astroinformatics 2011
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Given at AstroinformaticsTRANSCRIPT
kaitlin thaney@kaythaney
astroinformatics, 27 sep 2011
tools for digital research
a few knowns,by way of background
(not an astronomer)
“... now old enough to legally drink ...”
- perry greenfield
my knowledge
science has long been data intensive
changes:volume / scale
complexity“hammers”
...
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gaps still exist
we’re a tools company
technology companypublisher link
london, nyc, tokyo
investincubatedevelop
tiered approachbuild to scale
researcher-focused
(3)
machines
researchers
decision makers
machines
researchers
decision makers
“All truths are easy to
understand once they are
discovered;
the point is to discover them.”
knowledge discovery
knowledge discovery(an example in chemistry)
still the starting point
patents are no better(in many cases, worse)
can streamline
name disambiguation
10,11-dihydro-5-methyl-5H-dibenzo[b,e][1,4]diazepin-11-one
(still strains the minds of the best)
machine readabilitydiscoverability
annotation(even search)
machines
researchers
decision makers
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trackingexpiration calibration
protocols parameterscalibration
misc. lit
still issues with management
(we’re human after all)
“i invented a folder based system ...”
“i invented a folder based system ...”
“yeah, we had a LIMS. it only ever got used to store photos
from lab nights out.”
feedback, visibility, etc.
sharing informationstill hits most’s mental block
on the horizon ...
machines
researchers
decision makers
rewards, incentives the “ why ”
“the future is here ... just not evenly
distributed yet.”- William Gibson
problems aren’t as new or novel
as you may think
technology can helpcoordinate where feasible
reduce duplication
more efficient researchincrease productivityenable reproducibility
