Posts tagged open data

"On the left you can see features of good science, with authors providing their data and software code, and in the best cases…

science, open access, open data, research, p-hacking, fabrication, deception, progress, peer review

“On the left you can see features of good science, with authors providing their data and software code, and in the best cases even using pre-registration of their study and version control for maximum transparency. The grey area in the middle shows questionable research practices, which can include p-hacking, sloppy statistics, peer review abuse etc. On the right side and marked ‘red’ is scientific misconduct as commonly defined (falsification, fabrication, plagiarism). Between the grey and red are is data secrecy.”

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/07/03/data-secrecy-bad-science-or-scientific-misconduct/

The Military Is Already Using Facebook to Track Your Mood

facebook, sentiment analysis, osint, military, intelligence, open data

“Just over a decade ago, when I was a senior intelligence officer, I spent most of my time in the world of ‘ints’ — signals intelligence imagery, human intelligence — and used just a little bit of open-source information to enrich the assessments that we made. Fast forward to 2014 and the explosion of the information environment in just the last few years alone. Open-source now is a place I spend most of my time. The open world of information provides us most of what we need and the ‘ints’ of old, they enrich the assessments that we’re able to make from open-source information.” Open-source intelligence can take a variety of forms, but among the most voluminous, personal and useful is Facebook and Twitter data. The availability of that sort of information is changing the way that DIA trains intelligence operatives. Long gone are the spooks of old who would fish through trash for clues on targets. Here to stay are the eyes looking through your vacation pictures.

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2014/07/military-already-using-facebook-track-moods/87793/

Nicaragua Builds An Innovative Agricultural Information System Using Open Source Software

linux, OSS, FLOSS, Nicaragua, augmented ecology, SIMAS, agriculture, farming, open data

An experiment in Nicaragua shows just how powerful Open Source software can be in leveling the playing field. The second poorest country of the Americas now has one of the best software solutions for displaying agricultural data in the western hemisphere.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nicaragua-builds-innovative-agricultural-information-system-using-open-source-software