Summary of the ACAT Round Table Discussion: Open-source, knowledge sharing and scientific collaboration

15th International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research

物理学;计算机科学

Carminati, Federico^1 ; Perret-Gallix, Denis^2 ; Riemann, Tord^3

CERN-PH, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland^1

LAPP/IN2P3, CNRS, 74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France^2

DESY, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany^3

关键词: Academic research;    Data Sharing;    Knowledge-sharing;    Open sources;    Round tables;    Scientific collaboration;    Scientific softwares;    Software sharing;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/523/1/012066/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/523/1/012066

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Round table discussions are in the tradition of ACAT. This year's plenary round table discussion was devoted to questions related to the use of scientific software in High Energy Physics and beyond. The 90 minutes of discussion were lively, and quite a lot of diverse opinions were spelled out. Although the discussion was, in part, controversial, the participants agreed unanimously on several basic issues in software sharing: • The importance of having various licensing models in academic research; • The basic value of proper recognition and attribution of intellectual property, including scientific software; • The user respect for the conditions of use, including licence statements, as formulated by the author. The need of a similar discussion on the issues of data sharing was emphasized and it was recommended to cover this subject at the conference round table discussion of next ACAT. In this contribution, we summarise selected topics that were covered in the introductory talks and in the following discussion.