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Astronomer wandering through time and space. Working on #OpenScience and likely to post about #Earth and #Space science especially #astronomy, #OpenSourceSoftware, and #NASA. And hiking with our dog

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petersuber, (edited ) to ai

1/ Here's a thought to advance to research. If it has problems, I think they're worth solving.

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@petersuber Thanks! I had seen plenty of examples of LLM’s summarizing for different audiences but not any research on if it writes a better abstract so I was hopeful you had seen something.

It is something worthwhile to research for more quantified results but before using any ML tool, I always ask ‘what value does this add?’

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@petersuber is there good research on this? I’d be very interested in links. I feel like if AI is doing better than abstracts, then doesn’t this mean that abstracts are failing? What is the point of an abstract if it isn’t summarizing the main points of a paper?

But even so, I feel that there is a danger in people reading summaries of papers. This happens with or without AI, but many of the nuances and caveats end up being lost when only presented with a summary.

crawfordsm, to space
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In more happy news, NASA has just updated their policy on releasing software to make it easier to release their software as open source.

This is really into the policy weeds, but it makes it easier to release scientific software, develop software openly, and contribute to existing open source projects.

https://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/displayDir.cfm?t=NPR&c=2210&s=1E

crawfordsm,
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@jebba The previous communication sums up the issues: "The license was already agreed upon due to concerns over the security, backwards-compatibility, and quality of the software. "

crawfordsm, (edited )
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@august_fly It is software demonstrating scientific research - totally understandable right?

I had once started writing a post on how to read policy (it's like reading code in some ways) and I stopped writing it when I realized that people should just not read policy unless they absolutely have to.

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@jeremy_data it’s written in Word and more accessible versions are published after its release.

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Also I probably should have added a CW to this as you really shouldn't click on the link unless you are really into policy.

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@jebba yes as mentioned in the communication, moving to open development is something that is under consideration.

There are substantial issues that need to be resolved with the legacy software in order to make the move responsible and safely.

Thanks for your patience.

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The "ethics in software engineering" classes I've seen use things like Therac-25 as examples, but it seems pretty esoteric to most students, and with near-daily mass shootings in the news, the loss of life does not impress. Does anyone currently teach a software ethics course that focuses primarily on memetic threats, e.g., developers' responsibility/liability w.r.t. disinformation/radicalization that leads to mass killings or targeted harassment? If so, pointers welcome.

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@gvwilson there are a lot of examples around AI and misinformation but I can’t find one directly tying it mass shootings though I vague memories of one.

Though plenty of discussion on social medias failures in ethics eg

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43681-021-00068-x

I also came across this article which is relevant:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-021-00451-w

crawfordsm, to space
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In response to the White House memo on “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research,” NASA has released an updated draft of their plan for access to federal funded research: “NASA’s Public Access Plan: Increasing Access to the Results of Scientific Research.”

Do you have comments/thoughts? Submit them to the request for information in the Federal Register by August 17, 2023.

Draft: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_ocs_public_access_plan_may_2023.pdf

RFI: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/18/2023-10643/request-for-information-nasa-public-access-plan-for-increasing-access-to-the-results-of

crawfordsm,
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@williamgunn DoE should be updating their public access plan as well so look for their announcement. I know NSF and NIH have both put out their plans.

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@warrickball I know I’m guilty of rewriting things from scratch for various reasons - it’s a common urge to reinvent the wheel and it can be good especially for learning how things work.

But it would be good to make it more common to commit improvements upstream or, as you mention, considering working on common packages.

There are a lot of barriers to that on both sides, which do require some cultural changes.

crawfordsm,
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NASA has gone beyond the requirements of the OSTP memo to not only include full open access to data and publications at the time of publication, but also scientific software developed as part of the project and needed to validate the scientific results

crawfordsm, to space
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Speaking today at the Japanese Open Science Summit on NASA and Open Science.

Here's the slide with the US Federal definition of Open Science translated to Japanese

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Thanks to CHORUS Organization for organizing this session on Open Access

https://www.chorusaccess.org/

petersuber, (edited ) to random

The US National Science Foundation () just released the draft update to its policy, as requested by the ().
https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-06/NSF23104.pdf

I'm digesting it now but wanted it to share first.

Tho released today, it's dated Feb 23, 2023.

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@petersuber like the other policies, that is likely the date it was submitted to the OSTP for comment prior to public release of the draft.

crawfordsm, to random
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For this at , we are about to start the ‘The What and Why of Open Science’ session in Room 220 at 10 am MT. We will be taking about a Year of Open Science, NASA and NSF’s Open Science plans, and how the AAS supports Open Science.

crawfordsm, to Astro
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It is going to be quite a decade for cosmological galaxy studies. That really kicks off with the launch of Euclid today with then further projects like Sphere-X, Rubin, SKA, and Roman.

These projects are big collaborations with big data and it will be great to see what they do and how they do it.

Good luck to the Euclid team!

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid

crawfordsm, to animals
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Morgan Run in Maryland

crawfordsm, to opensource
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Really great talk by Alessandro Firgeri on Open Source Software and planetary science.

In it, he makes a poignant comparison between Free open source software and the scientific method in terms of the right to use, copy, study, and modify.

Also a great graphic listing all the different space agencies and a need not to reinvent the wheel.

Link: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/planetdata2023/technical_program/?session_no=101

crawfordsm, (edited ) to random
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We have had an entire year of being free of personal use internal combustion engines. The electric car has gotten around 14k miles including a few longer road trips with out any problems and the electric bike is great for trips around the city. Along with commuting by train and living in a very walkable city, I can’t say there is anything that I’ve been missing.

crawfordsm, to random
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Call for Community Input into the Definition of the Roman Space Telescope’s Core Community Surveys

Due: June 16

https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/ccs_community_input.html

crawfordsm, to random
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Tracy Chen shares the Best Practices for Data Publication in the Astronomical Literature. A great resource for how to share your scientific information including sharing the name, source code and citation practices, open methodology, accessibility, data availability statement, DOIs, and peer review.

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ApJS..260....5C/abstract

crawfordsm, to random
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In Tony Beasley’s talk, he tracks the history of Open Skies back to 1959 and the start of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

The best ideas, regardless of where they come from, produces the best science.

crawfordsm, (edited ) to random
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Okay I’m officially on leave for the week. It’s a bit of a stay-cation for me to have a break from work, get some stuff done around the house, and hiking with the dog.

But I also want to play with some JWST data. What should I do?

crawfordsm, to space
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The Optical Constants database (OCdb) is a new data repository developed to provide published, peer-reviewed, optical constants of organic refractory materials and ices relevant to planetary and astrophysical environments to the scientific community for the analysis and interpretation of observational data.

https://ocdb.smce.nasa.gov

crawfordsm, (edited ) to random
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A great resource for open science in planetary science is OpenPlanetary.

It includes an open forum, slack channel, virtual lunches, conferences, and community projects like Open Planetary Map and PlanetaryPy.

Mastodon: @openplanetary

Link: https://www.openplanetary.org/

crawfordsm, to random
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Talking about the Year of Open Science, @ChelleGentemann shares the federal definition of Open Science:

Open Science is the principle and practice of making research products and processes available to all, while respecting diverse cultures, maintaining security and privacy, and fostering collaborations, reproducibility, and equity.

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