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methods. The discipline draws heavily from techniques and theories from many fields, which are jointly used to
furthermore develop information retrieval on structured or unstructured very large datasets. While the term Data
Science was already coined in 1960, the current perception of this field places is still in the first section of the hype cycle according to Gartner, being well en route from the technology trigger stage to the peak of inflated
expectations.
In our view the future development of Data Science could benefit from the analysis of experiences from
related evolutionary processes. One predecessor is the area of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The
intrinsic scope of GIS is the integration and storage of spatial information from often heterogeneous sources, data
analysis, sharing of reconstructed or aggregated results in visual form or via data transfer. GIS is successfully
applied to process and analyse spatially referenced content in a wide and still expanding range of science
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geoscientific applications, even including planetology.
This paper presents proven patterns for innovation and organisation derived from the evolution of GIS,
which can be ported to Data Science. Within the GIS landscape, three strategic interacting tiers can be denoted: i) Standardisation, ii) applications based on closed-source software, without the option of access to and analysis of the implemented algorithms, and iii) Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) based on freely accessible program code enabling analysis, education and ,improvement by everyone. This paper focuses on patterns gained from the synthesis of three decades of FOSS development. We identified best-practices which evolved from long term FOSS projects, describe the role of community-driven global umbrella organisations such as OSGeo, as well as the standardization of innovative services. The main driver is the acknowledgement of a meritocratic attitude.
These patterns follow evolutionary processes of establishing and maintaining a web-based democratic culture
spawning new kinds of communication and projects. This culture transcends the established compartmentation and
stratification of science by creating mutual benefits for the participants, irrespective of their respective research
interest and standing. Adopting these best practices will enable
Media X at Stanford University - DescriptionMartha Russell
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7. a 3-year project to
build Tools & study Creativity &
Platforms Learning
for citizen cyberscience
8. Citizen science is scientific
research conducted, in whole
or in part, by amateur or
nonprofessional scientists,
often by crowdsourcing. c
9. Ci.zen
science
yields
SERIOUS
RESULTS
Provided data for dozens of peer-
reviewed papers
Showed that birds migrate closer to
poles due to global warming
Discovered cocaine & hormones in
Puget Sound drinking water
10. Recording colors of backyard snail
shells to help determine if they’re
changed with our warming climate.
Analyzing wild algae species for their
potential to produce biofuels.
Building affordable satellites for
missions in atmospheric physics to
microgravity experiments.
11. Citizen Cyberscience makes use of
technology tools and platforms, such as
PCs and mobile phones, to empower
crowd-sourced scientific research
20. Community Engagement
1. Grass Roots awareness of
Citizen Science
2. Participation in Pilot
Projects
3. Participation in Tool Design
4. Designing and launching
new Projects
5. Designing and building new
Tools
6. Becoming funding or
sponsorship Partners of the
Citizen CyberLab