[open-science] OSWG + OKFest ?

Mon Mar 10 19:27:24 UTC 2014

Hi all,

I tried to enter my idea in the wiki, but strangely enough it won't save my changes. Please find my proposal below. Collaborators and feedback welcome!

Best,
Peter

===Discovering Research with Open Data and Tools===

====Session description====

We have indexed most of the world’s scientific knowledge, yet we still rely on a handful of proprietary tools to discover new content. Most of the time, we are restricted to a simple search interface. Thus, starting out in a field and staying on top of the research can be a time-consuming process. Furthermore, we have little insight into and influence on ranking. In this session, we will look at alternatives that facilitate discovery. We will explore different types of visualizations, streams and recommendation engines. We will look at open bibliographic/bibliometric data and open source applications that can be used to build powerful tools. If you are a developer or user of an open data tool/source, you can also present these in the session. In the end, you will even get our hands dirty and create a short overview for your individual field of interest in just 20 minutes.

====Session motivation====

In science and research, not only knowledge in the form of papers is pay-walled, but also access to metadata, bibliometric information, and discovery tools. This means that most people rely on a single source for discovery. It also means that the Mathew effect (“the rich get richer”) is reinforced because publications on the top of search results get more attention than those buried further down. With the advent of altmetrics and other web-based data sources, we are able to draw a broader picture of research aside of the few mainstream papers that are always cited. Up until now, we have focused mostly on using altmetrics for evaluation purposes, leaving their potential for discovery behind. We believe that researchers who have better tools at their hands for discovering research can be more empowered and effective. They might even discover similar researchers and labs which can help them to strike new collaborations in and between fields. Therefore, it is time to unlock this potential in an open and transparent way.

====Session outcomes====

In this session, people will learn about open bibliographic and bibliometric sources, as well as open source tools for discovery. They will learn how they can use these data sources and tools to stay on top of their research. They will even create such an overview for themselves which they can use for their work. Ideally, this session will also bring together people who are passionate about opening up scientific discovery and will help establishing a community in this regard. Facilitators will propose an extended hackathon at the end of the session for interested participants.

====How would the session be structured?====

This session is broken into three parts. In the first part (~20 minutes), we will give a short introduction to the topic, showing tools and data sources that can be used for the discovery of research content. In the second part (~20 minutes), participants are encouraged to show their favourite tools and data sources and discussing their needs for a scientific discovery. Depending on the number of people who want to present, we will either do this in the plenum or in small groups of around 3 people. If we split up into groups, there will be one person who is designated to take down notes and report to the people in other groups in a short wrap-up round. The session facilitators will make sure that there is a mix of experts and novices in each group. In the third part (~20 minutes), the groups will create an overview of a field of their choice, using their preferred tools or a tool proposed by the session facilitators.

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Von: open-science [open-science-bounces at lists.okfn.org]" im Auftrag von "Michelle Brook [michelle.brook at okfn.org]
Gesendet: Montag, 10. März 2014 09:08
Bis: Stefan Kasberger
Cc: open-science at lists.okfn.org
Betreff: Re: [open-science] OSWG + OKFest ?

Yey - thanks guys! I meant to send this around earlier last week and ask the Working Group to throw together some ideas, but got distracted. Sorry.

I'm really keen to see a whole bunch ideas coming from the community - but have been having a few ideas while walking around. Let me know if any of these interest you:

a)  a bunch of open science hardware demos - especially where we can incorporate a citizen science angle.
b) Looking at the over lap of some open science issues with other areas of open academia eg. humanities and open access, research data (including social sciences) and privacy,
c) ethical considerations around citizen science and data sharing.
d) open science in an international context - looking at 'global south'.

I'm also on the programme committee (yey - go open science), and we'll be able to sprinkle open science-y ideas across the three strands of the programme, so don't worry too much about making it fit. I can help with that :-)

Hope everyone is well!

Michelle

On 10 March 2014 12:19, Stefan Kasberger <mail at stefankasberger.at<mailto:mail at stefankasberger.at>> wrote:
unfortunately I also have not much time this week. i'm moving to berlin, so lot of stuff needs to be done before.
is there someone else who wants to help? with 2-3 people i think it should be possible.

cheers, stefan

On 2014-03-06 19:54, P Kishor wrote:
Stefan,

Do you want to take the lead in drumming up a Google Doc with these ideas? We can then hammer at it and add it to the bin of proposals due in less than two weeks. We've got to move fast. Sorry, I am volunteering you, but I am slammed with stuff right now -- a constant stream of meetings and workshops (actually, am on the road right now).

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Stefan Kasberger <mail at stefankasberger.at<mailto:mail at stefankasberger.at>> wrote:
Sounds like a very good idea, so I'm in. :)

On 2014-03-06 16:58, P Kishor wrote:
Hi Stefan,

I would be very happy to participate in a geohackathon of any sort really. I haven't thought of any specific idea as I have been focusing on text and data mining, but now that you have sparked this thread, y'know what would be nice -- to develop a set of tools that allow mining location info from unstructured text. There have been many projects that do this (Google, metacarta) but they are either not open source or haven't gotten the momentum.

So, discovering lat/lon is easy. But, what if the text doesn't mention lat/lon but says "Detroit"? Or, what if the text says "10 miles sw of Su Zhou"?

In any case, I would certainly be up for participating, and particularly enthusiastic if it builds into text mining.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Stefan Kasberger <mail at stefankasberger.at<mailto:mail at stefankasberger.at>> wrote:
Hey,

would love to do something around FOSSGIS, GeoData.
There were some people (Puneet,...) discussing of an hackathon for this. Is there an update?

Cheers, Stefan

On 2014-03-06 06:22, Alexandre Hannud Abdo wrote:

Ni!

What are the news, thoughts or proposals regarding open science at OKFest?

Should we coordinate, or should local groups start proposing activities
by themselves?

Can we start listing this stuff on the wiki? Perhaps here:

http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Science/OKFest2014

(unfortunately the OKN wiki requires login and has a really really mean
captcha, but for now we'll survive)

I saw the topic of OKFest2014 was listed in the last group call, which
unfortunately I did not attend, but the pad says nothing in terms of
what was discussed.

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ale
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