Astronomical research in the next decade: trends, barriers and needs in data access, management, visualization and analysis.

The work “Astronomical research in the next decade: trends, barriers and needs in data access, management, visualization and analysis”, by NEANIAS Space team, has been published.

The article was submitted on December 14, 2020, and it is available at arXiv - Cornell University: "Astronomical research in the next decade: trends, barriers and needs in data access, management, visualization and analysis”.

  • Authors: Cristobal Bordiu [1], Filomena Bufano [1], Eva Sciacca [1], Simone Riggi [1], Marco Molinaro [1], Giuseppe Vizzari [2], Mel Krokos [3] and Carlos Brandt [4].
  • Affiliations: [1] Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), IT; [2] University of Milano-Bicocca, IT; [3] University of Portsmouth, UK; [4] Jacobs University Bremen, DE.

Abstract

We report the outcomes of a survey that explores the current practices, needs and expectations of the astrophysics community, concerning four research aspects: open science practices, data access and management, data visualization, and data analysis. The survey, involving 329 professionals from several research institutions, pinpoints significant gaps in matters such as results reproducibility, availability of visual analytics tools and adoption of Machine Learning techniques for data analysis. This research is conducted in the context of the H2020 NEANIAS project.

Acknowledgments

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Commission Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant agreement No. 863448 (NEANIAS).

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