FAIR in FOSS and
$ whoami
- Member of Technical Staff @ LambdaTest
- Final-Year Undergrad, JIIT Noida
- GSoC '23 @ OpenAstronomy/SunPy
- Volunteer @ OSDC, FOSS United
- (Occasional ;_;) OSS Contributor
- Interested in Python, Scientific Software, Data and the Cloud
an outline
- Open-Science
- FOSS and Science
- Getting involved
two researchers
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Peter unable to reproduce results due to paywalled journals or inaccessible tools.
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Tony uses open datasets, FOSS libraries, and collaborative infra to publish reproducible research globally.
COVID 19
“We have seen the problems caused by the lack of data sharing on COVID-19,” said Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, WHO Chief Scientist. “When data related to research activities are shared ethically, equitably and efficiently, there are major gains for science and public health.”
Open-Science
- the movement to make scientific research and its results accessible to all levels of society.
- transparency, reproducibility, collaboration.
- not just open access publishing
Open-Scie☂️ce
Open Data
Open Peer Review
Open Access
Open Resources
Citizen Science
DEI
Open Software
Open Results
Open Hardware
FAIRness in Data
- Findability
- Accessibility
- Interoperability
- Reproducibility
Research at large!
Open Sci Infra
rethinking research outputs
- Rep is really important in research
- Traditional science = results oriented
More than just results
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Datasets
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Methods or Protocols
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Educational resources
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Software tools
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Code
More than just openness
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Openness ≠ Rigor
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Need high-quality, trustworthy research
Where FOSS comes in
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Accessibility
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Transparency
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Encourages community contributions
an example: sunpy
sunpy's impact
- Used in numerous scientific publications
- Supports various solar missions and ground-based observatories
- Enables efficient data analysis and visualization for researchers worldwide
Acquiring Solar Data
Adding Sources
- Just need to subclass existing BaseClients, map API's
very extensible!
🗣️ Another One
JupyterCAD
FOSS
Science
Scientific challenges inspire better FOSS
FOSS enables better science
Scientific Python
Python 🤝 Scientific Communities!
- Accessible
- Flexible
- Open-Source
- Actively Developed
- Strong Community Support
Many Reasons Why
Some blindspots
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Open Source tools with no docs
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Datasets without metadata
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Institutions Open-Sourcing; never accepting PRs
Challenges to Open-Science
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Project sustainability
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Lack of incentives
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Scientific rigor in fast-evolving projects
The AI age
- Model reproducibility crisis
Policy demands for transparency
"Open-Source AI"
Getting Involved
(as a researcher)
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Publish with reproducibility tools
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Use open datasets/APIs
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Join communities
Getting Involved
(as a developer)
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Contribute to FOSS projects in science
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University programs for students
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Opportunities like GSoC, Outreachy, ESA/NumFOCUS projects
Relevant links
- https://book.the-turing-way.org/
- https://reproducibilitea.org/
- https://numfocus.org/open-source-science-initiative-ossci
- https://pyopensci.org/
- https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/
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All is (not) FAIR
By Akshit Tyagi
