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accelerating discovery in a digital world
john wilbanks@wilbanks
http://del-fi.org
1. next generation research = old generation research
george cayleyhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/George_Cayley.jpg
a. cambered airfoilb. four vector forces influencing aircraft - thrust, lift, drag, and gravityc. dihedral angle for lateral stability in flight d. shifted forces in landing gear wheel from compression to tension by using string as wires
“brompton baronets”
the “professional researcher” is a recent invention.
the “professional research institution” is a recent invention.
vannevar bush
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vannevar_Bush_portrait.jpg
1. stability of funds2. capable administrators
3. grants outside government4. leave control to institutions
5. answer to congress, president
fund basic research.trust the system to translate.
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2011/04/02/feds-invite-startups-be-americas-next-top-energy-innovator
http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/ANTM-america-27s-next-top-model-35803_1600_1200.jpg
transformation of research from something we all participate in...
to something we consume as technology.http://cdn.ifixit.org/files/2012/09/iphone5.jpg
heatherpiwowar@researchremix
heatherpiwowar@researchremix
Between 0.6 and 5 published papers per $100k funding
http://researchremix.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/rough-estimate-of-papers-per-dollar/
are we getting the best bang for the buck by giving it to you?
2. we are not ready for data.
hurricane modeling v tornado modeling
we (the people) are tornados.
we can predict...
we can predict...
http://curiousfridays.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/pregnant-target1.jpg
when someone is secretly pregnant.
we can predict...
future location of users with an error margin of 60ft.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2190531/Mobile-phone-companies-predict-future-movements-users-building-profile-lifestyle.html
we can predict...
that researchers are not integrating into day to day processes.
we can predict...that research
institutions will ask for money to buy more shovels.
3. glimpses and glimmers of accelerated discovery
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can researchers contact
diy biology
cry for help
4. there is no return to the old days.
participation in the old research infrastructure carried clear benefits.
a. access to money.b. access to infrastructure.
c. credentials.
a. access to money.b. access to infrastructure.
c. credentials.
a. access to money.b. access to infrastructure.
c. credentials.
crowdfunding
“Data from the first round of the #SciFund Challenge suggests that a financial target up to a thousand dollars is very achievable. A project target of low to mid-thousands is also doable, though more difficult to hit and requiring of a more effort.”
democratization of infrastructure
democratized “making”
all that’s left is credentials.
this has already happened in music.
the physical artifact peak was the outlier, but the labels mistook it for the norm.
http://media.theunderstatement.com/001_D_music_albums_per_capita.png
dave jordan
amanda palmer
(she charted at #10 on billboard with no label this week)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Postwar_book_tony_judt.jpg
music production is re-entering culture.
research production is re-entering culture.
what are you going to do, today, to be more relevant in 10 years than record labels are today?
it’s not about “amateurs taking over” - although they will play a
larger role.
how are you going to put these tools into the hands of those who
can use them best?