Policy Lunchbox - Digital Science
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This document summarizes digital science and the future of online research. It discusses how technology is changing the research workflow by enabling more efficient sharing of ideas, literature reviews, results, materials and data. However, there are still roadblocks to overcome, including specialization of tools, lack of interoperability, and accessibility issues. The key constituencies that must be considered are machines/tools, researchers, and decision makers. While the future of research is digital, adoption remains uneven and cultural shifts are needed to fully realize the benefits of new technologies.
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Policy Lunchbox - Digital Science
- 1. digital science and the future of online research kaitlin thaney policy lunchbox, 3 aug 2011 charles darwin house, london
- 4. technology company publisher link london, nyc, tokyo
- 5. investment arm incubator role in-house dev
- 6. tiered approach build to scale researcher-focused
- 7. 1. science is changing
- 8. 1. science is changing (and the research workflow)
- 9. research idea publish lit review share results materials retest analyze experiment collect data
- 10. blocking points (to name a few ... ) idea publish lit review share results materials retest analyze experiment collect data
- 11. types of information (will revisit later) idea articles content proceedings prof activities mentorship patents share results the non-digital “stuff” retest analysis protocols synthesis parameters datasets
- 12. text text text
- 14. roadblocks (to name a few) ... specialisation of tools (+/-) interoperability accessibility design decisions the “social issue”
- 16. (3)
- 17. machines researchers decision makers
- 18. machines researchers decision makers
- 19. ... annotation markup search discovery “behind the scenes” ...
- 20. still the starting point
- 21. patents are no better (in many cases, worse)
- 27. can streamline
- 29. 10,11-dihydro-5-methyl-5H-dibenzo[b,e][1,4]diazepin-11-one (still strains the minds of the best)
- 32. machines researchers decision makers
- 33. CC-BY-2.0 - Plaxco Lab - http://www.flickr.com/photos/34857812@N04/
- 36. ordering + processing the non-digital
- 38. managing information different types of “data”
- 39. “i invented a folder based system ...”
- 40. “i invented a folder based system ...” “yeah, we had a LIMS. it only ever got used to store photos from lab nights out.”
- 42. why? experimentation reliance data moves, grows legs funder/instit’n pressure
- 44. machines researchers decision makers
- 45. how we measure impact, reputation etc.
- 46. data capture (of a different sort)
- 47. the “social issue” best practices behaviour roadblocks discipline / researcher specific
- 48. paper’s still the currency
- 49. imperfect system
- 50. “Right now we're going through a Cambrian explosion of metrics.” - Johan Bollen Nature 465, 864-866 (2010) | doi:10.1038/465864a
- 51. there’s been a drastic spike in terms of sheer volume and type
- 52. citation / impact factor h - index weighted citations (eigenfactor, sjr) “betweenness centrality” alt-metrics, etc.
- 53. difficult to ... harmonise track /maintain / map understand (even still measure)
- 57. tools for decision makers (research admin / funders) using technology to spur cultural shift
- 58. “ what do we want on the back of our (science) baseball Top Trumps cards? “ - paul groth (et al.)
- 59. 3. the reality
- 60. “the future is here ... just not evenly distributed yet.” - William Gibson
- 62. technology can help design decisions are key plan for the irrational
- 63. more efficient research increase productivity enable reproducibility
- 64. thank you. k.thaney@digital-science.com www.digital-science.com @kaythaney