In Defense of Extreme Openness

Lightning Talk at Python in Astronomy 2016

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1. In Defense of Extreme
   Openness
   Jake VanderPlas
   Python In Astronomy 2016
   

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2. I think we all see the benefit
   of coding in the open . . .
   Eases Collaboration — Eases Sharing
   Heightens Visibility — Encourages Reproducibility
   Encourages Extensibility — Encourages Integrity
   etc. — etc.
   

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3. . . . why not do all research
   in the open?
   Eases Collaboration — Eases Sharing
   Heightens Visibility — Encourages Reproducibility
   Encourages Extensibility — Encourages Integrity
   etc. — etc.
   

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4. A case study from
   yours truly . . .
   

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5. https://github.com/jakevdp/multiband_LS/
   We wrote this paper on GitHub from day 1
   

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9. gh-publisher
   Each new commit triggers a Travis CI
   process which builds the current
   paper PDF and pushes it to this
   website. . .
   https://github.com/ewanmellor/gh-publisher/
   

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14. Jeff Scargle!!!
    — as in “Lomb-Scargle
    Periodogram”!!!!!!!
    

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19. “But I might get scooped!”
    

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20. . . . putting work on Github
    is publication!
    

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21. . . . putting work on Github
    is publication!
    “Scooping” → “Plagiarism”
    

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22. “But Jake. . . would you do
    this if there were any real
    competition?”
    

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23. Three very similar papers all published
    within a few months last summer . . .
    

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24. So. . .
    how did it turn out?
    

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28. (* not that I’m keeping track . . .)
    

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29. Be Open.
    Thank You.
    

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