The Future of Digital Science - World Science Forum 2011

kaitlin thaney@kaythaney

world science forum, 17 nov 2011

the future of digital science

(1)by way of background

(we’re a tools company)

investment armincubator rolein-house dev

tiered approachbuild to scale

researcher-focused

(2)the move to digital

science is changing

science is changing(and the research workflow)

research

idea

experiment

lit review

materials

publish

share results

retestanalyze

collect data

blocking points

idea

experiment

lit review

materials

publish

share results

retestanalyze

collect data

(to name a few ... )

types of information

idea

protocolsparameters

content

the non-digital “stuff”

articlesproceedings

share results

retestanalysissynthesis

datasets

(will revisit later)

prof activitiesmentorship

patents

text texttext

(3)our approach(and some examples)

machines

researchers

decision makers

sifting problem

specific DBs no better(in this case, likely worse)

naming issue

machines

researchers

decision makers

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mix of digital and analog mediums

the non-digital

parameters

the non-digital

about

the non-digital

trackingexpiration calibration

feedback, visibility, etc.

machines

researchers

decision makers

how we measure impact, reputation etc.

imperfect system

technology can helpcoordinate where feasible

reduce duplication

thank you.

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