Jessica Mink
Jessica Mink has been a developer of astronomical software at MIT, Cornell, and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for temporal, spectral, and spatial analysis of astronomical data for almost 50 years but only started distributing software and publishing papers about it with the advent of ADASS in 1991 and the WOrld Wide Web in 1993. Several of her ADASS presentations have been expanded into papers in refereed astronomical journals.
Session
For software which is useful to people other than its producer by itself or as a generator of data, it may be useful to publish an article about how the software works in a refereed journal. This is a great way to publish and publicize our software efforts, and get publication and citation credit for our work, supplementing software distribution sites and online documentation. A panel of representatives of various journals which publish articles about software will discuss what they are looking for in papers and how to participate in the publishing process, not just as an author, but as a referee.