[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv id=\u0022republish_modal_form\u0022\u003E\u003Cform class=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form ecl-form\u0022 data-drupal-selector=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 action=\u0022\/en\/article\/modal\/6966\u0022 method=\u0022post\u0022 id=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 accept-charset=\u0022UTF-8\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHorizon articles can be republished for free under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EYou must give appropriate credit. We ask you to do this by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 1) Using the original journalist\u0027s byline\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 2) Linking back to our original story\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 3) Using the following text in the footer: This article was originally published in \u003Ca href=\u0027#\u0027\u003EHorizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003ESee our full republication guidelines \u003Ca href=\u0027\/horizon-magazine\/republish-our-stories\u0027\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EHTML for this article, including the attribution and page view counter, is below:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textarea form-item-body-content js-form-item-body-content ecl-form-group ecl-form-group--text-area form-no-label ecl-u-mv-m\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \u003Ctextarea data-drupal-selector=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 aria-describedby=\u0022edit-body-content--description\u0022 id=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 name=\u0022body_content\u0022 rows=\u00225\u0022 cols=\u002260\u0022 class=\u0022form-textarea ecl-text-area\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EDigital \u2018coffeehouse\u2019 to spark new scientific ideas now ready for use\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is part of the EU\u2019s vision for an open-border, cross-disciplinary, digital future for science. \u2018Science should have no borders,\u2019 said Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, in a video message.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMoedas likened the EOSC to 16\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E-century English coffeehouses where the coming together of people of different backgrounds sparked new ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Today marks the beginning of Europe\u2019s new architecture for the strength of ideas, of a common platform for research data,\u2019 he said, He added that the portal, which joins up existing infrastructures under one umbrella platform, would free up time for\u0026nbsp;more research, crucially link up data across disciplines and change the culture of research and science. \u2018The cloud represents open science at its best,\u2019 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe idea of the EOSC, which can be viewed at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eosc-portal.eu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003Eeosc-portal.eu\u003C\/a\u003E, is to\u0026nbsp;make publicly funded research data open for anyone to investigate and use. The portal launched in Vienna will now undergo further refinement as scientists begin to use the system before it becomes fully\u0026nbsp;operational in 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJean-Eric Paquet, the EU\u2019s Director-General for Research and Innovation, said at a press conference before the launch that for the 1.7 million active researchers who share and generate data in Europe today, no tool until now has allowed them to share and reuse data across member states, institutions and disciplines. \u2018(EOSC) will make much more efficient science, but also I think much better science,\u2019 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe portal, two years in the making, is now ready for scientific communities to take the reins, get scientists involved and develop it, Paquet said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018It is a work in progress, and so scientific communities need to help us get it right,\u2019 he said. \u2018We have a very good framework, which is called a FAIR framework (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable), about what type of data we want in the cloud.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESilver-cheeked toadfish\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the last couple of years, various small-scale \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eoscpilot.eu\/science-demonstrator-topics\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003Eprojects\u003C\/a\u003E, known as science demonstrators, have already been using the prototype EOSC with the aim of testing the portal or coming up with tools or services. Dr Gianpaolo Coro, a researcher at the National Research Council of Italy in Pisa, used it to see where the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg23731602-700-invasive-toxic-pufferfish-causes-havoc-in-european-waters\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003Esilver-cheeked toadfish\u003C\/a\u003E, a toxic, invasive pufferfish wreaking havoc on fisheries in the Mediterranean \u2013 and whose spread is fostered by climate change and the Suez Canal expansion \u2013 would go next.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022tw-text-center tw-text-blue tw-font-bold tw-text-2xl lg:tw-w-1\/2 tw-border-2 tw-border-blue tw-p-12 tw-my-8 lg:tw-m-12 lg:tw--ml-16 tw-float-left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022tw-text-5xl tw-rotate-180\u0022\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022tw-font-serif tw-italic\u0022\u003E\u2018EOSC should have the WhatsApp effect. What is the WhatsApp effect? That everybody uses it. Nobody asks why I have to use it.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cfooter\u003E\n \u003Ccite class=\u0022tw-not-italic tw-font-normal tw-text-sm tw-text-black\u0022\u003EDr Eva M\u00e9ndez, Associate Professor, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain\u003C\/cite\u003E\n \u003C\/footer\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing about seven tools on EOSC to retrieve and run datasets, including information from the EU\u2019s Copernicus Earth observation programme on climate and observations of the pufferfish in its natural habitat, Dr Coro was able to determine that it will likely enter the Black Sea through the Bosporus in the next five years. He estimates that without these tools it could have taken one year, much of it spent on collecting and preparing data, to get these \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/services.d4science.org\/group\/alienandinvasivespecies\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003Eresults\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShaun de Witt from the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, the UK\u2019s national laboratory for fusion research, agrees that speed is a major advantage of EOSC and will revolutionise the way that the next generation of scientists conduct research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018They\u0026nbsp;will be able to access data and understand data in days as opposed to years. Now, really understanding some of the data takes so long that you\u0027re halfway through your career before you can make a useful contribution.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDe Witt has been working to determine whether EOSC resources can be used in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iter.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003EITER\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;project \u2013 the world\u2019s biggest fusion reactor presently being built in the south of France. For fusion researchers, simulations or models that take months or weeks to run on a local supercomputer can take just a matter of days through EOSC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis work has included developing \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eoscpilot.eu\/prominence-hpcaas-fusion\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003EProminence\u003C\/a\u003E, a cloud computing software that can handle the huge computation needs of fusion researchers. \u2018(ITER) is going to pose a major data challenge,\u2019 de Witt said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis team is now readying their tool for the EOSC\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/marketplace.eosc-portal.eu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003Emarketplace\u003C\/a\u003E section, where researchers can request that their data is processed using particular tools and services and track the status of their order like you would on Amazon. De Witt said the marketplace is currently probably too complex to use but is optimistic that it will evolve to become more user-friendly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ciframe src=\u0022https:\/\/europa.eu\/webtools\/crs\/iframe\/?oriurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FeNSXL_xFRUY\u0022 width=\u0022560\u0022 height=\u0022315\u0022 frameborder=\u00220\u0022 allowfullscreen=\u0022allowfullscreen\u0022\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA simulation of the UK\u0027s nuclear fusion reactor generated through the European Open Science Cloud\u0026nbsp;will\u0026nbsp;feed into the design of ITER.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhatsApp effect\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome participants said ease of use is one of the niggles still to iron out before the EOSC becomes a go-to tool for researchers. Dr Eva M\u00e9ndez, chair of the European Open Science Policy Platform and associate professor at University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain, said: \u2018EOSC should have the WhatsApp effect. What is the WhatsApp effect? That everybody uses it. Nobody asks why I have to use it.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther implementation challenges voiced by speakers, scientists and data experts that Horizon spoke to include transparency, convincing universities about the value of research data and the portal, training researchers, getting the word out and putting into real, tangible terms what is for many just a vague acronym.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHilary Hanahoe, secretary general at the Research Data Alliance, a grassroots, international forum working on best practices - social and technical - for data sharing and reuse, says trust and being inclusive of researchers are critical issues. \u2018The best practice in that is allowing people to have a voice,\u2019 she said, adding that there\u2019s a need for bottom-up consensus-building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Dr M\u00e9ndez, the virtual portal is a way of making publicly funded research transparent but also gives regular people the chance to engage with the data. She says scientists often assume a regular person won\u2019t understand their data. But, she suggests,\u0026nbsp;if you have an \u2018extreme motivation\u2019, such as a loved one who has cancer, you want more than just Google.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Even if I\u2019m not a researcher, I\u2019m just a motivated citizen, I should have access to the results of the money that the European Commission or whatever is the funder puts to that research,\u2019 she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe research in this article was funded by the EU. 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