[open-science] A Public List of Notable, Senior Open Scientists

Tue May 7 20:09:52 UTC 2013

This is a great idea Ross
points
* suggest another word than "senior" - perhaps "outstanding".This is not an
age or status thing - it's about impact.
* emphasize people who both practice openness and work to spread it. And
particularly who fight for it. Ilaria Capua , an impressive Italian
virologist, she fought the established order to have sequences published.
http://esvv.eu/?page=news&id=7

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>wrote:

> Do nominees have to be Nobel Laureates?
>
> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Puneet Kishor <punk.kish at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My first thought was that you don't have to nominate… just add the person
>> to the spreadsheet, and perhaps add a column called "comments" in which you
>> can add comments.
>>
>> However, I just noticed the spreadsheet is "view" only, so I guess we
>> have to nominate unless the spreadsheet is made editable.
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 7, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Ted Strauss <ted at trudat.co> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> > I'm new on this list, sorry if we haven't met.
>> > I would like to nominate Tracey Lauriault, of Carleton University in
>> Ottawa.
>> > Here are links to her web site and blog:
>> > https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
>> > http://datalibre.ca/
>> > She may not be "senior" but she has made great contributions to Open
>> Science
>> > and Open Data in Canada.
>> > Should I add her to the spreadsheet?
>> > Cheers
>> > Ted Strauss
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Ross Mounce <ross.mounce at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yes Stacy, the lack of female representation on the list is quite
>> striking
>> >> and it's not something I'm too pleased with :S
>> >>
>> >> So, yeah... If anyone has any nominations for established female open
>> >> scientists, I'd be delighted to include them.
>> >>
>> >> Ross
>> >> On May 7, 2013 5:36 PM, "Stacy Konkiel" <stacy.konkiel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Ross, Tom, everyone:
>> >>>
>> >>> What a fantastic resource. Thanks for compiling this!
>> >>>
>> >>> I do notice, however, that very few women have made their way onto the
>> >>> list. I would encourage folks to nominate senior female scientists,
>> as well.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Best regards,
>> >>> Stacy Konkiel
>> >>> Science Data Management Librarian
>> >>> Indiana University
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Tom Morris <tfmorris at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I posted the spreadsheet to G+, but forgot to come back and link to
>> it
>> >>>> here.  You can find the discussion at:
>> >>>> https://plus.google.com/u/0/105251844408815803021/posts/22bCAxMTkaEand
>> >>>> a direct link to the spreadsheet here:
>> >>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak8syCNT8x2DdGZBd3JYeVppWldybFNkOVFrWHZwbkE&usp=sharing
>> >>>>
>> >>>> There were 88 laureates in all and the spreadsheet includes
>> >>>> nationalities from Freebase, links to Wikipedia articles, and links
>> to the
>> >>>> original letters.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Tom
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ..
>>
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