@dimitriskoureas

making small data… big

Publications based on countless specimens, images, maps,

keys and datasets

Typically generated by small communities for “local” research projects

Figure from Costello M.J et al, 2013. doi: 10.1126/science.1230318

Virtual Research Environment

For taxonomic and

Biodiversity data

since 2007

Taxa(Classifications, taxon profiles, specimens, literature, images, maps, phenotypic, genotypic

& morphometric datasets, keys, phylogenies)

Conservation Projects Regions Societies

Data

curation

Data

analysis

Data

publishing

Data collection &generation

aseamless

workflow

A Scratchpad is a gateway to big data

In-house data

External data & services

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SDD

Per month visitors to Scratchpads sites

660 Scratchpads Communities

by 7,100 active registered users

covering 148,000 taxa 65,000 visitors/month

Reach out to specific communities

Enable data and workflow sharing

between communities

Establishcommon data

and workflow models

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ComputePublish

Agricultural data Omics data

Ecological data

Biomonitoring data

Taxonomic data

Our 5-years vision

@dimitriskoureas

making small data big

To mobilise long-tail data we need to

mobilise people

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Marketing

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Cyberinfrastructures