Leveling Up Research and Publishing in Geoscience’s Open-Source Era  - USC Viterbi | School of Engineering

"The 18 geoscientists who gathered for the first FROGS (Facilitating Reproducible Open GeoScience) workshop at USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute (ISI) from June 3-6, 2024 may study a wide and diverse range of data sources, but they came with a common goal: to learn how to level up their research, data sharing, and publishing techniques....

Khider explained, “With PyRATES, we wanted participants to come out with the skills to do their science using open source libraries while sharing their own project openly and in a reproducible manner.” ...

In addition to the advanced research methods, FROGS participants were taught best practices for FAIR science publishing – the principles of making research Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. Through hands-on sessions, they learned techniques for data versioning, managing metadata, using open data repositories, and applying appropriate licensing. These skills enhance reproducibility and collaboration, ensuring data and findings are easily shared, accessed, and usable by others in the scientific community, meeting the evolving standards of journals and funding agencies...."