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Please add information and testimonials wherever you see fit. If a discipline is missing, please add it.

Please format disciplines in the following way:
Please format disciplines in the following way:


* Name of Discipline
* '''Name of Discipline'''
** Recommended
** Recommended
*** OSS that is commonly used within the discipline, that an undergraduate reasonably might know about.
*** OSS that is commonly used within the discipline, that an undergraduate reasonably might know about.
*** There can be multiple projects!
*** There can be multiple projects!
*** Make sure to include a URL to project website, and if possible a brief description of the software.
** Other
** Other
*** This are projects that are less well known or highly specific, but still active and interesting.
*** This are projects that are less well known or highly specific, but still active and interesting.
*** There can be multiple projects
*** There can be multiple projects!
** Testimonials
** Testimonials
*** Feel free to include your name & bibliographical info/url, if you want, or leave it anonymous
*** Feel free to include your name & bibliographical info/url, if you want, or leave it anonymous
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= Most Common Departments =
= Common Departments =


* Astronomy
* '''Astronomy'''
** Recommended
** Recommended
*** [http://jmars.asu.edu/ Java Mission-planning and Analysis for Remote Sensing (JMARS)]
*** [http://jmars.asu.edu/ Java Mission-planning and Analysis for Remote Sensing (JMARS)]
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*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_astronomy_software Wikipedia Article]
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_astronomy_software Wikipedia Article]


* '''Biology'''
** Recommended
*** [http://biopython.org/wiki/Main_Page BioPython]
*** [http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Main_Page BioPerl]
*** [http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/ ImageJ]
*** [http://www.r-project.org/ R]
** Other
** Testimonials
** Resources

* '''Chemistry'''
** Recommended
*** [http://openbabel.org/wiki/Main_Page OpenBabel]
** Other
** Testimonials
** Resources:
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_chemistry_software Wikipedia article]

* '''Economics'''
** Recommended
*** [http://www.r-project.org/ R]
** Other
** Testimonials
** Resources:

* '''Geosciences'''
** Recommended
*** [https://code.google.com/p/geoforge/ GeoForge]
** Other
** Testimonials
** Resources:
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geology_software Wikipedia article]

* '''Linguistics'''
** Recommended
*** [http://nltk.org/ Python Natural Language Toolkit]
** Other
*** [https://github.com/joshua-decoder/joshua Joshua Machine Translation Toolkit]
*** [http://www.kura.ats.lmu.de/index.php Kura], a multi-user open source linguistic database
*** [http://www.apertium.org/ Apertium] open source machine translation
** Testimonials
** Resources:
*** [http://linguistlist.org/ LINGUIST] email discussion list and software index
*** [http://www-nlp.stanford.edu/links/statnlp.html List of open source statistical NLP tools]
*** [http://sourceforge.net/directory/science-engineering/linguistics/os:linux/freshness:recently-updated/ Sourceforge.net list of language-related software]

* '''Mathematics'''
** Recommended
*** [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage Math]
** Other
** Testimonials
** Resources
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_mathematics_software Wikipedia article]

* '''Neuroscience'''
** Recommended
*** [http://www.r-project.org/ R]
*** [http://neuro.debian.net/ NeuroDebian]
** Other
*** [https://github.com/BackyardBrains/Backyard-Brains-Android-App#readme Backyard Brains]
** Testimonials
** Resources:
*** [http://opensourcecognitivescience.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/tools-for-psychology-and-neuroscience/ List of tools]
*** [http://bookmarks.makesad.us/insipid.cgi?tag=neuroscience+open-source another list of tools]

* '''Physics'''
** Recommended
*** [http://www.r-project.org/ R]
*** [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave]
*** [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage Math]
** Other
** Testimonials
** Resources:
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_physics_software Wikipedia Article]

* '''Psychology'''
** Recommended:
*** [http://www.psychopy.org/ PsychoPy]
*** [http://www.r-project.org/ R]
*** [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave]
** Other
** Testimonials
** Resources:
*** [http://opensourcecognitivescience.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/tools-for-psychology-and-neuroscience/ List of tools]

* '''Statistics'''
** Recommended
*** [http://www.r-project.org/ R]
*** [http://www.numpy.org/ NumPy]
*** [http://www.scipy.org/ SciPy]
** Other
** Testimonials
** Resources:
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_statistical_software Wikipedia article]


= Less Common Departments =
= Less Common Departments =


* Aeronautics and astronautics
* '''Aeronautics and astronautics'''
** Recommended
** Recommended
*** [http://www.sunpy.org/ SunPy], a solar physics library actively maintained by NASA GSFC.
*** [http://www.sunpy.org/ SunPy], a solar physics library actively maintained by NASA GSFC.
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*** Portland State (open source) Aerospace Society: http://psas.pdx.edu/
*** Portland State (open source) Aerospace Society: http://psas.pdx.edu/


* Atmospheric sciences
* '''Atmospheric sciences'''
** Recommended:
** Recommended
** Other:
** Other
** Testimonials
* Biology
** Resources
** Recommended: [http://biopython.org/wiki/Main_Page BioPython], [http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Main_Page BioPerl], [http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/ ImageJ], [http://www.r-project.org/ R]

* Chemistry
* '''Materials science'''
** Recommended: [http://openbabel.org/wiki/Main_Page OpenBabel]
** Recommended
** Other: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_chemistry_software Wikipedia article]
** Other
* Economics
** Testimonials
** Recommended: [http://www.r-project.org/ R]
** Resources
* Geosciences
*** [http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/jom/0805/powell-0805.html 2008 discussion of open source in materials science]
** Recommended: [https://code.google.com/p/geoforge/ GeoForge]
** Other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geology_software Wikipedia article]
* Linguistics
** Recommended: [http://nltk.org/ Python Natural Language Toolkit]
** Other: [https://github.com/joshua-decoder/joshua Joshua Machine Translation Toolkit], [http://www-nlp.stanford.edu/links/statnlp.html List of open source statistical NLP tools], [http://www.kura.ats.lmu.de/index.php Kura], a multi-user open source linguistic database; [http://sourceforge.net/directory/science-engineering/linguistics/os:linux/freshness:recently-updated/ Sourceforge.net list of language-related software], [http://www.apertium.org/ Apertium] open source machine translation; [http://linguistlist.org/ LINGUIST] email discussion list and software index
* Mathematics
** Recommended: [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage Math]
** Other: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_mathematics_software Wikipedia article]
* Materials science
** Other: [http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/jom/0805/powell-0805.html 2008 discussion of open source in materials science]
* Neuroscience
** Recommended: [http://www.r-project.org/ R], [http://neuro.debian.net/ NeuroDebian], [https://github.com/BackyardBrains/Backyard-Brains-Android-App#readme Backyard Brains]
** Other: [http://opensourcecognitivescience.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/tools-for-psychology-and-neuroscience/ List of tools], [http://bookmarks.makesad.us/insipid.cgi?tag=neuroscience+open-source another list of tools]
* Physics
** Recommended: [http://www.r-project.org/ R], [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave],[http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage Math]
** Other: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_physics_software Wikipedia Article], [http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/rowen/AstroPy.html list of Astronomy-related packages]
* Psychology
** Recommended: [http://www.psychopy.org/ PsychoPy], [http://www.r-project.org/ R], [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave]
** Other: [http://opensourcecognitivescience.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/tools-for-psychology-and-neuroscience/ List of tools]
* Statistics
** Recommended: [http://www.r-project.org/ R], [http://www.numpy.org/ NumPy], [http://www.scipy.org/ SciPy]
** Other: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_statistical_software Wikipedia article]

Revision as of 18:54, 12 September 2013

Please add information and testimonials wherever you see fit. If a discipline is missing, please add it.

Please format disciplines in the following way:

  • Name of Discipline
    • Recommended
      • OSS that is commonly used within the discipline, that an undergraduate reasonably might know about.
      • There can be multiple projects!
      • Make sure to include a URL to project website, and if possible a brief description of the software.
    • Other
      • This are projects that are less well known or highly specific, but still active and interesting.
      • There can be multiple projects!
    • Testimonials
      • Feel free to include your name & bibliographical info/url, if you want, or leave it anonymous
    • Resources
      • Links to places to find more info.

For additional projects, you can look through the Wikipedia page on free science software.


Common Departments

  • Economics
    • Recommended
    • Other
    • Testimonials
    • Resources:

Less Common Departments

  • Aeronautics and astronautics
    • Recommended
      • SunPy, a solar physics library actively maintained by NASA GSFC.
    • Other
    • Testimonials
    • Resources:
  • Atmospheric sciences
    • Recommended
    • Other
    • Testimonials
    • Resources
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