TechBlog: Git: The reproducibility tool scientists love to hate
Early in his graduate career, John Blischak found himself creating figures for his advisor’s grant application. Read more
TechBlog: ‘Manubot’ powers a crowdsourced ‘deep-learning’ review
In Nature‘s February technology feature on ‘deep learning‘, a kind of artificial intelligence whose usage is spiking in life science research, author Sarah Webb points readers to a ‘comprehensive, crowd-sourced’ review of the field. Read more
#scidata16: Open data should be easy
On the morning of October 26, 2016, a group of scientists convened in London to discuss the state of open data. The third Publishing Better Science through Better Data conference kicked off with morning tea, international introductions, and furious scribing from @roystoncartoons. The premise was simple: “Today is all about being open”, said conference chair Iain Hrynaszkiewicz. We settled in to learn the advantages of data sharing at both the individual level and for the scientific community at large. Read more
#SciData15: Get more out of your research data
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