Challenges persist, Djorgovski notes, including lack of programming tools, resistance from academic institutions, and a pecking order that does not always reward people who can bridge the gaps between science and computing. He says he is concerned about a generation of potential scientists with a talent for informatics who are being pushed down by lack of opportunity. Academia is "crushing young people who can bridge these gaps," he says. He has seen postdocs have trouble getting jobs because they’re "not the world's greatest astronomer and not the greatest programmer." Even worse, science is losing these people to commercial ventures in business, technology and finance, which Djorgovski views as an enormous loss to academia.
George Djorgovski looks for knowledge hidden in data | AAAS MemberCentral
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