@arfon

AI Product @github. Previously Head of Data Science STScI. @the_zooniverse co-founder. Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Open Source Software

 Edinburgh, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Joined January 2007
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We're looking to grow our editorial team at @joss_theoj blog.joss.theoj.org/2024/10/… #openscience #opensource

Call for editors | Journal of Open Source Software Blog

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Starting today, Copilot on GitHub.com is available to all Copilot users, making it ubiquitous across IDE, mobile and, now, your browser. 🥳🥳🥳 github.blog/news-insights/pr…

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New JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers episode! 💬 Tackling the Machine Learning Reproducibility Crisis 🥳 @kj_schmidt & @aristana_s on Foundry-ML ✨ hosts @arfon & @abbycabs
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🔴 We are happy to announce that the SSI has received funding through the @UKRI_News Digital Research Infrastructure Programme for a fourth phase which will last from 2024 to 2028 and will be led by @ahrcpress. Read the full announcement at software.ac.uk/blog/record-p…
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Don't forget to thank creators and maintainers for their work!
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New JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers episode! 💬 Setting the Standard for Audio Data Management 🥳 @mfu3ntes on Soundata ✨ hosts @arfon & @abbycabs
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New JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers episode! 💬 Greenhouse Gas Flux Analysis Made Easy 🥳 @KarelleRheault on goFlux ✨ hosts @arfon & @abbycabs
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New JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers episode! 💬 Data Quality Crafted with Passion 🥳 Herminio Vazquez & Virginie Grosboillot on cuallee ✨ hosts @arfon & @abbycabs
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New JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers episode! 💬 Open Source Revolution in Radiotherapy 🥳 James Kerns on Pylinac ✨ hosts @arfon & @abbycabs
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New JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers episode! 💬 Humans Think in Graphy Ways 🥳 @narnolddd and @miratepuffin on @raphtory ✨ hosts @arfon & @abbycabs
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New JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers episode! 💬 Text Augmentation for NLP 🥳 @KCEnevoldsen on Augmenty ✨ hosts @arfon & @abbycabs
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Sharing a talk I gave at our (GitHub internal) "Product Club" this week about principles I lean on when building products with generative AI: speakerdeck.com/arfon/five-p…

Five principles for building generative AI products

Slides from a recent talk I gave to the product team at GitHub about how I think about leveraging generative AI when building products.

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New JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers episode! 💬 From COVID to Commuting 🥳 Fred Shone on Population Activity Modeller (PAM) ✨ hosts @arfon & @abbycabs
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Don't follow me here, I'm no longer posting on Twitter. Follow @[email protected] (fosstodon.org/@arfon) on Mastodon instead. So long and thanks for all the fish Twitter!

Arfon Smith (@[email protected])

98 Posts, 130 Following, 951 Followers · Editor in Chief, Journal of Open Source Software (https://joss.theoj.org). Copilot product @ GitHub. Previously Mission Head (Data Science) @ STScI, co-foun...

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JOSS@JOSS_TheOJ8 Dec 2022
Join us! JOSS is growing its editorial team: blog.joss.theoj.org/2022/12/… #opensource #openscience

Call for editors | Journal of Open Source Software Blog

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Hilary Mason
@hmason22 Nov 2022
😎 If you're in New York on Monday, November 28th and interested in Generative AI, come join us for a very fun prompt challenge with a bunch of creative people! betaworks.com/event/ai-week-…

AI Week: Generative Storytelling with Hidden Door + Prompt Battle!

Nov 28, 2022 | Betaworks, 29 Little W 12th Street, New York, NY 10014

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I asked over at (fosstodon.org/@arfon/1093658…) , but asking here too...
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Our paper finally came out in #PLOSCompBio! Ten simple rules for funding scientific #OpenSource software dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…

Ten simple rules for funding scientific open source software

Author summary As funders of scientific research, we have a unique knowledge of the challenges that researchers face in finding support for the many parts of their projects. Scientific software is a...

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Such a special human. Such a huge loss 💔
Sarah Kendrew@sarahkendrew15 Nov 2022
No one lived more fully and loved harder than my dear friend Carolina Ödman Govender. I am heartbroken that’s she no longer with us. But her spirit lives on in her beautiful family and in all the people around the world whom she touched with her energy, her enthusiasm and love.
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