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[31 May 2011 | One Comment | 335 views]
Evidence to the European Commission Hearing on Access to Scientific Information

On Monday 30 May I gave evidence at a European Commission hearing on Access to Scientific Information. This is the text that I spoke from. Just to re-inforce my usual disclaimer I was not speaking on behalf of my employer but as an independent researcher.

We live in a world where there is more information …

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[6 Apr 2011 | 2 Comments | 1,035 views]
Best practice in Science and Coding. Holding up a mirror.

The following is the text from which I spoke today at the .Astronomy conference…There’s a funny thing about the science and coding communities. Each seems to think that the other has all the answers.

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[12 Sep 2010 | 6 Comments | 145 views]

A talk given in two slightly different forms at the NFAIS annual meeting 2010 (where I followed Clay Shirkey, hence the title) and at the Society for General Microbiology in Edinburgh in March. In the first case the talk was part of a panel of presentations intended to give the view of “scholars” to …

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[30 Dec 2009 | 3 Comments | 215 views]
Google Wave: Ripple or Tsunami?

A talk given at the Edinburgh University IT Futures meeting late in 2009. The talk discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Wave as a tool for research and provides some pointers on how to think about using it in an academic setting. The talk was recorded in a Wave with members of the audience …

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[18 Nov 2009 | Comments Off | 43 views]

A presentation given at Newcastle University discussing the challenges of capturing research process and how experimental science might be wired into the linked data web.

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[18 Nov 2009 | Comments Off | 11 views]

Neutrons in Biology – Santa Fe – 24-29 October 2009

First Biology on SANS2dView more presentations from Cameron Neylon.