Software and Sociology in UK Astronomy
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1 Physics and Society
Abstract
I discuss the remit of Starlink's software strategy groups and a particular item on the agenda of a meeting of the image processing software strategy group held on 26th January 2001: `Why don't people use Starlink software?'. The answer to this question was speculated to be primarily a sociological effect: those people supervising UK astronomy Ph.D. students are largely people who had learnt their trade at a time when Starlink had a less than perfect reputation. I report on the recommendations made to Starlink to counter this effect.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0112026,
title = {Software and Sociology in UK Astronomy},
author = {Kevin A. Pimbblet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0112026},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
3 pages. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Geophysics (formerly QJRAS)