Openscapes: Forking as a Worldview

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Open Source

Collaboration

Innovation

Insightful session led by Julia Stewart Lowndes, as she explores the transformative concept of ‘forking’ in the world of open science and its potential to solve big collaborative challenges in government and academia.

Published

November 18, 2024

Registered Attendees (65-LinkedIn / 35-Meetup)

Julia Stewart Lowndes, Director of NASA-Openscapes, led an engaging session on the transformative power of forking in open science. This approach, originally from software development, has evolved into a powerful strategy for tackling collaborative challenges in both government and academia.

🎬 Missed the live session? Don’t worry! The recording is now available. Watch it and learn from Julia’s expertise on how forking as a mindset is reshaping collaboration and innovation in science.

🌟 What We Learned

In this session, Julia explained how the concept of forking goes beyond adapting code and has expanded into a worldview that facilitates innovation, credit-sharing, and collective progress. Forking is about adapting resources (like code, documentation, and methodologies) and using them in new, more effective ways while ensuring proper attribution and networking back to the original source.

Key points discussed:

- Forking as a collaborative tool for the open science community.
- The role of NASA-Openscapes in helping teams collaborate and adapt workflows, specifically by migrating them to cloud environments.
- How forking empowers scientists to innovate faster and solve big problems more efficiently through shared resources.

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📚 Event Material

To further explore the concepts discussed in the event, here are some useful resources:

Julia’s perspective on forking and its significance in open science offered valuable insights for those working in collaborative and data-intensive research projects. This talk is a must-watch for anyone interested in how open science principles are reshaping the future of research and collaboration.

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