1. Towards open science:
Accelerating and
expanding NASA’s
scientific impact
Chelle Gentemann (she/her)
@chellegentemann
www.github.com/cgentemann

2. What is open science?
“a collaborative culture enabled
by technology that empowers the
open sharing of data,
information, and knowledge
within the scientific community
and the wider public to
accelerate scientific research
and understanding.”
Ramachandran, R., Bugbee, K., & Murphy, K. J.
(Submitted 2020). Moving from Open Data to Open
Science. Earth and Space Science, (Gold Access
Journal)

3. (1) increasing the accessibility to the
scientific process and the
corresponding body of knowledge;
(2) making both the research
process and knowledge sharing
more efficient
(3) understanding and assessing
scientific impact through innovative
new metrics.
Designed to….
Ramachandran, R., Bugbee, K., & Murphy, K. J. (Submitted 2020). Moving from Open Data to Open
Science. Earth and Space Science, (Gold Access Journal)

4. Who gets to participate?
In open science, power dynamics change
& there is public documentation of all
contributions
Murphy, M. C., Mejia, A. F., Mejia, J., Yan, X., Cheryan, S., Dasgupta, N., et al. (2020). Open science,
communal culture, and women’s participation in the movement to improve science.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(39), 24154–24164.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921320117

5. Sometimes, science feel like a
fortress. Using data downloaded to a
local (closed) repository
Not sharing software
Running analysis on local
cyberinfrastructure
Publishing results in a
pay-wall journal
Project communications all
private (email)
Closed Research
Image: national geographic

6. Why is open science hard?
fotoseek.com

7. let go of
everything
you fear
Credit: Star Wars

8. Open Science
● Open data
● Permissively licensed
software public on GitHub
● Open Cyberinfrastructure
● Open access article with
containerized code
● Project communication on
GitHub & Discourse
● Mentorship
● Code of conduct
https://youtu.be/qwBvTT9h_Qs

9. A spectrum
of openness
Image credit: Pink Floyd
to accelerate
NASA science

10. Open Data
● DMP contents?
● Continue efforts to enable
access & usability (FAIR /
Cloud / DAACS)
● When is data made open?
What level of data is made
open? How is access
enabled? Permissive License?
● PI leadership &
communication
https://urbantide.com/fullstory2/2017/6/28/beyond-open-data-the-rise-of-data-sharing

11. EVS2 OMG! - that is some fast data
New scientist not part of OMG

12. Software 7-steps to openness- SMP contents?
1. Publicly visible source code (github)
2. Licensed for reuse
3. Accepting contributions
4. Open development
5. Open decision making
6. Multi-institution engagement
7. Retirement
https://coiled.io/blog/stages-of-openness/

13. Super
Open
Science
https://github.com/bsipocz

14. Open Cyberinfrastructure -
Science Data Platforms
● Support platform agnostic, open source
infrastructure solutions
● Challenge use of proprietary/platform specific
software
Image credit: https://2i2c.org/

15. A super computer behind every device

16. NSF
Jetstream
Pangeo GCP
2i2c AWS

17. Binder - interactive tutorials (containerized)
http://gallery.pangeo.io/

18. Open dissemination
● Publish peer-reviewed articles in open-access journals
● +provide link to software
● +provide binder-link to reproduce all results, figures, and tables
● Actively engage with the public by
○ Starting a science blog
○ Working on a citizen science project or supporting hack-a-thons
○ Sharing your results on social media: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube
○ Be sure to cite data, software and documentation in journal articles

19. A holistic metric of openness?
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that
counts can be counted” - William Bruce Cameron
Altmetrics - capture the attention research receiving - part of the
solution?
We need a metric that captures openness of data,
software, infrastructure, dissemination.
https://www.cloverdx.com/hubfs/metrics.jpg

20. Open by Design
(1) Build an inclusive
community of scientists
advancing open science
(2) Incentivize openness
(3) Highlight early adopter
activities to motivate
broader community
(4) Coordinate -- move
forward together

21. Proposals: Plan and budget for openness
(1) What information does a DMP or SMP
contain? Where is information about
dissemination plans? Examples?
(2) Useful metrics?
(3) What criteria are included in the review
process (what information should be
provided by proposal?)
https://image.freepik.com/free-vector/follow-leader-concept_1025-106.jpg

22. Teams: Plan and budget for openness
(1) Open communication
(2) Open dissemination
(3) Shared resources
(4) Mentorship process
(5) Safe spaces

23. Open to
accelerate
science
“Give sufficient credit for
whatever one would like
to see shared, and
scientists will indeed
start sharing it” Bright &
Heesen
http://sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-head-and-heart-incentives-and-norms.html