diagnostic displaysEpisode synopsis: 5th Dec 1988.Quote: “The particle beam will tear apa...

2015-01-0100 min

RunCoCo - Beyond Collections: Crowdsourcing for public engagement Beyond 2011 - A Cautionary TaleArfon Smith (University of Oxford) presents the experience of the Zooniverse team with their citizen science and crowdsourcing efforts and the changing role of the citizen scientist.

2011-05-2629 min