I’m a data technologist and researcher, currently holding two roles at Harvard University, as the University Research Data Management Officer, with Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT), and the Chief Data Science and Technology Officer at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science. My career journey has included research in astrophysics, design and implementation of software for astronomical observations, development of learning and data management systems for education and biotechnologies, and now leading software platforms and tools for research data sharing and analysis, applied to all research fields.
What am I interested in? Open science to facilitate access and reuse of research data and code while preserving privacy, build software to enhance the quality and productivity of scientific outcomes, improve research data management, and establish data-centric multidisciplinary collaborations with the aid of technology and a human touch.
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Tweets from @mercecrosas
- #Dataverse Software 5.4 is here! Check out the release notes: t.co/ny2qwkETW1
- #PLOSCompBio: Ten simple rules for starting (and sustaining) an academic data science initiative t.co/TeOLBmqc1c
- Our new, updated, & redesigned OpenDP website: Open source privacy based on novel methods that make it possible to create public good from data while ensuring individuals who could be in the data cannot be identified t.co/TbzvRvL3Va
- A large-scale study on research code quality and execution (using #RStats) t.co/leavypKWWs Truly terrific paper by @atrisovic / Lau / @tfjmp / @mercecrosas There is so much to like and so many insights presented in the paper, it's hard to pick anything here 1/