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How and where to do science: personal reflection

How and where to do science: personal reflection. Yudi Pawitan Karolinska Institutet Presentation at PPI Göteborg 26 Nov 2011. How did I get here?. SMA Regina Pacis: 1975-77 BSc: IPB, Dept Statistika 1978-1982 MSc-PhD:Univ California 1983-1987 Time series analysis

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How and where to do science: personal reflection

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  1. How and where to do science: personal reflection Yudi Pawitan Karolinska Institutet Presentation at PPI Göteborg 26 Nov 2011

  2. How did I get here? • SMA Regina Pacis: 1975-77 • BSc: IPB, Dept Statistika 1978-1982 • MSc-PhD:Univ California 1983-1987 • Time series analysis • Assistant Prof: Univ Washington 1987-1991 • Clinical trials, radiology (PET) • Lecturer: National Univ Ireland 1991-2001 • Teaching, radiology (PET) • Prof: Karolinska Institutet 2001-present • Statistical genetics, mol-biology (cancer)

  3. How did I get here? • Wish to be an academic/scientist • Luck • low univ fee in early 1980s • Available work as TA/RA • Scholarship (UC) • Are these replicable factors? • Personal and system aspects

  4. Where to do science? • Globalized world • E.g. manufacturing can be anywhere • Worldwide collab is common • Can we do science anywhere?

  5. Contributing factors • Cultural: • Democratic, egalitarian, open • Feudalistic, hierarchical • Tradition in reseach and higher education • Structural, functional • Organizational, national agencies • Defined roles: Researcher, lecturer, administrator • Infrastructural • Universities, Labs, IT • Legal • IP protection • Financial • government • Private foundations, industry, venture capital

  6. Measures of scientific production • Scientific papers • International recognition, university ranking • Patent applications • Industrial/manufacturing production

  7. World ranking of universities • Several versions. Not easy, controversial • Times Higher Education Supplement • Shanghai Jiaotong University • Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) • HEEACT uses only research output: • Research productivity (weighed 20%) • Research impact (weighed 30%) • Research excellence (weighed 50%)

  8. From India: • Indian Institute of Science (Rank 64 Asia-Pacific, 395 World) • Tata Inst Fundamental Research (71, 439) • None from Indonesia

  9. Innovations • Correlated with but not determined by science • Engineering, industry, manufacturing base • Measure? • Number of patent applications

  10. Number of patent applications 2008 2008 Data. Wikipedia and http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/patents/ What determines rates of innovation?

  11. Conclusions? • Cultural: • Democratic, egalitarian, open • Feudalistic, hierarchical • Tradition in reseach and higher education • Structural, functional • Organizational, national agencies • Defined roles: Researcher, lecturer, administrator • Infrastructural • Universities, Labs, IT • Legal • IP protection • Financial • government • Private foundations, industry, venture capital

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