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Network Ready Research The role of Open Source and Open Thinking

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Eagle Symposium - Cambridge 27 March 2014 - Cameron Neylon

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Networks.

Torres-Sosa et al, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002669 Waters et al, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040337http://bit.ly/bosc-cn-fig1 http://bit.ly/bosc-cn-fig2

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Torres-Sosa et al, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002669 Waters et al, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040337http://bit.ly/bosc-cn-fig1 http://bit.ly/bosc-cn-fig2

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Many networks

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What can we...

Here’s another...

Martínez-Delgado et al (http://www.cosmotography.com/images/lrg_ring_ngc5907.html)

Lang, Hogg et al (http://astrometry.net/svn/trunk/projects/rankorder/)

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27 January 2009

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“It is not the case that the aim of the project is [...to solve the problem...] I think that the chances of success even for this more modest aim are substantially less than 100%.” !Tim Gowers http://gowers.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/a-combinatorial-approach-to-density-hales-jewett/

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“It feels as though this is to normal research as driving is to pushing a car.” !Tim Gowers http://gowers.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/questions-of-procedure/#comment-1701

Successful open projects...

...exploit order-disorder transitions

...or...

...network transitions can be exploited...

...by adopting open approaches

“Open”isWhat

about anyway?

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“Open”doesWhat

mean?

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...sharing what we already create

The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. Open Source Definition - http://opensource.org/osd

The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons.. Open Definition - http://opendefinition.org/okd

By Open Access we mean...permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute,

print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or

technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

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For any

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“Open”does beingWhat

mean?

My work can help someone...

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P = InterestFriction

x N (help someone)

P = InterestFriction

x N (help someone)

Proportion that could use your work

Usability of your work

Number of people you can

reach

Someone out there can help...

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P = InterestFriction

x N (getting help)

P = InterestFriction

x N (getting help)

Proportion that create work you can use

Ease of contributing

Number of people you can

reach

P = InterestFriction

x N (getting help)

Fixed

P = InterestFriction

x N (getting help)

As small as possible...

P = InterestFriction

x N (getting help)

As small as possible...

As large as possible...

Being open is acting to reduce friction and to maximize N...

...for both outgoing and incoming information...

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Enable forking..

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...and merging

What tools...?

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Repositories...

...documentation.

...VMs...

...continuous integration...

...unit tests...

...issue trackers...

...cloud.

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Different audiences...

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Different audiences...

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...different supports.

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...different supports.

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But how do you support the

unexpected...?

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If it’s near zero cost...

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...and reduces

...or increases

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...then do it.

If it costs...

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...but helps a known audience

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...and reduces

...or increases

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...for all...

...then do it.

Can move it upstream...

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...use shared platforms

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...share the load

...then...

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Something is missing....

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No-one ever got...

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one of these...

...for infrastructure

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Hack the incentives system...?

More of the same...?

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Community architecture...

...open in the foundations

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Reduce friction...

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...and support sharing...

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...but also merging

Where are the opportunities?

Points of nucleation?

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Where are we close to a phase transition?

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That’d be a problem for people who know networks...

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