Open Data and Culture Change at CERN - Achintya Rao - OpenCon 2016

OpenDataandCultureChangeatCERN

AchintyaRao(@RaoOfPhysics)

TheCERNOpenDataPortalhttp://opendata.cern.ch

Screenshot:CERNOpenDataPortal.Reproducedforinformationonly.

OpendevelopmentGitHub repo:https://github.com/cernopendata/opendata.cern.chPublic chat:https://gitter.im/cernopendata/opendata.cern.ch

Screenshot:GitHub.Reproducedforinformationonly.

Screenshots:CERNOpenDataPortalandCMSwebsite.Reproducedforinformationonly.

Changingattitudes…• Lessoppositiontomaking

dataavailableopenly…– Fearsabout“outsiders”

abusingdatanotrealised– Noresources/energies

expendedondisproving“discoveries”

• Improvedoutlookfrompositiveexperiences…– Useinhigh-schooleducation– Useatuniversity-level

training– Useinbroaderparticle-

physicscommunity– Useoutsidethecommunity

feedingbackintoparticlephysics

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ProjectCODERTeachingprogramming andparticle physics inhighschools

Screenshot:ProjectCODER.Reproducedforinformationonly.

ValidationofCMSdataUndergraduate students reproduce CMSplots using opendataandabitofguidance

Slide:CourtesyofAchim Geiser.Reproducedforinformationonly.

NovelresearchTheorists fromMITperforming analyses using CMSopendata,fosteringcollaboration between thetheorists andexperimentalists

Slide:CourtesyofJesseThaler.Reproducedforinformationonly.

Lessonslearnt• Showthereareno(orfew?)downsidesofmakingdata

availableopenly• Demonstratepositiveimpactfromuseofopendata• Providesupportand/ornagpeople

– Onceinfrastructureandworkflowareup,futureadditionsarecomparativelyeasy

• Conductdiscussionsopenly(well,asopenlyaspossible)

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