Date post: | 26-Jan-2017 |
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OpenDataandCultureChangeatCERN
AchintyaRao(@RaoOfPhysics)
TheCERNOpenDataPortalhttp://opendata.cern.ch
Screenshot:CERNOpenDataPortal.Reproducedforinformationonly.
OpendevelopmentGitHub repo:https://github.com/cernopendata/opendata.cern.chPublic chat:https://gitter.im/cernopendata/opendata.cern.ch
Screenshot:GitHub.Reproducedforinformationonly.
Screenshots:CERNOpenDataPortalandCMSwebsite.Reproducedforinformationonly.
Changingattitudes…• Lessoppositiontomaking
dataavailableopenly…– Fearsabout“outsiders”
abusingdatanotrealised– Noresources/energies
expendedondisproving“discoveries”
• Improvedoutlookfrompositiveexperiences…– Useinhigh-schooleducation– Useatuniversity-level
training– Useinbroaderparticle-
physicscommunity– Useoutsidethecommunity
feedingbackintoparticlephysics
Slidelicence:CCBY
ProjectCODERTeachingprogramming andparticle physics inhighschools
Screenshot:ProjectCODER.Reproducedforinformationonly.
ValidationofCMSdataUndergraduate students reproduce CMSplots using opendataandabitofguidance
Slide:CourtesyofAchim Geiser.Reproducedforinformationonly.
NovelresearchTheorists fromMITperforming analyses using CMSopendata,fosteringcollaboration between thetheorists andexperimentalists
Slide:CourtesyofJesseThaler.Reproducedforinformationonly.
Lessonslearnt• Showthereareno(orfew?)downsidesofmakingdata
availableopenly• Demonstratepositiveimpactfromuseofopendata• Providesupportand/ornagpeople
– Onceinfrastructureandworkflowareup,futureadditionsarecomparativelyeasy
• Conductdiscussionsopenly(well,asopenlyaspossible)
Slidelicence:CCBY