Software

NetworkX

BIDS hosts several core developers working with NetworkX, a Python package to create, manipulate, and study the structure, dynamics, and functions of graphs and networks.

NetworkX is the reference library for network science algorithms in Python. Its creation and development was driven by research applications such as disease spread, cybersecurity, and measuring scholarly impact. Today it is a mature package that has a broad range of algorithms, a low barrier to entry (easy to learn...

BIDS releases Mothra 1.0

August 30, 2022

BIDS team members Stéfan J. van der Walt and Alex de Siqueira have released Mothra 1.0, the first major version of the software that was published in cooperation with researchers from London’s Natural History Museum and the University of Southampton last April. Mothra analyzes images of lepidopterans — mainly butterflies and moths — using deep learning and image processing.

Karthik Ram to lead a new training program for NSF’s Pathways to Open Source Program

September 19, 2022

BIDS Senior Research Data Scientist Karthik Ram and collaborators from the Center for Scientific Engagement and Collaboration (CSCCE), Lou Woodley and Camille Santistevan have received $2 M from NSF’s Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) to launch a training program to help researchers grow...