Do you remember your first contribution to open source?Or are you still waiting to make it? Contributing to open source can be very rewarding, but also incredibly intimidating.When we asked about first time contributions on the rOpenSci Slack,people recalled the challenges and mistakes they made, but mostly how much they learned from and enjoyed that experience.For open source maintainers, contributions can also lead to mixed feelings,as

po r Carlos Martín Briceño Un buen cuento, señaló alguna vez Beatriz Espejo, es aquel “que permanece rebotando en el cerebro del lector durante mucho tiempo”. Si tomamos como válida la afirmación anterior, puedo decir que el libro Cómo vivir sola después de los cuarenta de Ileana Garma Estrella, está integrado por un septeto de buenos cuentos, pues los días posteriores a su lectura, me resultó imposible sacarme sus

2. Veranstaltung in der Reihe „Quo vadis offene Wissenschaft in Berlin und Brandenburg“ am 20. NovEMBER 2024 Termin: 20. November, 14:00–16:00 Uhr Ort: Online via Zoom (Link tba) Veranstaltende: Vernetzungs- und Kompetenzstelle Open Access Brandenburg (VuK) und Wissenslabor für Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen und objektzentrierte Daten (WiNoDa Knowledge Lab)

In der sich stetig wandelnden Welt der Wissenschaftskommunikation spielen Initiativen wie die Deutsche Initiative für Netzwerkinformation (DINI) eine Schlüsselrolle. DINI hat dabei insbesondere durch die Produkte und Aktivitäten ihrer Arbeitsgruppe Elektronisches Publizieren an Sichtbarkeit und Wirksamkeit gewonnen. Die Arbeitsgruppe hat maßgeblich zur Förderung und Verbreitung von Open Access in Deutschland beigetragen.

It was on my radar for some time already, but did not get around to finishing it. But I completed all five modules of the NASA Transform to Open Science (TOPS) Open Science 101 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.10161527). This Open Science 101 consists of several modules, starting with The Ethos of Open Science , via Open Tools and Resources , Open Data , and Open Code , to Open Results . Now, since I have been

This week marks the fifteenth annual International Open Access Week. Since 2010, the week has provided a platform to discuss the state and challenges of open access to scientific knowledge. While the early years focused on access to scientific articles (“Open Access Week” 2024), this year’s activities increasingly address other aspects of Open Science.

Reaching new highs in Cannabis sativa Omics There is a growing interest in Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) research, and recent changes in regulations have spurred numerous genomic studies of this once-prohibited plant. Industrial hemp and medical marijuana are now global multibillion-dollar industries, but due to its widespread prohibition in the 20th and early 21st century it […]

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The SVP 2024 abstract book dropped earlier this week. You can download it here.

How Apple’s Research Exposes AI’s Inability to Reason and OpenAI Highlights ChatGPT’s Name-Based Biases Author Zijian Yang ( ORCID: 0009–0006–8301–7634) Introduction As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, the capabilities and limitations of large language models (LLMs) are under increasing scrutiny.

In this article I want to update and improve an analysis I did some time ago, and published on LinkedIn, which can be accessed through this link: Credit Granting can be used as a proxy for the Financial Cycle, which tends to present a “boom” before the beginning of a recession. Intro I will start with the definition of a cycle: a cycle is a low-frequency variation event.