I've been watching the Octopus project from a distance (here and here) for a while now. It's an unusual approach to open research that disaggregates the research process and pools each step into a common data repository. This latest development is a little surprising and yet also smart in some ways. By integrating with with the Areas of Research Interest (ARI) database and "presenting the ARIs as research problems," researchers can "formulate ideas and theories directly linked to government priorities."
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