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New ICT - new practices Open Access confr. Bernard Pailthorpe Chair of Computational Science, UQ CEO, QCIF Ltd. bap@uq.edu.au. Queensland Cyber-infrastructure. vislab.uq.edu.au qcif.edu.au. Bernard’s 3 points:. • starts from the Econ
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New ICT - new practicesOpen Access confr.Bernard PailthorpeChair of Computational Science, UQCEO, QCIF Ltd. bap@uq.edu.au Queensland Cyber-infrastructure vislab.uq.edu.au qcif.edu.au B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08
Bernard’s 3 points: • starts from the Econ • apply the scientific method: measure outcomes? • user interface still limits us B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08
cf. Nature455, 22 (4 Sept 2008) 1. The journey from Wiki-nomics to wiki-omics new business model: access the “long tail” (Amazon, e-Bay, etc) PCs now mostly used as communications devices (not computational engines) Collaboration: wikis, web services, etc Platforms for Participation Who owns the data? low barrier to entry ~ “micro businesses” Open Source: culture of generosity B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08
Wiki-omics in Nature Nature455 (4 Sept 2008) OpenWetWare [.org] PDBWiki WikiPathways (GenMAPP)…. Scientists now starting to “get it” B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08
and Tony Hey’s book reviews in Nature Nature455 (4 Sept 2008) xxx B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08
2. Scholarship in the digital age x 1/3 26 M papers, 25 yrs Thompson CI • Unintended consequences of online publication - Citations are: - more recent - and to fewer papers Digital search vs physical browsing J A Evans, Science321, 395 (18 July2008) B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08
3. Computer displays didn’t follow Moore’s Law Historical progress: ~ 1975 - 2000 Computers (Cray 1 -> teraflops) x 106 .. and data and networks … Desktop monitors (~ 1-2 Mega-pixel) x 100.2 … and then it took off B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08
OptIPortal displays OptiPuter: NSF, 2003-08 B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08
OptiPortal Display at VisLab.uq (50 Mpx) Tiled 4 x 5 24'' LCD display 7680 x 6000 pixels Cluster, Cent-OS ROCKS SAGE, C-GLX ~ A$50k for 50 Mpx Constructed by Chris Willing, Jonathon White, Imran Saed .. as a summer project (Dec’07) + OptiPortable - joint with AARNet - .. at eReseacrhAus-08t show www.vislab.uq.edu.au/research/optiputer/ B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08
OptIPortable- at QuestNet-08 & e-R.Aust-08 too! B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08
Example: mouse brain circuits .. in CGLX M. Ellisman, NICMR & CalIT2 B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08
Z-learning new ways of learning some new, some old work & leisure patterns www.captionfridays.com B. Pailthorpe, Open Access, Sept-08