Put Some Hustle In Your Papers

PAPERS Casey Stark WACT February 24, 2011

You are a scientist http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/12/crackpot-science/ http://seds.org/messier/more/m-hubble.html

You work hard http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/201844037/ http://ignatz.buzznet.com/user/photos/math-is-hard/?id=48938861

Eurekas http://comedymeltdown.com/2009/05/03/free-comic-book-day-2009great-success/

NOW WHAT?

Dissemination

Dissemination Talk

Dissemination Talk Poster

Dissemination Talk Poster Paper

You know the drill

You know the drillWrite some background.

You know the drillWrite some background. copy-paste the intro from your last paper

You know the drillWrite some background. copy-paste the intro from your last paperExplain what you did.

You know the drillWrite some background. copy-paste the intro from your last paperExplain what you did. not including the 3 days you spent debugging that one plotting error

You know the drillWrite some background. copy-paste the intro from your last paperExplain what you did. not including the 3 days you spent debugging that one plotting errorReport what you got from that work.

You know the drillWrite some background. copy-paste the intro from your last paperExplain what you did. not including the 3 days you spent debugging that one plotting errorReport what you got from that work. and triple check the units

You know the drillWrite some background. copy-paste the intro from your last paperExplain what you did. not including the 3 days you spent debugging that one plotting errorReport what you got from that work. and triple check the unitsPontificate on said results.

You know the drillWrite some background. copy-paste the intro from your last paperExplain what you did. not including the 3 days you spent debugging that one plotting errorReport what you got from that work. and triple check the unitsPontificate on said results. maybe name something after yourself or significant other

THEORY VS. EXPERIMENT

Scientist efficiency

Scientist efficiency Wscienceescientist = Wscience + WBS

Scientist efficiency Wscienceescientist = Wscience + WBS ≈ 0.7 ?

Scientist efficiency Wscienceescientist = Wscience + WBS ≈ 0.7 ? * Significant dependence on definitions

Keepin’ it RealWriting a paper is fraking hard

Keepin’ it Real Writing a paper is fraking hardI can’t find anything about this TeX error

Keepin’ it Real Writing a paper is fraking hardI can’t find anything about this TeX errorWhy won’t the table stay in the same place?

Keepin’ it Real Writing a paper is fraking hardI can’t find anything about this TeX error The science is hardWhy won’t the table stay in the same place?

Keepin’ it Real Writing a paper is fraking hardI can’t find anything about this TeX error Emailing versions and comments back and forth The science is hardWhy won’t the table stay in the same place?

Keepin’ it Real Writing a paper is fraking hardI can’t find anything about this TeX error Emailing versions and comments back and forth The science is hardWhy won’t the table stay in the same place? How the hell do I get my plotting library to do that?

You are a scientist http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/HU001769.html

You are a scientistNot a typesetter http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/HU001769.html

The Editor Landscape http://tutorialfreakz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Grassland-Landscape-Wallpaper.jpg

Spectrum http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

SpectrumWYSIWYG http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

SpectrumWYSIWYG Document Source http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

Spectrum WYSIWYG Document SourceMonolithic file http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

Spectrum WYSIWYG Document SourceMonolithic file “Repository” http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

Spectrum WYSIWYG Document Source Monolithic file “Repository”Has that shiny Microsoft look http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

Spectrum WYSIWYG Document Source Monolithic file “Repository”Has that shiny Microsoft look Source looks insane, output is gorgeous http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

Hacksauce http://www.volkerschatz.com/tex/thacks.html

Formatting

Formatting should play no role while editing a paper

Having and Eating Cake

Having and Eating CakeWYSIWYG

Having and Eating CakeWYSIWYG Source control

Having and Eating Cake WYSIWYG Source controlPreset layout

Having and Eating Cake WYSIWYG Source control Sweet spotPreset layout

MODULES

from http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.3958

Modular web editor dedicated to scientific papers.

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Things you can do

Things you can do The power of the internets

Things you can do The power of the internetsPlanning for interactive plots (pan and zoom) with inline link to plotted data

Things you can do Syntax highlighting wizardry The power of the internetsPlanning for interactive plots (pan and zoom) with inline link to plotted data

Things you can do Syntax highlighting wizardry eventually interactive? The power of the internetsPlanning for interactive plots (pan and zoom) with inline link to plotted data

Version ControlIn the works, but it will be completely transparent to the user.Example Diff...

Modern Information http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/feature_stories/2008/powering_discoveries.php

Modern Information Should have been like 5 years ago http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/feature_stories/2008/powering_discoveries.php

Pages?

Pages?Limitation of print.

Pages?Limitation of print.Presents problems: Breaks flow by introducing unnecessary gaps in content

Pages?Limitation of print.Presents problems: Breaks flow by introducing unnecessary gaps in content Items must be sized down to fit page (large tables, hi-res images)

Pages?Limitation of print.Presents problems: Breaks flow by introducing unnecessary gaps in content Items must be sized down to fit page (large tables, hi-res images) ... many things I could rant about for too long ...

Pages?Limitation of print.Presents problems: Breaks flow by introducing unnecessary gaps in content Items must be sized down to fit page (large tables, hi-res images) ... many things I could rant about for too long ... journals being able to charge a page cost

UI BLAH BLAH BLAH

βI really need feedback to make this useful.

βI really need feedback to make this useful.You can influence big design decisions.

βI really need feedback to make this useful.You can influence big design decisions.You can (maybe) give up LaTeX.

βI really need feedback to make this useful.You can influence big design decisions.You can (maybe) give up LaTeX. http://paperhustler.com/ @paperhustler

NEW PAPERS ON THE BLOCK

Web Full Text http://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(11)00107-3

Web Full Text Richer content, much better reading experience, ... but needs work before it beats the PDF. http://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(11)00107-3

Beyond The PDF

Beyond The PDFWorkshop at UCSD, January 19 - 21

Beyond The PDFWorkshop at UCSD, January 19 - 21All the open science usual suspects

Beyond The PDFWorkshop at UCSD, January 19 - 21All the open science usual suspectsBig product was “Research Objects of the Future”

Beyond The PDFWorkshop at UCSD, January 19 - 21All the open science usual suspectsBig product was “Research Objects of the Future” The La Jolla Manifesto (https://sites.google.com/site/beyondthepdf/home/program- draft/notes-from-the-breakout)

Research Objects

Research ObjectsReplayable – go back and see what happened

Research ObjectsReplayable – go back and see what happenedRepeatable – run the experiment again

Research ObjectsReplayable – go back and see what happenedRepeatable – run the experiment againReproducible – run new experiment to reproduce the results

Research ObjectsReplayable – go back and see what happenedRepeatable – run the experiment againReproducible – run new experiment to reproduce the resultsReusable – use as part of new experiments

Research ObjectsReplayable – go back and see what happenedRepeatable – run the experiment againReproducible – run new experiment to reproduce the resultsReusable – use as part of new experimentsRepurposeable – reuse the pieces in a new experiment

Research ObjectsReplayable – go back and see what happenedRepeatable – run the experiment againReproducible – run new experiment to reproduce the resultsReusable – use as part of new experimentsRepurposeable – reuse the pieces in a new experimentReliable – robust under automation

Modern InformationPapers are the preservation of science.Science must be reproducible.

Modern InformationPapers are the preservation of science.Science must be reproducible. ⇒ The paper should include everything.

Modern InformationPapers are the preservation of science.Science must be reproducible. ⇒ The paper should include everything. Procedure

Modern InformationPapers are the preservation of science.Science must be reproducible. ⇒ The paper should include everything. Procedure Raw Data

Modern InformationPapers are the preservation of science.Science must be reproducible. ⇒ The paper should include everything. Procedure Analysis Raw Data

Modern InformationPapers are the preservation of science.Science must be reproducible. ⇒ The paper should include everything. Procedure Processed Data Analysis Raw Data

Modern InformationPapers are the preservation of science.Science must be reproducible. ⇒ The paper should include everything. Procedure Processed Data Analysis Derivations Raw Data

Totality http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

TotalityThe paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project. http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

TotalityThe paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project. “publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the development, capacities, and uses of software designed for use by researchers in any field.” http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

Totality The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project. “publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the development, capacities, and uses of software designed for use by researchers in any field.”Submission requirements: http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

Totality The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project. “publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the development, capacities, and uses of software designed for use by researchers in any field.”Submission requirements: •Code and license http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

Totality The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project. “publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the development, capacities, and uses of software designed for use by researchers in any field.”Submission requirements: •Code and license •Fully documented http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

Totality The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project. “publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the development, capacities, and uses of software designed for use by researchers in any field.”Submission requirements: •Code and license •Fully documented •100% test coverage of public functions http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

Totality The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project. “publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the development, capacities, and uses of software designed for use by researchers in any field.”Submission requirements: •Code and license •Fully documented •100% test coverage of public functions •Example data and code http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

The Future http://www.ﬂixist.com/the-future-is-here-maybe-3d-without-3d-glasses-update--197839.phtml

Blogs? Great model for instant publication, but journals are centralized for a reason. http://terrytao.wordpress.com/

Open Notebook ScienceKeep extremelydetailed records asyou do research.“real-time research”Becoming seriousbusiness in chem http://usefulchem.wikispaces.com/dopal

“Paper 2.0”http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientiﬁc-communication/ http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

“Paper 2.0” http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientiﬁc-communication/Versions http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

“Paper 2.0” http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientiﬁc-communication/Versions Different content for different readers http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

“Paper 2.0” http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientiﬁc-communication/Versions Different content for different readers“Levels” http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

“Paper 2.0” http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientiﬁc-communication/Versions Different content for different readers“Levels” Choose how detailed you want your information http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

“Paper 2.0” http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientiﬁc-communication/Versions Different content for different readers“Levels” Choose how detailed you want your informationDistributed editing http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

“Paper 2.0” http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientiﬁc-communication/Versions Different content for different readers“Levels” Choose how detailed you want your informationDistributed editingOpen, public annotation http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

“Paper 2.0” http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientiﬁc-communication/ This would be amazing, but scientists already haveVersions no time writing the brief version of the paper Different content for different readers“Levels” Choose how detailed you want your informationDistributed editingOpen, public annotation http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

“Paper 2.0” http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientiﬁc-communication/ This would be amazing, but scientists already haveVersions no time writing the brief version of the paper Different content for different readers“Levels” Choose how detailed you want your informationDistributed editingOpen, public annotation Still, it is what we should aim for. http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

SummaryScientists should never do an editor’s job.We are in need of a new model of the paper. At least an update on the technology behind them.Check out Paper Hustler for suping up your papers. http://thestarkeffect.com/ @caseywstark

SummaryScientists should never do an editor’s job.We are in need of a new model of the paper. At least an update on the technology behind them.Check out Paper Hustler for suping up your papers. http://thestarkeffect.com/ http://paperhustler.com/ @caseywstark @paperhustler

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