Listen to the podcast For episode 18, we grabbed a group of attendees at the SciPy 2011 conference in Austin, Texas. We recorded an hour-long episode in which we discussed absolutely everything SciPy — the tutorials, the keynotes, the different tracks, the trending talks… It was amazing. It was epic. The stuff of legend. Scientific… [Read more…]
2011/07/21
Dear neglected inSCIght subscribers, I have the pleasure of announcing that the long wait is almost over! Episode 18 is “dans la boîte”, as we say in French; in the box, recorded, edited and all dressed up for the party. This episode has a long, painful and storied history. This will be detailed in its… [Read more…]
2011/06/19
Listen to the podcast On episode 17, our panelists bring lightning topic talks to the table for discussion. This weeks topics cover the spectrum of scientific computing education, workflow productiveness, and technical tools. We briefly discuss The Hacker Within MSU bootcamp, mental context switching, and using YAML for configuration files. On today’s show our crew… [Read more…]
2011/06/17
Hi faithful InSCIght subscribers, Just wanted to drop a line that in spite of technical difficulties, we will have an episode coming out for this week. In the meantime, please entertain yourself with this fantastic README written by our own panelist, Geraldine.
2011/06/10
Listen to the podcast Episode 16 is in a ‘Lightning Round’ style where each of our panelists brings a topic to the discussion. We then proceed to hack it out, as briefly as possible. The three rounds this week are numpy’s storied datetime implementation, trying to mix domain specific languages, and workflow management for the… [Read more…]
2011/06/06
The following part of the call for submissions for the 2011 Open Hardware Summit 2011 in NYC! You can find the original post here. Open Hardware and Conference Chairs Alicia Gibb and Ayah Bdeir were featured on inSCIght Episode 9. The Open Hardware Summit (OHS) invites submissions for the second annual summit, to be held… [Read more…]
2011/06/01
Listen to the podcast On episode 15, we talk about the DragonEgg project. DragonEgg is a GCC plugin that uses GCC to parse the source, and LLVM to perform optimization and code generation. We discuss how this works, and how it facilitates compilation of programs using Ada, Fortran, C, and C++. We also discuss how… [Read more…]
2011/05/24
Listen to the podcast On episode 14, we discuss an accessible hacker space model for innovation and education at Sector67 in Madison, WI. Panelists address questions including: What is Sector67, and what is a hacker space? How are the folks in this and other hacker spaces contributing to technical education? How did Sector67 converge on… [Read more…]
2011/05/22
Have you hugged a scientist today? If not, here’s a way to make up for it. Go sign up now to compete in scientific publisher Elsevier’s Apps for Science contest on challengepost.com. It’s a great opportunity to make life a little easier for research scientists and win yourself some profit too. What’s that? You’re concerned… [Read more…]
2011/05/18
Listen to the podcast On episode 13, we recap the events of the Data Array Summit that took place last weekend at Enthought HQ in Austin, TX. The summit was a chance for NumPy developers from the community to meet face-to-face and talk about the ‘labeled array’ or ‘data array’ concept that seems to crop… [Read more…]
2011/07/23
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