Category Archives: Open Science

Modularity and science

By Deepak Singh | Published: April 6, 2009
The right lesson to learn from open source software, I think, is that it may be darned hard to achieve modularity in software development, but it can be worth it to reap the benefits of large-scale collaboration. Some parts of science may not be “naturally” modular, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be made modular [...]
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Biopharma innovation: Open drug discovery? Not yet, but maybe some day

By Deepak Singh | Published: March 30, 2009
Interesting post from Joerg, who is not so sure about open innovation in drug design. He makes some good points, with the observation In other words, if you do not need the money, do whatever you like openly. If you need the money, e.g. for clinical trials, then please make sure staying within the [...]
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The web, science and experience

By Deepak Singh | Published: March 27, 2009
We have been talking about the web, open science, etc for a few years now and our experiences are really beginning to show, as evidenced by a couple of great recent examples. First Pawel blogs about the future of life scientists Second, in one of the best decks I have seen in a while, especially since it [...]
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Zeroing in on the public domain

By Deepak Singh | Published: March 11, 2009
Image by foko_madagascar via Flickr Today, a press release that has been long awaited saw the light of day. As is the norm these days, I first saw this on Twitter, and immediately re-tweeted it. So what is all the hullabaloo about? CC0 is here!!! What is CC0? CC0 (read “CC Zero”) is a universal [...]
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Unleashing a flood of discussion

By Deepak Singh | Published: March 3, 2009
Ever wondered about the power of the internet? Well I bring you exhibit #1. The other day, I was reading a presentation by Ian Davis of Talis on the Semantic Web. On slide #20, Ian writes “There open data is more important than open source”. I quoted most of that sentence [...]
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