Quote: “CoMSES Net provides a digital platform for sharing the model’s code and we want to make sure other scientists and computer modelers are aware of it,” added Barton, who helps direct CoMSES Net. “This is really a very critical time for us to share these models and work together to improve upon them.” See… Read More Clearinghouse of computer models ready to play a key role in fight against coronavirus

A crisis of trust is looming between scientists and society – it’s time to talk Helen Czerski Some quotes: We need to earn trust in the scientific system in a new way, one that is transparent and open and human. There is no way to escape the conclusion that rebuilding this foundation is going to… Read More Oldish Guardian article on trust between public and scientists

A new paper in the Lancet. A quote from this… We welcome the UK Government’s announcement that the modelling and data considered by its Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies will be published in the future. However, we request that the government urgently and openly shares the scientific evidence, data, and models it is using to… Read More The Lancet: Evidence informing the UK’s COVID-19 public health response must be transparent

This campaign argues that any model that is used to inform policy should be made public in all its detail (including full documentation and source code), so that other researchers can: download the full documentation download the source code with sufficient instructions to run and inspect it be able to change the code and run… Read More The Campaign for Democratically Accountable Modelling