Ideas tagged with software

Capturing reuse in altmetrics

Altmetrics are aimed at capturing the amount of attention a paper gets. The adoption has been significantly encouraged by services provided by, for example, Altmetric.com, ImpactStory, and PlumX, which serve the same role as Google Scholar for traditional metrics. The traditional metrics cover f...

By Egon Willighagen

AutoLab: Can an AI Replace Human Data Collectors?

Can an autonomous AI conduct experiments on real humans in a lab safely and efficiently? With [Automated Laboratory (AutoLab)](https://devpost.com/software/autolab#updates), our open-source ubiquitous computing project, we will do just that. Imagine a Star Trek-like computer infused into a lab r...

By Purav Patel

Piracy and (Digital) Economy - Beneficial side-effects of outlawed acts and black market economies for societies.

There are various pointers in recent research that suggest that product piracy as a means of distribution is a mayor factor in not only innovation but also education and economic advancement. Independent studies also show positive effects for the establishment of the class of goods that have be...

By Gernot Hausar

Software Discovery Dashboard

This project’s objective is to create an open source web dashboard capable of searching multiple code hosting services, such as Zenodo, Figshare, and GitHub, for the benefit of the research community. The goal of this dashboard is to demonstrate the usefulness of a new metadata standard by utili...

By Stefan Neamtu, Adam Blaine, Matthew Mokary, Luke Coy