class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # Collaboration and teamwork in research ## Reproducibility working in teams --- layout: true <div class="my-footer"> <span> <img src="../images/dda_logo.png" alt="Danish Diabetes Academy", width="90"> <img src="../images/SDCA_logo.png" alt="Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus", width="55"> <img src="../images/au_logo_black.png" alt="Aarhus University", width="140"> </span> </div> --- ## What is collaboration? - Multiple people working on the same problem and exchanging ideas - People pooling expertise, time and resources to achieve a common goal For example: .pull-left[ - Two researchers jointly writing a paper - Several labs working on a problem together - Multi-site clinical studies in several countries ] --- ## What is collaboration? - Multiple people working on the same problem and exchanging ideas - People pooling expertise, time and resources to achieve a common goal For example: .pull-left[ - Two researchers jointly writing a paper - Several labs working on a problem together - Multi-site clinical studies in several countries --- Collaboration can be organised at different levels: - Individuals - Departments - Institutions - Countries ] .pull-right[ <img src="../images/LHC.jpg" width="80%" height="80%" /> ] .footnote[[Image from CERN](https://cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-EX-0510029-03).] --- ## Why collaborate? - Sharing and discussing different perspectives and ideas leads to solutions more rapidly - Large undertakings require a joint effort: Many hands make light work - Teams with the best mix of competences - Access to specific material, equipment or know-how - Some projects need geographic distribution or capacity of parallel sites - Collaborations publish more and get more citations - Working together can be more motivating than solitary work --- ## Collaboration is widespread .center[ <img src="../images/Resnet4.png" width="80%" height="80%" /> ] .footnote[Image source from [here](http://olihb.com/2014/08/11/map-of-scientific-collaboration-redux/).] --- ## Collaboration is widespread .center[ <img src="../images/Resnet3.png" width="75%" height="75%" /> ] .footnote[Image source from [here](http://olihb.com/2014/08/11/map-of-scientific-collaboration-redux/).] --- ## Collaboration in the research workflow .center[ <img src="../images/collaboration_cycle.png" width="60%" height="60%" /> ] .footnote[[Tellioglu, Hilda. (2008). Collaboration life cycle. 357 - 366. 10.1109/CTS.2008.4543951. ](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4543951?arnumber=4543951).] --- ## Collaboration is based on agreement Agreement is needed on: - Goals - Participants, their roles and responsibilities - Timing and deadlines - Commitment of time and resources - Expectations on quality - Data sharing, ownership, access - Intellectual property rights - Publication of results and authorships --- ## Collaboration is based on agreement Agreement is needed on: - Goals - Participants, their roles and responsibilities - Timing and deadlines - Commitment of time and resources - Expectations on quality - Data sharing, ownership, access - Intellectual property rights - Publication of results and authorships ==> **Need to communicate clearly about these issues** ==> **Need to clearly document agreements and expectations** --- ## Collaboration in the research workflow .center[ <img src="../images/collaboration_cycle.png" width="60%" height="60%" /> ] .footnote[[Tellioglu, Hilda. (2008). Collaboration life cycle. 357 - 366. 10.1109/CTS.2008.4543951. ](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4543951?arnumber=4543951).] --- ## Collaboration in the research workflow .center[ <img src="../images/workflow.png" width="70%" height="70%" /> ] .footnote[[Diagram by Pilip Guo](https://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/169199-data-science-workflow-overview-and-challenges/fulltext).] --- ## Collaboration in the research workflow .center[ <img src="../images/datacycle.png" width="70%" height="70%" /> ] .footnote[[Diagram Source](https://data.library.virginia.edu/data-management/lifecycle/).] --- ## Summary - Collaboration is central to modern science - Enormous variation in scale and scope - Central point: efficient coordination - Central tools: good communication and structured documentation --- ## Questions?