Alice Allen (astronomer)

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Alice Allen is an American information technology specialist and astronomer, the editor of the Astrophysics Source Code Library [1] and a faculty specialist in the Astronomy Department of the University of Maryland, College Park. [2]

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Education and career

Allen is a graduate of Hunter College, in the School of Health Sciences, [3] where she studied medical laboratory science. [4] She worked in information technology as a consultant, in private industry, and for 22 years in the Division of Information Technology of the Federal Reserve Board, before retiring in 2017. [3]

She became editor of the Astrophysics Source Code Library in 2010, [3] on a volunteer basis, after previously volunteering for the Astronomy Picture of the Day web site. [1] Her work on making available the codes for processing astronomical data has been cited as an important component in the reproducibility of scientific research. [5]

Recognition

In 2023 the American Astronomical Society (AAS) named Allen as a Fellow of the AAS, "for her great insight, deep knowledge, leading advocacy, and inspiring achievements involving open-source astronomy software; for making astronomy more efficient by creating avenues to release and cite research software; and for building, editing, and promoting the Astrophysics Source Code Library". [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Perkel, Jeffrey (January 2016), "The code librarian", Nature, 530 (7588): 118, doi: 10.1038/nature.2016.19220 , PMID   26854298
  2. ↑ "Alice Allen", People, University of Maryland Astronomy Department, retrieved 2023-09-17
  3. 1 2 3 "Alice Allen", Astrophysics Source Code Library, retrieved 2023-09-17
  4. ↑ Ms Alice Allen, Research Data Alliance, retrieved 2023-09-17
  5. ↑ Wild, Sarah (April 2018), "Irreproducible astronomy", Physics Today (4), doi:10.1063/pt.6.1.20180404a
  6. ↑ AAS Names 22 New Fellows for 2023, American Astronomical Society, February 8, 2023, retrieved 2023-09-17
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