Simon Porter
Simon Porter is VP of Research Futures at Digital Science. He has forged a career transforming university practices in how data about research is used, both from administrative and eResearch perspectives. As well as making key contributions to research information visualization, he is well known for his advocacy of Research Profiling Systems and their capability to create new opportunities for researchers.
Simon came to Digital Science from the University of Melbourne, where he worked for 15 years in roles spanning the Library, Research Administration, and Information Technology.
Articles by Simon Porter
Presenting: Research Transformation: Change in the era of AI, open and impact
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Community Engagement
Open Research
Research Evaluation
Research Futures
Research Integrity
Mark Hahnel and Simon Porter introduce Digital Science's new report as part of our ongoing investigation into Research Transformation: Change in the era of AI, open and impact.
Welcome to… Research Transformation!
Transformation via and within research is a constant in our lives. But with AI, we now stand at a point where research (and many other aspects of our working life) will be transformed in a monumental way. As such, we are taking this moment to reflect on the activity of Research Transformation itself, and celebrating the art of change. Our campaign will show how research data can be transformed into actionable insights, how the changing role of research is affecting both those in academia and industry, and exploring innovative ways to make research more open, inclusive and collaborative, for all – especially for those beyond the walls of academia.
The Barcelona Declaration… exploring our responsibilities as metadata consumers
The Barcelona Declaration is perhaps the first document to begin to frame community responsibility with regards to consuming open metadata. Yet, it is just that, a beginning - we believe that understanding with granular detail what should be expected from each part of our ecosystem is critical in making Barcelona actionable, to drive us forward into a more open data landscape. Let's begin the conversation...
Launching a new way to interact with scientific content on OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform
Digital Science releases its first custom GPT on OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform - Dimensions Research GPT - as a free version based on Open Access content and an enterprise version calling on all the diverse content types in Dimensions from publications, grants, patents and clinical trials. In alignment with our goals to be responsible about the AIs that we introduce, we explore some of the steps that we’ve taken in its development, explain our key principles in developing these tools, and make the context of these tools clear for the community that we intend them to serve.
Reproducibility and Research Integrity top UK research agenda
Digital Science reflections on The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee report on Reproducibility and Research Integrity.
The new Reproducibility and Research Integrity report released by The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee is a timely reminder that Digital Science plays a critical role in supporting research integrity and reproducibility across the sector globally. The following is our response to the report’s findings.
Our new avenue for interesting things
Welcome to Digital Science TL;DR, our new avenue for interesting things!
We bring you short, sharp insights into what’s going on across the Digital Science group; both through our in-house experts and in conversation with amazing people from the community. And we’ll keep it brief!
