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Summary
Researchers and their teams routinely write code to clean, process, and analyze data. However, they often do not have the time and resources to easily share their code with the broader research community. The Mobile Technologies Core provides technical support to researchers to generalize code and write technical documentation for using the code. This service enables researchers to share high quality open-source code with the research community.
Project Criteria
- Code is being used in research.
- Code solves a common challenge faced by U-M researchers and can be used by other researchers with minimal customization.
- Code is written in R, Python, JavaScript, SQL, or other language commonly used by researchers.
- Reduces barriers to utilizing wearable- or mobile-derived data in health research.
- Can be directly related to wearable or mobile data or solve a problem created by utilizing wearable and mobile devices in research.
- Reduces the cost of research, including by reducing staff time.
- Technology and tools required must be free or common among researchers.
- Researcher agrees to share the code in the EFDC GitHub under an open source license, and to use a DOI number for citation tracking. (We take care of both).
Outputs
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Reviewing and testing of code.
- Published code repository with a DOI number for tracking citations.
- Technical documentation enabling other researchers to use the code.
- Sample results and/or live demo.
- Database template and data dictionary, as appropriate.
- Possible additional outputs will be evaluated on a project-by-project basis.
- R Shiny App
- Cope duplicated in Python or other language commonly used by research community.
Benefits of Sharing Code in EDFC GitHub
- The Mobile Technologies Team works closely with U-M Fast Forward Innovation to ensure appropriate copyright licensing is in place.
- All code has a DOI number and a Read Me file with instructions for referencing DOI number in publications providing researchers a way to increase citations of their work.
- The code repository is set up to reduce questions going to the research team.
- PI and research team are credited as authors.
- The EFDC GitHub is linked to the EFDC Knowledge Base, which is used for code related documentation. This increases the findability of the code by search engines.
About the Author
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As the Mobile Technologies Core Manager at the University of Michigan’s Eisenberg Family Depression Center, Victoria Bennett helps investigators navigate the university’s robust resources while perpetually looking for opportunities to curate new resources. She aims to reduce friction for investigators who wish to utilize mobile technologies in health research. Drawing from her extensive experience with entrepreneurship, Victoria applies an entrepreneurial mindset to create efficient systems, improving operational effectiveness and impact.
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