Who will use the open data? Mark Humphries keynote at the Research Data Network event hosted by University of York.

1. Who will use the open data?
Mark Humphries
University of Manchester

2. striatum
(1) Why anyone would spend time making their data open
(2) A vision of future science

3. Why should I make my data open?

4. Why should I make my data open?

5. Why should I make my data open?

6. Why should I make my data open?

7. Why should I make my data open?

8. Who is my (neuro) data for?

9. Who is my (neuro) data for?

10. Who is my (neuro) data for?
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Data Worship
(Or: the primacy of data)

11. Primacy of new data: tough to get

12. Primacy of new data: tough to get

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Primacy of new data: tough to get

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Want promotion? Papers
Want tenure? Papers
Want a grant? Papers
Want a postdoc post? Papers
Want a PhD studentship? Papers
Want papers? Need Data
Primacy of new data: papers

15. Who is my (neuro) data for? Not my peers

16. Who is my (neuro) data for?
Data Lab

17. A future of “data” labs
Three ways to be a data scientist:
(1)Help out [informatics]
(2)Collaborate [private data sharing]
(3)Independent [use open data]

18. A future of “data” labs: why?

19. A future of “data” labs: why?

20. A future of “data” labs: why?

21. A future of “data” labs: why?

22. A future of “data” labs: best use of existing data

23. A future of “data” labs: best use of existing data
Original lab: 4 papers
Our lab: 3 papers
Others: 2 papers
Total: 9 papers

24. Conclusions
Sharing data takes effort
Effort needs motivation

25. Conclusions
Sharing data takes effort
Effort needs motivation
Knowing who the data is for is part of that motivation
“Data labs” will be who the data is for

26. Who will use the open data?
Mark Humphries
University of Manchester