2023-11-08 –, Talks
Since its creation in 2018, the Python in Heliophysics Community (PyHC) has strove to facilitate scientific discovery by promoting the use and development of sustainable open-source Python software across the solar and space physics community, improve communication and collaboration between disciplines, developers, and users, establish and maintain development standards, and foster interoperability and reproducibility. Through the community's resources, bi-annual meetings, bi-weekly telecons, PyHC summer schools, and other meeting outreach opportunities, PyHC continues to educate scientists on the importance of open source software in open science and demonstrates how the PyHC can aid scientists in Heliophysics research.
Although PyHC has an obviously heavy focus on Heliophysics research, the impact can be broadened. PyHC seeks to connect with the wider ADASS community on open source Python software tools and standards. In that vein of collaborative spirit, many of PyHC’s packages are already extensible to disciplines outside the scope of Heliophysics. PyHC packages often leverage astronomy packages such as Astropy (who were invited to hold a tutorial session at the inaugural PyHC 2022 summer school). Finally, the PyHC package standards are even modeled off of the example set by Astropy. This talk will give a brief overview of the PyHC, how PyHC can be an answer to the open science needs of today in Heliophysics and beyond, and how to get connected with the community.
Julie is a Professional Research Assistant at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), partnered with the University of Colorado Boulder. She is passionate about leading and facilitating technical work and group efforts across organizational and cultural boundaries, and building relationships within communities in the process. Her interdisciplinary background is fitting for this kind of work; she comes with a B.S. in applied physics (2015), an M.S. in atmospheric science (2018), and experience working with several space mission software and community projects—in particular, including being the principal investigator for the Python in Heliophysics Community (PyHC).