A group of Cambridge (UK) computer scientists have set a new gold standard for openness and reproducibility in research by sharing the more than 200 GB of data and 20,000 lines of code behind their latest results - an unprecedented degree of openness in a peer-reviewed publication. The researchers hope that this new gold standard will be adopted by other fields, increasing the reliability of research results, especially for work which is publicly funded.
The researchers are presenting their results at a talk today at the 12th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI) in Oakland, California.
In recent years there's been a great deal of discussion about so-called 'open access' publications - the idea that research publications, particularly those funded by public money, should be made publicly available.
Computer science has embraced open access more than many disciplines, with some publishers sub-licensing publications and allowing authors to publish them in open archives. However, as more and more corporations publish their research in academic journals, and as academics find themselves in a 'publish or perish' culture, the reliability of research results has come into question.
http://phys.org/news/2015-05-gold-standard.html
[Also Covered By]: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-05/uoc-ngs043015.php
[Source]: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-gold-standard-established-for-open-and-reproducible-research
(Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday May 05 2015, @03:44AM
So, about 25 full lenght 1080P HD movies worth of useless data? Seriously, who the hell is going to re-seed that?
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.