The Future of Research - Data and the Rise of Digital Scholarship presents the trends that stand to have a significant impact on the changing face of academic publishing and scholarly research. As million of connected devices come online and an unprecedented volume of information moves into digitized formats, it is still estimated that less 1 percent of this data has been analyzed. This reports presents strategic insights for how researchers can get the most out of their data while keeping a human perspective at heart, and how to concisely and effectively present insights to an information overloaded reader.
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A SNAPSHOT
OF OUR
CONNECTED
SOCIETY…
500 million
Tweets are sent per day.
100 hours
of video are uploaded every minute.
60 million
photos shared every day.
2.5 billion
pieces of content shared every day.
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WHICH IS
INCREASINGLY
ABOUT PEOPLE
AND THINGS…
Global annual wearable
device unit shipments will
cross the 100 million
milestone in 2014, and reach
300 million units by 2019.
In 2005, there were 2.5
billion connected devices,
most PCs, smartphones,
tablets. By 2020, there will
be over 30 billion connected
devices, most not PCs,
smartphones, tablets.
100 'things' are coming
online every second.
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THE
OPPORTUNITY
“At its core this big data revolution is
about how humans create and preserve a
historical record of their activities. Its
consequences will transform how we look
at ourselves. It will enable the creation of
new scopes that make it possible for our
society to more effectively probe its own
nature. Big data is going to change the
humanities, transform the social sciences,
and renegotiate the relationship between
the world of commerce and the
ivory tower.”
“Uncharted: Big Data as a Lens on Human Culture”
— Erez Aiden & Jean-Baptiste Michel
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Platforms and initiatives that see the
value in making data and research
archives available to the wider
community in the hopes of
unleashing new breakthroughs.
OPEN
SOURCE
ACCESS
11. @PSFKOPEN SOURCE ACCESS
Platform Allows Developers
To Share APIs Under
Creative Commons
Licenses
apicommons.org
API Commons
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Platform Enables
Individuals And Companies
To Donate Their Health And
Medical Data
bit.ly/Uommgk
Health Data
Exploration
Project
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OPEN SOURCE ACCESS
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An emerging set of tools are giving
researchers of any skill level the
ability to interact with data
resources and visually report their
findings.
DATA
TOOL KIT
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A new class of algorithms and tools
are helping researchers extract
insights from vast pools of new and
existing data, speeding the rate at
which discoveries can be made.
INTELLIGENCE
MINING
22. Algorithm Analyzes An
Individual’s Cancer
Mutations To Identify Most
Effective Treatments
nygenome.org
New York
Genome
Center
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As the speed of information increases,
real-time analysis tools are giving
researchers the ability to understand
and respond to trends in the moment,
and even begin to predict outcomes
before they happen.
PREDICTIVE
ANALYTICS
26. Software Scrapes The Web
To Help Companies
Anticipate Risks And
Capitalize On Business
Opportunities
recordedfuture.com
Recorded
Future
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Social and interactive platforms are
enabling teams to collaborate on
research both remotely and in-person,
creating more opportunities to
uncover unseen connections and new
paths of inquiry.
COLLABORATIVE
INSIGHTS
30. Large-Scale Display Helps
Students Visually
Collaborate On Health
Science Research
bit.ly/1otWlDY
Penn State
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A growing class of publishing
platforms and tools are designed to
make the process of writing and
reading more social and iterative,
improving the quality of shared
research and resulting discussion.
SOCIAL
PUBLISHING
33. Publishing Platform Wants
To Make Feedback And
Discussion An Integral Part
Of The Writing Process
hi.co
Hi
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Emerging tools are enabling
researchers to work offline and
seamlessly transfer their writing and
other files into digital formats for
intuitive search and archiving.
AUTOMATED
ARCHIVING
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An emerging set of tools are helping
researchers stay on top of the real-time
stream of information and media that is
being created every day.
ASSISTED
RESEARCH
41. Platform Streams Text To
Help People Learn To Read
More Quickly
spritzinc.com
Spritz
ASSISTED RESEARCH
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Digital tools are using a combination of
user preferences, location and other
known data to make connections
between multiple systems and deliver
relevant information.
CONTEXTUAL
CONNECTIONS
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Digital Assistant Listens To
Conversations And
Supplements Them With
Relevant Information
expectlabs.com/mindmeld
MindMeld
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CONTEXTUAL CONNECTIONS
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Universities and institutions are
exploring the future of new
technologies and platforms as way to
expand the quality and reach of their
academic researchers.
DIGITAL
SCHOLARSHIP
49. Houghton Library Hires
Wikipedian-In-Residence To
Help Make Research Materials
Available To The Wider
Community
hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton
Harvard
University
LABS
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50. Annenberg School Offers A
Course In Google Glass
Journalism
glassjournalism.tumblr.com
USC
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What This Means…
In order to
succeed, future
researchers must
have access to the
latest tools and
techniques.
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KEY
TAKEAWAYS
• Data is no longer just for the hard sciences.
• Algorithms breathe new life into old data.
• Insights move at the speed of information.
• Technology augments human curiosity
and discovery.
• Social tools help unlock innovative thinking.
• Experimentation is essential to
remain relevant.