One postdoc’s path to reproducibility

Blog post on CodeOcean:

“Everything could have been done much faster.”  This was my main reflection, just after finishing my Ph.D. Like many scientists, I relied on previously published works and tried to build upon them. If you have ever tried to reuse somebody else's research, chances are it was a challenge.

I discovered that this “reuse” problem was a widespread global concern, which many call the “Reproducibility Crisis” in science. Realizing the magnitude of the problem was the first step to suggest a solution which would later be named Code Ocean.

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Taking the journal article to the next level: Taylor & Francis partner with Code Ocean

Eureka Alert - 30-Jan-2018

Taylor & Francis and Code Ocean announce a new partnership that enables researchers to easily share and run code, making journal articles more robust.

Readers will enjoy new interactivity where the Code Ocean widget is embedded within an article. They can run the code instantly within the page to easily reproduce and replicate data findings, so results can be verified and tested, and knowledge improved.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/co-ttj013018.php

More about Code Ocean - https://codeocean.com/

NHS webinar - Engaging Your Local Population about Data

View the recording here - (27 min)

Work being done across the country (UK) to inform citizens about the use of their data.

There’s no way to keep our personal data safe

Article from The Times

In the age of data, we all leave footprints. Sometimes that’s a metaphor. Sometimes not so much. For the past couple of months, as you may have read yesterday, literal footprints have made the perimeters and internal pathways of almost every western military base wholly public. Probably even the secret ones. Nobody meant for this to happen. It’s not even anybody’s fault. Yet there they are, in Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Syria, and almost everywhere else, lit up in red.

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