NASA SMD’s Transform to OPen Science (TOPS) Initiative

Open science begins with shared access to data, software, resources, and results. Yet, openness that advances science is not a pure product of technology, it is a product of practices, norms, and community behavior around that technology. While recent advances have reduced many of the technological barriers to participating in open science, other cultural and institutional barriers remain. To help catalyze and support change within the community, NASA is stepping to the forefront of these efforts and championing a new initiative, the Open-Source Science Initiative (OSSI). A key component of OSSI is Transforming to OPen Science (TOPS) and NASA’s first decree declaring 2023 as the Year Of Open Science (YOOS), a global community initiative to spark change and inspire open science engagement through events and activities that will shift the current paradigm.

Over the next 5 years, TOPS will coordinate efforts designed to rapidly transform agencies, organizations, and communities. These efforts are aligned with recommendations from NASA, the U.S. National Academies, and UNESCO. To guide efforts, TOPS has three overarching goals:

• Increase understanding and adoption of open science principles and techniques in the science community
• Accelerate major scientific discoveries
• Broaden participation by historically excluded communities

Faster, better, and transformative breakthroughs in science are possible and open science will help us find them

Date/Time
Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 11am-12pm EST

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IS&T Colloquium Committee Host: Matt Dosberg

Presentation located here. Recorded session is available through NASATube.