Goals

Rob ProcterDave BerryAnne TrefethenPaul Watson

Improve secondary use of data

Access to new data collections“Sharing as the Norm”

• Transactional data– Purchasing

• Government data• Clinical Data• Real-Time data (sensors)

• Barriers– Socio-technical issues– Anonymity, security– Loss of business/researcher competitiveness?– Track provenance of data

Better Support for Collaborative problem solving

• Socio-technical issue• Technological– Communications– Ease of use

• Configuring collaborations: networks, security, software....

• Barriers:– Policy & organisation works against collaboration

• RAE/REF– Rewards for multi-disciplinary researchers– Security – policy, governance, trust

Reproducibility in Science• Data• Code• Process• People

Barriers• Long-term code & data preservation (business models)• Manual processes• Database updates• Security & policy• Tacit knowledge & Paper lab books

Trust & Understanding

• How do we know tools have been used properly?• How much confidence should we have in the results?• e.g. X-rays 3d-2d understanding (artefacts, properties

of film)• Errors?• Ability to inspect process• Capturing trust in data– Tacit knowledge

• Can people build up trust through collaborative tools– virtual encounters -> trust in collaborators

Position UK as competitively as possible in Global knowledge value chain

UK-International value chain• export knowledge & techniques• source knowledge & techniques

• Virtualisation of knowledge work

• Barriers– Lack of international standardisation– Business models – how to value services we provide

or buy (e.g. data)