A few guiding slides to jumpstart a discussion on technology and scientific research - a look at what works, where we need further exploration, and a peek at some of the remaining pain points. given at Science Online 2011 (NC) at Sigma Xi.

1. the digital toolbox:
what’s needed?
kaitlin thaney
@kaythaney
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3. “lightbulb moment”
share?
“what’s been done”
publish
discuss scientific plan:
submit
research - protocols
- tools
compile - materials
write analyse
collaborate re-experiment
Monday, 17 January 2011

4. “lightbulb moment”
share?
“what’s been done”
publish
discuss scientific plan:
submit
research - protocols
- tools
compile - materials
write analyse
collaborate re-experiment
Monday, 17 January 2011

5. text text
text
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6. discovery &
delivery
content
data
materials
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7. changes at the
workbench
knowledge exchange
materials, machines
ordering
automation
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8. annotation &
curation
machine-readable
ontologies
metadata
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9. gaps still exist
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10. remaining
roadblocks
specialisation of tools (+/-)
interoperability
accessibility
design decisions
the social issue
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11. “behind the scenes”
software tools
the social side
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12. “behind the scenes”
software tools
the social side
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13. knowledge
discovery
infrastructure
ontologies / taxonomies
harmonisation of resources
consistent metadata
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14. text
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15. agreement is hard.
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16. steps towards
better annotation
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24. text text
text
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25. can fine-tune
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26. name disambiguation
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28. “behind the scenes”
software tools
the social side
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29. what already
exists?
citation / bibliographic
content management
LIMS, workbench
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30. what works?
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31. “behind the scenes”
software tools
the social side
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32. the unavoidable
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33. data capture
(of a different sort)
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34. imperfect system
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35. how can tech help?
carrot v. sticks
research management
grant assessment
help drive behavior
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38. <discussion>
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39. thank you.
k.thaney@digital-science.com
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