This two day masterclass will be in English, and is worth 10HF of PhD training for those registered with the College Doctoral of the UGA.  It includes lectures from experts, practical exercises (on subjects like referee reports and open data), and small group discussions.

• Programme: pdf here
• Slides for talks and exercises (pdfs) 
  
• Date: 13-14 June 2023

• For the practical exercises, it would be helpful to bring some material to work on. 
   Specifically: 
     (1) your laptop                                                                                                                                  
     (2) some code or data that you used in your PhD or master projects (or similar)    
     (3) a print out of the first 6 pages of your Masters 2 project report (or similar)                        

• Place: Amphitheatre of the Maison du Doctorat Jean Kuntzmann (1st floor
• Address: Université Grenoble Alpes, 110 Rue de la Chimie, 38400 Saint-Martin-d'Hères 
• TRAM B : stop "Bibliotheque Universitaires" 

Your research cannot contribute to the advancement of science unless it is shared. Yet, the way we share research results is undergoing a revolution called "open science". Open science includes free public-access to scientific publications, and free public-access to certain raw experimental data. Its guiding principle is that research should be as freely accessible as possible, but as inaccessible as necessary. Yet it is challenging to decide how this principle should be handled in a specific research project, and it is often you (as a young researcher) who must decide this for your own research.

In many cases, PhD supervisors were formed by a system for sharing research that was developed in the 1940s-50s; where knowledge was almost exclusively shared through peer-reviewed journals, owned by independent (often profit-making) publishers, and paid for by university libraries. While there is much that is good in that system, it is important that young scientists are aware of its weaknesses and its evolutions, and the risks and benefits of any alternative system.

This training will introduce young scientists to practical tools and fundamental questions. Practical tools include how to find and use other scientists open-access experimental data, software, and publications and how to make their own data, software and publications accessible to others. More fundamental questions about the sharing of knowledge relate to all aspects of open science ; how much data should we share, when should we publish our results, how should scientific quality be judged, what should a referee report aim to do, where do patents fit within open science, etc. We must not forget that changes in the sharing of scientific knowledge have an impact on the evaluation of the quality of scientific knowledge, and thus on the evaluation of scientists. As a result, young scientists should be prepared that it will also impact their career options in research and in industry.

This masterclass is organized by the Société Française de Physique (as part of the 150th anniversary of its creation),  under the auspices of  the Collège Doctoral of the Universite Grenoble Alpes. 

Organising Committee:  Robert Whitney (LPMMC), Signe Seidelin (Inst. Neel), Romain Lhermerout (LIPhy), Lucie Albaret (University Library-UGA), Bart van Tiggelen (LPMMC)