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Jean-Claude Bradley, professor at Drexel University and father of Open Notebook Science passed away in May 2014. A memorial gathering in his honor was held at Drexel University on September 8th 2014. This is my short five minute movie that I recorded to be played at the gathering.
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Jean-Claude Bradley – a Visionary in the field of
Open Science
Antony Williams
How I knew JC
• As a student
• As a standout
• As an idea guy
• As an open scientist
• As an advocate for his students
• As a demanding and challenging collaborator
• As a humble, driven, gentle wonderful friend
Rediscovered Through Data
Collaborations in Openness
• JC believed in HIGH-QUALITY data
• He invested himself, and his students, in validating, checking and re-measuring data
• He demanded openness of data, free of restrictions and constraints
• Do his efforts make a difference???
Supporting Open Data
OCHEM Modeling of Data
JC and Drug Discovery
• JC cared passionately about neglected disease research
• Many of our conversations were around better data-sharing for the various groups
• I work in distributed teams committed to Open Science and we are trying to help
• 3-year Innovative Medicines Initiative project
• Integrating chemistry and biology data using semantic web technologies
• Open source code, open data and open standards
• Academics, Pharmas, Publishers…• To put medicines in the pipeline…
Recognizing JC’s work
Recognizing JC’s work
Recognizing JC’s work
These are my judgments though:•He was well ahead of the curve and not everyone understood or supported his vision•JC’s push for Open Notebook Science will come of age and impact science in a big way•Many already miss him, his drive and presence
