Hack Day Ideas
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* I love this. Voronoi binning the UK based on proximity to professional astronomers. Nice. :) [Karen] | * I love this. Voronoi binning the UK based on proximity to professional astronomers. Nice. :) [Karen] | ||
* '''Acknowledgement Parser'''. Parse the acknowledgements section of a large number of papers, identify the people and software that are most frequently mentioned, and give these credit on a web page. [Geert] | * '''Acknowledgement Parser'''. Parse the acknowledgements section of a large number of papers, identify the people and software that are most frequently mentioned, and give these credit on a web page. [Geert] | ||
− | * | + | * The start of this exists in ADS - in the search box use ack:"XXXX" to search the acknowledgment section of any paper. [Karen] |
* '''Gendered Letter of Recommendation Checker'''. [http://www.academic.umn.edu/wfc/rec%20letter%20study%202009.pdf Madera, Hebl & Martin (2009, pdf link)] found significant and important differences in words used in letters of recommendation for women or men in academia. I'd like to make a tool which allows plain text upload of (annonymised) letters and checks if they show typical gendered language. [Karen] | * '''Gendered Letter of Recommendation Checker'''. [http://www.academic.umn.edu/wfc/rec%20letter%20study%202009.pdf Madera, Hebl & Martin (2009, pdf link)] found significant and important differences in words used in letters of recommendation for women or men in academia. I'd like to make a tool which allows plain text upload of (annonymised) letters and checks if they show typical gendered language. [Karen] | ||