Open Science

Last week, we were finally able to share the follow-up from our February meetup, incl. the full video recording. Please check it out and let us know if you have any feedback or questions. We have since surpassed the 50-follower mark here on Medium. Thanks everyone for your interest! We…

On February 16, we hosted our first OSSci meetup: “Increasing Research Impact Through Open Source and Open Data”. Thanks once again to our co-hosts and partners, NumFOCUS, OSPO UC Santa Cruz, and IBM Research, for making this a successful gathering. Thanks to everyone who attended, whether in person or online. …

It’s been a while since our last Monday update. Happy (Northern Hemisphere) spring equinox! We had a great time at last month’s OSSci meetup at UC Santa Cruz. We ran into a minor technical glitch with the recording, which — due to travel — could not be resolved until now…

Getting financing is not an easy task for a researcher. Arranging things with institutions, journals, and grantmakers will often be complicated, for you have to meet a lot of contradictory demands, and it is not always useful for the research itself. But there is an alternative way of raising funds…

Kaylin Bugbee, Rahul Ramachandran This blog post is a collaborative effort between Kaylin Bugbee, who is responsible for leading Science Discovery Engine Project–one of NASA’s Open-Source Science Initiative efforts, and Rahul Ramachandran, who is leading the AI foundation model effort within NASA/IMPACT. For some time, IMPACT has been studying the…

We at the Monarch Initiative are excited to announce that we have been awarded a Distinguished Achievement Award for Data Reuse in the first NIH DataWorks! Challenge, which awarded 11 prizes out of a total field of 106 applicants. Monica Munoz-Torres, Ph.D., …

The world of Decentralized Science (DeSci) is new to most people in the scientific world. But it can soon provide an attractive alternative to traditional forms of scientific life. …

Hi and welcome. I am Gaston Welisch and I am the editor for a new series of speculative and experimental articles called ‘Postcards to a ghost’. …

Being a scientist you often see the trendy words “Open Science” and hear something about its benefits. OpSci promises transparency, equity, quick access to information, collaboration, and resources. OpSci lovers say it will make research faster, more effective, and more agile. Is it really so? …