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Astrophysics Source Code Library
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <ul><li>Established in 1999 by <a href="/facts/Robert_J._Nemiroff/BHgBtPCs">Robert J. Nemiroff</a> and John Wallin<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li>Migrated to <a href="/facts/APOD/IEwcwfAm">APOD</a> <a href="/facts/Discussion_forum/bRuqfQfN">discussion forum</a> Starship Asterisk* in 2010<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>Advisory committee formed in 2011<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Astrophysics_Data_System/abKVsgvU">ADS</a> started indexing entries in 2012<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>New database and site in production in 2014<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="advisory-committee">Advisory Committee</h2> <p>Peter Teuben, <a href="/facts/University_of_Maryland/Wmc5R1kM">University of Maryland</a>, Chair Bruce Berriman, <a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a> <a href="/facts/D._J._Mink/pSMN4YlQ">Jessica Mink</a>, <a href="/facts/Harvard-Smithsonian_Center_for_Astrophysics/1MNDcvoo">Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian</a> <a href="/facts/Robert_J._Nemiroff/BHgBtPCs">Robert J. Nemiroff</a>, <a href="/facts/Michigan_Technological_University/xtGKYofo">Michigan Technological University</a> Rein Warmels, <a href="/facts/European_Southern_Observatory/mJtjDbwx">European Southern Observatory</a> Lior Shamir, <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Technological_University/fGvrCXkW">Lawrence Technological University</a> Keith Shortridge, <a href="/facts/Australian_Astronomical_Observatory/uePqRaeS">Australian Astronomical Observatory</a> John Wallin, <a href="/facts/Middle_Tennessee_State_University/Xdw4BqRY">Middle Tennessee State University</a> </p><p>Previous Advisory Committee Members Mark Taylor, <a href="/facts/University_of_Bristol/naU7Gvlc">University of Bristol</a>, UK (2011–2018) Thomas Robitaille, Freelance (2016) Robert J. Hanisch, <a href="/facts/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology/gr9Fnh85">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a> (2011–2015)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="editors">Editors</h2> <p>Editor: <a href="/facts/Alice_Allen_(astronomer)/VV5Y65tD">Alice Allen</a> Associate Editor: Kim DuPrie Assistant Editor: Catherine Gosmeyer Designer/Developer: Judy Schmidt<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Allen, A., & Schmidt, J., 2015, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.bv">Looking before Leaping: Creating a Software Registry</a></li> <li>Grosbol, P., & Tody, D., 2010, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.4430">Making Access to Astronomical Software More Efficient</a></li> <li>Ince, D.C., Hatton, L., & Graham-Cumming, J., 2012, <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7386/full/nature10836.html">The case for open computer programs</a></li> <li>Shamir, L., <i>et al</i>, 2013, <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213133713000073">Practices in source code sharing in astrophysics</a></li> <li>Shortridge, K., 2009, <a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ASPC..411....3S">Talking Amongst Ourselves – Communication in the Astronomical Software Community</a></li> <li>Teuben, P., Allen, A., Nemiroff, R. J., & Shamir, L., 2012, <a href="http://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/461-0623.html">Practices in Code Discoverability</a></li> <li>Weiner, B., <i>et al</i>, 2009, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3971">Astronomical Software Wants To Be Free: A Manifesto</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.ascl.net/">Astrophysics Source Code Library</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.astromatic.net/">Astr<i>O</i>matic astronomical pipeline software</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190501031615/http://astrosim.net/code/doku.php">Astrosim Astro-Code Wiki</a></li> <li><a href="http://cococubed.asu.edu/code_pages/codes.shtml">Cococubed.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cfd-online.com/Wiki/Codes">CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Online</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.skysoft.org/html/index.php">SkySoft Astronomical software directory</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Astrophysics Source Code Library". Retrieved 18 February 2015. <a href="http://ascl.net/" target="_blank">http://ascl.net/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Allen, A.; Teuben, P.; Nemiroff, R. J.; Shamir, L. (September 2012). "Practices in Code Discoverability: Astrophysics Source Code Library". Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXI. 461: 627. arXiv:1202.1028. Bibcode:2012ASPC..461..627A. Retrieved 26 October 2013. <a href="http://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/461-0627.html" target="_blank">http://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/461-0627.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Nemiroff, R. J.; Wallin, J. F. (May 1999). The Astrophysics Source Code Library. 194th AAS Meeting. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. Vol. 31. American Astronomical Society. p. 885. Bibcode:1999AAS...194.4408N. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Nemiroff, R. "Who is this R. J. Nemiroff? Some Favorite Astronomy Ideas". Retrieved 21 October 2013. <a href="http://www.phy.mtu.edu/apod/NotableIdeas.html#ASCL" target="_blank">http://www.phy.mtu.edu/apod/NotableIdeas.html#ASCL</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Astrophysics Source Code Library". International Science Grid This Week. August 3, 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131018100617/http://www.isgtw.org/spotlight/get-your-astrophysics-source-code-here" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131018100617/http://www.isgtw.org/spotlight/get-your-astrophysics-source-code-here</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Allen, A.; Teuben, P.; Nemiroff, R. J.; Shamir, L. (September 2012). "Practices in Code Discoverability: Astrophysics Source Code Library". Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXI. 461: 627. arXiv:1202.1028. Bibcode:2012ASPC..461..627A. Retrieved 21 October 2013. <a href="http://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/461-0627.html" target="_blank">http://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/461-0627.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Allen, A.; DuPrie, K.; Berriman, B.; Hanisch, R. J.; Mink, J.; Teuben, P. J. (October 2013). "Astrophysics Source Code Library". Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXII. 475: 387. arXiv:1212.1916. Bibcode:2013ASPC..475..387A. Retrieved 21 October 2013. <a href="http://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/475-0387.html" target="_blank">http://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/475-0387.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Hanisch, R.; Allen, A.; Berriman, B.; DuPrie, K.; Mink, J.; Nemiroff, R. J.; Shamir, L.; Shortridge, K.; Taylor, M. B.; Teuben, P. J.; Wallin, J. (October 2014). "Astrophysics Source Code Library Enhancements". Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIV. 495: 453. arXiv:1411.2031. Bibcode:2015ASPC..495..453H. Retrieved 18 February 2015. <a href="http://www.adass2014.org/seeabstract_en.php?id=109" target="_blank">http://www.adass2014.org/seeabstract_en.php?id=109</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"People". Astrophysics Source Code Library. Retrieved 28 September 2020. <a href="http://ascl.net/home/getwp/899" target="_blank">http://ascl.net/home/getwp/899</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"People". Astrophysics Source Code Library. Retrieved 28 September 2020. <a href="http://ascl.net/home/getwp/899" target="_blank">http://ascl.net/home/getwp/899</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>