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Trends in the evolution of the scientific ecosystem. Gaëll Mainguy Gaell.mainguy@institut.veolia.org.
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Trends in the evolution of the scientific ecosystem Gaëll Mainguy Gaell.mainguy@institut.veolia.org
« Science was an unforeseen consequence of printing, since printing enabled the increase in information flow that allowed many brains to connect and collaborate in order to produce knowledge and to define new means for producing knowledge. » - ElisabethEisenstein
Scientific knowledge grew million-folds in 300 years The number of scientific journals is doubling every 15 years
Blind monks examining an elephant by Itcho Hanabusa United States Library of Congress
Monks stop arguing, start listening to each other and collaborate to "see" the full elephant. “We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.” -Werner Heisenberg
In Holistic approach Interdisciplinary dialogue Access to information New media to make / report science
Emerging global issues are best addressed from a plurality of perspectives and epistemologies S.A.P.I.E.N.S. Positioning of S.A.P.I.EN.S Level of complexity and accessibility Social Sciences Environmental Sciences Complexity cursor: High level, but accessible Economic Sciences Urban Sciences Scientific landscape 2.5 million articles per year
S.A.P.I.E.N.S. Sharing knowledge, preparing for the future http://www.sapiens-journal.org
« A smartphone today has more computing power than all NASA did when it send a man to the moon in 1969 » Otellini, Intel CEO
Going public Interactions Credits: Cameron Neylon
Open Science: Online collaboration market to exchange questions and ideas Interactions Credits: Cameron Neylon
2009 2010
Key recommendations • implement open science principles for publications, research data, software, educational resources and research infrastructures • promote open science platforms, making research results discoverable and re-usable • Collaborate with global networks and other science organisations to develop world-wide, interoperable data centres • Academic assessment and reward systems should see merit in participation in the culture of sharing, in enabling online collaboration and reproducible e-science.
A collaborative compute space that allows scientists to share and analyze data together
Finding and using relevant data is wasteful and time consuming • Most of the people you need to work with don’t work with you • You don’t know who can actually help you solve your problem • Scientific computing requires expensive infrastructures that are difficult to maintain Cloud based data store Massive online collaboration
Citizen Science in Ecology • Members of the public have been actively participating in scientific research for centuries • China: outbreaks of locusts for at least 3500 years • Substantial contributions to our current understanding of ecology and some of the most important historical datasets and museum collections • Ecologists are increasingly turning to lesser-known datasets collected by citizen scientists to understand long-term changes in the environment and their causes and consequences A. Miller-Rushing et al. Front Ecol Environ 2012
C-science Citizen Contributory Co-created Community Crowdsourced Crowdfunded Collaborative Credits: Muki Haklay
« Knowledge is (more) useful and used when it is jointly produced by participants in the decision process and experts with technical and domain knowledge. » Source: Packard Foundation
« Building better models of disease together » Fanconi Anemia: To help guide new research efforts Patients, Families, Caregivers, Scientists, Founders
The future scientific ecosystem • Hypercomplex • Data intensive • Competitive • Interconnected • Collaborative • Inclusive / embedded • Open access • Open source • User oriented
Gaëll Mainguy Gaell.mainguy@institut.veolia.org Thank you for your attention S.A.P.I.EN.S http://www.sapiens-journal.org