Computer Science-related resources

Advanced Computing Research Institute ( ACRI )
Center for Applied Parallel Processing ( CAPP )
Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval ( CNIDR )
Promote and Support the implementation and use of networked information discovery and retrieval software applications such as the Wide Area Information Server (WAIS), World Wide Web (WWW), the Internet Gopher, freeWAIS, and archie. Coordinate to Create Consensus among NIDR applications developers to ensure compatibility and interoperability. Disseminate Information about NIDR applications to the network community as well as those active with NIDR applications development.
CLOUDY - Photoionization Simulation code ( CLOUDY )
Cloudy is a large-scale Fortran code designed to simulate physical conditions in a broad range of astronomical plasmas, and predict its resulting spectrum. The Cloudy homepage provides pointers to the code and its documentation, along with related publications and activities.
Computational Science Highlights ( NSF Metacenter )
Computational Science Highlights covers topics at all scales of scientific inquiry. Users have the option to browse the repository's contents or to search for articles by keyword, such as researcher last name or institution. Computational Science Highlights , a prototype system, currently contains articles contributed by the members of the National MetaCenter: the Cornell Theory Center (CTC), the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), and San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC).
Design Research Institute ( DRI )
FITSview FITS image viewers ( FITSview )
The FITSview family of viewers for FITS format astronomical images are available for Microsoft Windows (FITSview), Apple Macintosh (MacFITSview) and Unix/X-Windows (XFITSview) computer systems. These viewers have easy to use graphical controls and will display astronomical images in the Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) format allowing zooming, scrolling, modifying the brightness, contrast and pseudo color and allow determination of celestial positions and the physical brightness units in the image. Both standard World Coordinate System (WCS) and Digitized Sky Survey
Front Range Consortium ( FRC )
The Front Range Consortium (FRC) is a consortium of three institutions: CAPP, NCAR/SCD, NOAA/FSL, all of which are located in Boulder, Colorado. The FRC is committed to the development of high performance scalable computing and its application to Grand Challenge research problems in science and engineering. The FRC is a member institution of the National Consortium for High Performance Computing (NCHPC).
Image Processing Resources for Astronomy Teachers
Links to and summaries of astronomical image processing resources for high school or introductory college astronomy courses.
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique ( INRIA )
Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering ( ICASE )
Kestrel Institute
Linux for Astronomy CDROM project ( LfA )
The Lfa CDROM contains Linux versions of the following Astronomical data reduction and analysis packages : AIPS (radio astronomy and image processing) ASSIST (gui for IRAF +) glish (distributed processing) IRAF + contributed packages (general purpose) Karma (image processing) NEMO (stellar dynamics) MIDAS (general purpose) PGPERL (graphics) SAOIMAGE (imaging/graphics) SAOtng (imaging/graphics) StarBase (astronomy database)
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Linux for Astronomy CDROM project
The Lfa CDROM contains Linux versions of the following Astronomical data reduction and analysis packages : AIPS (radio astronomy and image processing) ASSIST (gui for IRAF +) glish (distributed processing) IRAF + contributed packages (general purpose) Karma (image processing) NEMO (stellar dynamics) MIDAS (general purpose) PGPERL (graphics) SAOIMAGE (imaging/graphics) SAOtng (imaging/graphics) StarBase (astronomy database)
Massively Parallel Computing Research Laboratory ( MPCRL )
NASA COmputer Software Management and Information Center ( COSMIC )
NASA/HPCC Earth and Space Sciences Project ( ESS )
The Earth, its relationship to the Sun and Solar System, and the universe in its totality are the domain of the ESS Project. Part of the agency's High Performance Computing and Communications Program, this effort unites supercomputing, high-speed networking, scientific visualization, and virtual reality to better understand these phenomena.
National Center for Supercomputing Applications ( NCSA )
National Consortium for High Performance Computing ( NCHPC )
National Information Infrastructure Testbed ( NIIT )
National MetaCenter for Computational Science and Engineering
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center ( PSC )
Repository Based Software Engineering ( RBSE )
Research Institute for Computing and Information Systems ( RICIS )
RNOA - Astronomia On-Line ( Portugal )
Um Projecto da Associação Nacional de Observação Astronómica
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh ( ROE )
This site offers information about the extensive activities of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, a PPARC establishment responsible for building common-user IR and sub-mm instrumentation and managing telescope sites and data archive resources, as well as the UK Schmidt Telescope and the SuperCOSMOS measuring machine. The ROE site also has links to, or acts as the home page for: and much more information besides.
San Diego Supercomputer Center ( SDSC )
Software Engineering Institute ( SEI )
The SEI objective is to provide leadership in software engineering and in the transition of new software engineering technology into practice. The SEI Information Server provides: information about the SEI and its activities to improve the state of practice of software engineering, information about the ongoing research efforts of the ARPA Software and Intelligent Systems Technology Office (SISTO), an index of information relating to numerous software and computing topics, pointers to many other Internet resources
Statistical codes for astronomy ( StatCodes )
StatCodes is a metasite with links to over 200 sites providing free on-line codes implementing statistical methods that may be useful to astronomers. Methods include time series analysis, multivariate analysis, censored and truncated data, nonparametric statistics, correlation and regression, Bayesian methods, density estimation and smoothing, image analysis, spatial statistics, visualization tools, interactive Web tools, and multipurpose statistics packages.
The Design Engineering Technology Digest

The monthly magazine features exclusive reports of innovations developed by NASA and its industry partners/contractors that can be applied to develop new/improved products and solve engineering or manufacturing problems. Authored by the engineers or scientists who did the work, the briefs span a wide array of fields, including electronics, physical sciences, materials, computer software, mechanics, machinery/automation, manufacturing/fabrication, mathematics/information sciences, and life sciences.

Most briefs offer a Technical Support Package, which explains the technology in greater detail and provides contact points for questions or licensing discussions.

NASA Tech Briefs also contains feature articles on successful NASA spinoffs, profiles of NASA tech transfer resources, news briefs, and application stories. Regular columns describe new patents, industry products, software, and literature.

US Army High Performance Computing Research Center ( AHPCRC )
World Wide Web Consortium ( W3C )
World Wide Web Consortium - Leading the Evolution of the Web - The World Wide Web Consortium exists to realize the full potential of the Web.
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center ( PARC )
Zoomer Personal Digital Assistant
Updated on 97/10/19 6:37 GMT by Sergio Paoli spaoli@fcaglp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar