Treat societally impactful scientific insights as open-source software artifacts

So far, the relationship between open science and software engineering expertise has largely focused on the open release of software engineering research insights and reproducible artifacts, in the form of open-access papers, open data, and open-source tools and libraries. In this position paper, we draw attention to another perspective:...

Open science, open government and open data: creating an impact through open online education and Virtual Research Environments

The Open Science training handbook: Written by 14 international experts during the FOSTER Book Sprint

In February 2018, FOSTER Plus and TIB organized a book sprint in order to author an Open Science training handbook collaboratively. For one week, we brought together 14 experienced Open Science educators in Hanover to answer a number of questions: What works, what doesn’t? How can you make the most of limited resources? With their help, we are...

Open science, open government and open data: creating an impact through open online education and Virtual Research Environments

USCT data challenge

In the past years we have perceived within the USCT research community a demand for freely available USCT data sets. Inspired by the idea of Open Science, this collection of data sets could stimulate the collaboration and the exchange of ideas and experiences between USCT researchers. In addition, it may lead to comprehensive comparison of...