Karthik Ram
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{{short description|Data scientist}}
Karthik Ram is a research scientist at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science{{Cite journal|last=Gewin|first=Virginia|date=2016-01-06|title=Data sharing: An open mind on open data|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=529|issue=7584|pages=117–119|doi=10.1038/nj7584-117a|pmid=26744755|issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free}} and member of the Initiative for Global Change Biology{{Cite journal|title=.rprofile: Karthik Ram|url=https://ropensci.org/blog/2018/01/12/rprofile-karthik-ram/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=ropensci.org|doi=10.59350/98kva-09z75 |language=en |last1=O'Briant |first1=Kelly |date=January 12, 2018 }} at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for being the co-founder of rOpenSci. Ram's work focuses on global change, data science, and open research software.
Career
Ram received his PhD in Ecology and Evolution at University of California, Davis. After his PhD, he went on to hold a post-grad position at University of California, Santa Cruz before eventually moving to UC Berkeley. Currently, Karthik Ram is a research scientist at UC University of California, Berkeley for both the Berkeley Institute for Data Science and the Berkeley Initiative for Global Change Biology. His work aims to make it easier for scientists to produce reproducible research.{{Cite journal|last=Perkel|first=Jeffrey M.|date=2019-11-05|title=Make code accessible with these cloud services|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=575|issue=7781|pages=247–248|doi=10.1038/d41586-019-03366-x|pmid=31690867|bibcode=2019Natur.575..247P|doi-access=free}}
Projects
Ram co-created rOpenSci in 2011,{{Cite web|last1=Kintisch|first1=Eli|date=2014-06-10|title=Give, and It Will Be Given to You|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/give-and-it-will-be-given-you|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Science {{!}} AAAS|language=en}} and is currently the lead of the project. rOpenSci is non-profit with the goal of making data retrieval more accessible through open source R packages.{{Cite web|title=About us|url=https://ropensci.org/about/#team|access-date=2021-04-11|website=ropensci.org|language=en}} He also a member of the peer-review and editorial staff for the rOpenSci Software Review.{{Cite web|title=rOpenSci Software Peer Review|url=https://ropensci.org/software-review/|access-date=2021-04-11|website=ropensci.org|language=en}} Ram is the lead principal investigator for the URSSI (US Research Software Sustainability Institute).{{Cite web|date=2017-12-21|title=BIDS' Karthik Ram receives NSF award to design "US Research Software Sustainability Institute" (URSSI)|url=https://bids.berkeley.edu/news/karthik-ram-receives-nsf-award-design-us-research-software-sustainability-institute-urssi|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Berkeley Institute for Data Science|language=en}} Karthik Ram has been the lead of this project since its initial grant in December, 2017.{{Cite web|title=NSF Award Search: Award # 1743188 - SI2-S2I2 Conceptualization: Conceptualizing a US Research Software Sustainability Institute (URSSI)|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1743188|access-date=2021-05-13|website=www.nsf.gov|language=en}} Ram is a founding editor of the Journal of Open Source Software,{{Cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=Arfon M.|last2=Niemeyer|first2=Kyle E.|last3=Katz|first3=Daniel S.|last4=Barba|first4=Lorena A.|last5=Githinji|first5=George|last6=Gymrek|first6=Melissa|last7=Huff|first7=Kathryn D.|last8=Madan|first8=Christopher R.|last9=Mayes|first9=Abigail Cabunoc|last10=Moerman|first10=Kevin M.|last11=Prins|first11=Pjotr|date=2018-02-12|title=Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review|journal=PeerJ Computer Science|language=en|volume=4|pages=e147|doi=10.7717/peerj-cs.147|pmid=32704456|pmc=7340488|issn=2376-5992|doi-access=free}}{{Cite web|title=Better Scientific Software|url=https://bssw.io/blog_posts/a-community-of-practice-around-peer-review-for-long-term-research-software-sustainability|access-date=2021-05-20|website=bssw.io|language=en}} and an editorial board member of ReScience C{{Cite web|title=ReScience C|url=http://rescience.github.io/board/|access-date=2021-04-11|website=rescience.github.io}} and Research Ideas and Outcomes,{{Cite web|title=Advisory Board|url=https://riojournal.com/board/|access-date=2021-04-11|website=riojournal.com}} which are both academic journals focused on open research sustainability.
Awards
- Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science (2007){{Cite web|date=2017-10-12|title=Karthik Ram awarded 2017 Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science|url=https://bids.berkeley.edu/news/karthik-ram-awarded-2017-leamer-rosenthal-prizes-open-social-science|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Berkeley Institute for Data Science|language=en}}
- rOpenSci awarded $2.9M grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust{{Cite web|date=2015-11-19|title=rOpenSci Announces $2.9M Award from the Helmsley Charitable Trust|url=https://bids.berkeley.edu/news/ropensci-announces-29m-award-helmsley-charitable-trust|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Berkeley Institute for Data Science|language=en}}
Notable works
Among Ram's notable work are the following:
- Point of view: How open science helps researchers succeed{{Cite journal|last1=McKiernan|first1=Erin C|last2=Bourne|first2=Philip E|last3=Brown|first3=C Titus|last4=Buck|first4=Stuart|last5=Kenall|first5=Amye|last6=Lin|first6=Jennifer|last7=McDougall|first7=Damon|last8=Nosek|first8=Brian A|last9=Ram|first9=Karthik|last10=Soderberg|first10=Courtney K|last11=Spies|first11=Jeffrey R|date=2016-07-07|editor-last=Rodgers|editor-first=Peter|title=How open science helps researchers succeed|journal=eLife|volume=5|pages=e16800|doi=10.7554/eLife.16800|pmid=27387362|pmc=4973366|issn=2050-084X|doi-access=free}}
- Git can facilitate greater reproducibility and increased transparency in science{{Cite journal|last=Ram|first=Karthik|date=2013-02-28|title=Git can facilitate greater reproducibility and increased transparency in science|url= |journal=Source Code for Biology and Medicine|volume=8|issue=1|pages=7|doi=10.1186/1751-0473-8-7|issn=1751-0473|pmc=3639880|pmid=23448176 |doi-access=free }}
- Data carpentry: workshops to increase data literacy for researchers{{Cite journal|last1=Teal|first1=Tracy K.|author-link1=Tracy Teal|last2=Cranston|first2=Karen A.|last3=Lapp|first3=Hilmar|last4=White|first4=Ethan|last5=Wilson|first5=Greg|last6=Ram|first6=Karthik|last7=Pawlik|first7=Aleksandra|date=2015-02-18|title=Data Carpentry: Workshops to Increase Data Literacy for Researchers|url=http://ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/10.1.135|journal=International Journal of Digital Curation|language=en|volume=10|issue=1|pages=135–143|doi=10.2218/ijdc.v10i1.351|issn=1746-8256|doi-access=free}}
References
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