research20 usc: disrupting scholarly communication to accelerate scientific progress
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Disrupting Scholarly Communication to Accelerate Scientific Progress
William Gunn
Head of Academic Outreach
@mrgunn
Research is complicated
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http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/the-wrong-problem/
Can we shorten the research cycle?
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$31.2B 12 years
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 + 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
∞
𝑡=0
Delay =
$31.2B 12 months!
lim𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚→0
(𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 + 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛)
Delay = discovery
Separate the wheat from the chaff
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