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Data! Data! Data!I can't make bricks without

clay!An early career researcher at the RDA

P7 @pcmasuzzo

VIB/Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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Sherlock Holmes, Paget’s illustration of“The Adventure of the Yellow Face”

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Sherlock Holmes, Paget’s illustration of“The Adventure of the Yellow Face”

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Why do we need to talk about open science?

Research data: first-class citizens in science

The RDA early career program

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Why do we need to talk about open science?

Research data: first-class citizens in science

The RDA early career program

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We believe that science is open by definition...

science is a cumulative process - we build on the scientific results of the past

science goes through peer review - we seek out for scientific quality control from our peers

science concerns knowledge sharing - we commit to share our understanding with society to address the challenges of our time

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... until we realize this is not really the case

access to knowledge can be very expensive - subscription costs to scholarly journals keep rising

the fear to share is a reality - too often source data, code or metadata are not available

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... until we realize this is not really the case

access to knowledge can be very expensive - subscription costs to scholarly journals keep rising

the fear to share is a reality - too often source data, code or metadata are not available

so... are we all doomed?

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The internet era is the right timefor open science

• Open in the way we produce knowledge• foster collaborations and creativity• build much more efficiently on previous work

• Open in the way we access knowledge• make the work available to anyone• maximize the usefulness of individual research effort

• Open for anyone to access and (re)use research data

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Why do we need to talk about open science?

Research data: first-class citizens in science

The RDA early career program

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Data should become first-class citizensin science

• Data lead to information, which leads to knowledge, which leads to new principles

• How can we talk about data sharing, if we do not give full rights to the data? • making data available is only one half of the open data equation -

intelligent access & interoperability are crucial

• research data must be accompanied by metadata

• data need to be considered legitimate, persistent, unique and citable products of research

• Research data can transform society!

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RDA is the perfect place for this to happen

“RDA wants to build the

social and technical bridges

to make data sharing happen in Science”

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Why do we need to talk about open science?

Research data: first-class citizens in science

The RDA early career program

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The RDA early career program is a unique opportunity to join a Plenary

• What does RDA do for you? • it covers your travel and subsistence costs to attend RDA Plenary (Tokyo

was supercool!)

• it gives you visibility with poster sessions to show your research (https://goo.gl/vsz5Gi)

• it offers you a great opportunity to learn about research data, meet people from literally everywhere, and discover the RDA world

• What can you do for RDA?• support the activities of IGs, WGs and BoFs

(Heath data IG, Data citation WG)

• write a blog to share your Plenary experience

(https://goo.gl/Z1GTCV)

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Health data challenges IG @P7

• Health data are unique in terms of complexity and privacy issues

• A huge amount of health data is produced, but only a small percentage of them is mined

• Knowledge discovery and data mining can enable in silico drug development and clinical trials

• A balance between the rights of the patients and the rights of the data is essential, but hard to be obtained

• A formulation of a dynamic, long-term informed consent is crucial

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Thank you!CC BY-SA 4.0

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