Introductionary slidestack from the first FOSS splinter meeting at the EGU GA 2012

1. Splinter Session SPM1.41
Free and Open Source Software
in the Geosciences
TUESDAY 17:30 hours Room SM6
See you there
Alessandro Frigeri / Peter Löwe

2. Working with
Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS)
in
Science ?

3. Working with
Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS)
in
Science ?
Welcome home !

4. Nightly inspiration
Motto of the “Secession”
"To every age its art. To
art its freedom."
"Der Zeit ihre Kunst. Der Kunst
ihre Freiheit."

5. It's time to talk about FOSS -in Science
To every age its
SCIENCE.
To SCIENCE its
freedom.

6. Free Software
according to the
Free Software Foundation

7. Why FOSS at EGU ?
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Will EGU become a hacker fest ?
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Will it turn into a software trade show ?
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Will we discuss LATEX fonts ?
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Very unlikely

8. How are scientists using FOSS ?
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Scientists apply and communicate FOSS:
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To “forge” new research tools
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FOSS to implement algorithms
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To extend existing tools & apply them for new uses
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To share their work in the scientific and FOSS communities
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Scientists aren't professional programmers. They do
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“tools which work (well enough)”
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“proof of concept”

9. Introduction: Our turn
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Alessandro Frigeri
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Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
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FOSS GIS since 1995 OSGEO Italy
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Planetary Geology / Subsurface Radar Sounder
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Peter Löwe
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German Reserach Centre for Geosciences
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FOSS GIS since 1998 FOSSGIS Germany
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Tsunami Early Warning Systems / Data Visualisation
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FOSS IS THE COMMON BASE OF OUR DAILY WORK

10. FOSS in Science = FOSSIS
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Communicate findings, learn from others
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Connect & network with FOSS practioners from all
scientific fields
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Support the “next generation” of scientists using and
promoting FOSS in Science.
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Everybody can participate – not limited to Scientists
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Everbody will benefit
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11. Tasks for FOSSIS
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Knowledge
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advancing,
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sharing and
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preservation (“Keepers of the Flame – since
1995”)
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Follow the scientific method
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“Reproducible research vs. non-reproducible
research”

12. FOSSIS Issue: Code Citation
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Recognition of scientific work by peers:
Reviewed Articles, Conferences like EGU
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Recognition for FOSSIS by peers @ EGU ?
Not there yet
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Recognition of advances in “FOSS in
Science” is needed

13. Example
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Current research leads to new database tools,
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these are shared and become used worldwide.
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This DOES NOT improve one's citation record -
yet.
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Is community-accepted FOSS-code peer-
reviewed ?

14. Ideas for EGU 2013
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A ESSI-session for “FOSSIS technical solutions”
(derived from other topical sessions) ?
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A FOSSIS price for young scientists ?
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Innovative FOSS use in a scientific field ?
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Unheard of combined use of FOSS tools ?
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Tangible web-presence/contact point for FOSSIS
at EGU

15. Introduction: Your turn
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Who are you ?
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What are your fields of science ?
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What are your FOSS tools ?
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Free Spatial Data – Open Street Map …?
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What do you expect from next years FOSSIS
session at EGU ?

16. Thanks for listening.

17. Thanks for listening.
Let's start talking.
Thanks for listening.
Let's start talking.
ploewe @ gfz-potsdam.de
alessandro.frigeri @ ifsi-roma.inaf.it