Tag Archives: science 2.0
Thought provoking piece by the German FAZ on Open Science (German)
Was diese Prognosen antreibt, sind drei Vorstellungen. (1) „Das Internet“ ist eine Technologie, die aus sich heraus alle Eigenschaften des Wissens verändern wird. (2) Wissenschaft und Universität waren zuvor gefesselt und kompromittiert, so dass die Zeit reif ist, um sie neu zu fassen. (3) Mehr „Offenheit“ ist die Lösung für alle Probleme und nicht zuletzt politisch unbedingt und ausnahmslos wünschbar. Alle drei Ansichten sind weit verbreitet. Keine ist so, wie sie hier formuliert wurde, wahr. Über die erste Behauptung will ich mich hier nicht weiter äußern, das haben andere getan, die den naiven technologischen Determinismus kritisiert haben, dem anheimfällt, wer das Internet wie ein Ding behandelt, das uns ein bestimmtes Verhalten auferlegt. Was mich mehr beschäftigt ist die Politische Ökonomie der „Wissenschaft 2.0“ und die Art, wie sie jene politische Entscheidungen unsichtbar macht, die wir in Bezug auf all die genannten Fragen treffen müssen. Vielleicht fasse ich meine Frage am besten so: Wenn „Offenheit“ die Lösung sein soll, was ist dann das Problem?
Beide Seiten aber fänden es gut, wenn alle Zusatzkosten der Publikation auf die Universitäten verlagert würden, von denen sie ohnehin nicht glauben, dass sie die Zukunft der Forschung repräsentieren. So ist die einzige plausible Prognose die, dass wenn die Rolle von Universitäten und Bibliotheken weiter untergraben wird, das gesamte System der „Peer Review“ ersetzt werden wird durch eine Art marktbasierte Evaluation von Artikeln, die dann im Stile von „Gefällt mir“-Buttons der Weisheit der Menge überlassen bleibt. Insofern hat „Open Science 2.0“ nichts mit einer Demokratisierung oder anderweitigen Verbesserung von Forschung zu tun. Was damit bezweckt wird ist vielmehr, einige große Firmen an den Eingängen zur modernen Kommerzialisierung des Wissens gut zu positionieren.
Science 2.0 – and now what?
Just listened to Pawel Szczesny's talk at the Science 2.0 conference in Hamburg. Good summary of the current situation. Here is a link to the slides.Science 2.0 Conference
The conference is happening on the 26th and 27th of March in Hamburg. Check out the programme and join the livestream.If you are attending the conference you are welcome to come to our poster session on Wednesday.Science 2.0 – Fast Forward Science 2013
Here is a video from the "Leibniz-Forschungsverbund Science 2.0" explaining Science 2.0.The video is in German. Update: Here is a link to the video in English.Re-using images in scientific papers
According to Retraction Watch (where it says: “It’s not clear whether these alleged manipulations are central to the claims of the paper. We’ll keep an eye on this and update as we learn more from Cell.”) , the human embryonic stem cell cloning paper in Cell by the Mitalipov Lab (I blogged about it here last week) cropped and reused some images, a potentially major issue.See also the discussion by the peers of the paper where you can also see the images (figures) that the peers refer to. This post looks on image-use in scientific papers including a museum’s perspective.
Solving The Research Integrity Crisis | The Science Exchange Blog
Science Exchange CEO Elizabeth Iorns discusses the factors contributing to research misconduct, and solutions to improve research integrity.
Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of the Singularity?
A far-flung team is trying to build the first digital lifeform to work out the basic principles of the brain.
The Cost of Open Science
..the hidden “costs” of open science — the cost of pushing science forward as a whole, sometimes at the expense of one’s own career…
Scientific fraud, sloppy science - yes, they happen
So why do scientists cheat? And, also, why are scientists sloppy? Of course, scientists are people, fame is fame and money is money, but some other possible answers are listed below.
Conference re:publica 13 – Berlin, Germany.
From 6 – 8 May 2013, re:publica will be turning the digital society IN/SIDE/OUT for the seventh time with the help of a wide range of speakers and perspectives. At the same time, it invites all guests to turn their output into input and vice-versa.The Conference is questioning the following:
While we were always sure that at some point everyone would use the mechanisms offered by Web2.0, the question remains: Who profits in the end? Will citizens embrace obligations of governments and businesses to become more transparent, while at the same time tolerate the non-transparency of those companies which form the structures of the internet? Or will we soon pull the plug and return to a place where privacy is tangible again? Will we replace the INternet with an OUTernet?See the program here. Livestream here. See also this interview on the occasion of re:publica with Raegan MacDonald, canadian data activist and senior policy analyst at access - mobilizing for global digital freedom. FAZ online. In German.
Open Science, Reproducibility, Credit and Collaboration
Open science is a philosophy as much as it is an imperative. It is asking scientists to give up the unspoken reciprocal partnerships between data generators and those who use the data down the road. (…) Reciprocation is necessary, but that it is a potential benefit provided to the data generators that we may be losing in a move to central repositories. Data generation is costly, it is high (or higher) risk, and it is often slow, but it is critical to move macro-scale research forward, and to find the teleconnections between ecosystems that can help push science forward.Blog.
Why You Should Waste Time Documenting Your Scientific Mistakes
A guest post on nextscientist.com.Could the reddit model replace the current scientific publication system?
The reddit model works as follows. Users who sign up on reddit are given four abilities:Links and comments that receive a higher score (score = upvotes minus downvotes) are ranked higher in the queue when people view the list of links on reddit. Typically high-scoring links are only ranked high for 24 hours after they are posted, after which time they rapidly decline in the queue.
- submit links
- comment on links and other comments
- upvote links and comments they think are constructive, and
- downvote links and comments they think are unconstructive.
Build your own bio-printer
Why should medical facilities get all the fun? A new post on Instructables shows you how to build a machine that lets you print your own organic matter.
“A MODERN DIGITAL LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA”
Preparations are underway for the much-anticipated launch of the Digital Public Library of America. The public unveiling is to occur on April 18th and 19th at the Boston Public Library. This ambitious project, envisioned by Harvard University Librarian, Robert C. Darton to be an important step towards “a modern Digital Library of Alexandria”.
Open Education Week
Starts today!Open Education Week is taking place from 11-15 March 2013 online and in locally hosted events around the world. The purpose of Open Education Week is to raise awareness of the open education movement and opportunities it creates in teaching and learning worldwide. Participation in all events and use of all resources are free an open to everyone.
How Obama changes sciences
Der Freitag. In German.A new science radio station: “Science Studio”
A new science radio station called “Science Studio” got crowdfunded via Kickstarter. This station airs already published audios on science according to the practices introduced by “Best Online Science Writing” (formerly OpenLab).We’re looking for the best radio, podcasts, one-off recordings and anything else that talks about science. You can send us your favorite pieces, by you or by someone else. They should be no more than 20 minutes (excerpts from longer pieces are allowed), and should have been published in 2012. The nomination form is here.
FASTR – Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act
This bill will give the American people greater access to the important scientific research results they’ve paid for,” Congressman Doyle said today.”Supporting greater collaboration among researchers in the sciences will accelerate scientific innovation and discovery, while giving the public a greater return on their scientific investment.See also this article on FASTR by Robin Lloyd, responsible for editing and assigning stories and managing the twitter feeds for Scientificamerican.com or this article by John Morgan, deputy news editor of TimesHigherEducation.co.uk Peter Suber, director of the Harvard Open Access Project, collects major information material on FASTR here. Berkman Center provides further detailed information here.
Data sharing repositories
US National Institutes of Health lists NIH-supported data repositories that accept submissions of appropriate data from NIH-funded investigators (and others). Also included are resources that aggregate information about biomedical data and information sharing systems.Open Science Course Sprint: An Education Hackathon for Open Data Day
The actual build will take place during a hackathon-style “sprint” event on Open Data Day on Saturday, February 23rd and will serve as a launch course for the School of Open during Open Education Week (Mar 11-15).