Events

Towards an Open-Source Instrumentation Development Model for Marine Geosciences 

Speakers: Jérémy Baudry, Dany Dumont, David Deslauriers 

Monday, February 28 from 14:00 to 16:00

Room Mohammed-El Sabh, ISMER (P-210) - Room capacity: 21 participants 

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Abstract:   

Our understanding of the marine environment is based on an increasing number of observations made possible by technological innovations in instrumentation. These instruments are mostly designed and distributed according to a commercial approach, which in many ways hinders academic research.  

Already well known in the field of computer science, the Open Source movement has been extended over the last ten years to physical objects. This development model, which aims at free access and free redistribution of technologies, offers important advantages for academic research, both in terms of innovation and teaching.  

After a presentation on the concepts of Open Hardware development and some examples of instrument design at ISMER, participants will be invited to a discussion on the means that can be put in place at UQAR to encourage the design of open-source instruments adapted to the study of the marine environment. 

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