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Papers by Alejandro Posada

Connecting the Knowledge Commons — From Projects to Sustainable Infrastructure

Expanding Perspectives on Open Science: Communities, Cultures and Diversity in Concepts and Practices, 2018

Contextualizing Openness offers a fascinating look at Open Science and the democratization of kno... more Contextualizing Openness offers a fascinating look at Open Science and the democratization of knowledge in international development and social transformation with a focus on the Global South. This volume presents contributions from the 12 projects that form the Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network (OCSDNet) organized around four central themes: Defining Open Science in Development, Governing Open Science, Negotiating Open Science, and Expanding Open Science for Social Transformation. Chan, L., Okune, A., Hillyer, R., Albornoz, D., & Posada, A. (Eds.). (2019). Contextualizing Openness: Situating Open Science. University of Ottawa Press. https://www.idrc.ca/en/book/contextualizing-openness-situating-open-science

The poster, presented at the ELPUB2017 Conference in Cyprus, depicts the process through which th... more The poster, presented at the ELPUB2017 Conference in Cyprus, depicts the process through which the OCSDNet Manifesto was constructed, and the rationale behind the process. Graphics by Giulia Forsythe

The Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network (OCSDNet) is an international ... more The Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network (OCSDNet) is an international research network, launched in 2014, to address the fundamental question of whether and how open science has the potential to contribute to the achievement of development goals and opportunities. Facilitated by a coordination team from the University of Toronto and iHub Kenya, the network has been composed of twelve international research teams located throughout Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia from highly diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Over the course of two years, each team explored the challenges and opportunities for an open and collaborative science, and the potential of open science to facilitate fair and sustainable development. In this final progress report, the coordination team synthesizes insights and lessons learned following an analysis of the 12 sub-projects. Over th...

In this interim report, we provide updates on major developments within OCSDNet since our last an... more In this interim report, we provide updates on major developments within OCSDNet since our last annual technical report, submitted to IDRC in June 2016. Rather than duplicating the more detailed and structured format of the annual report, we are highlighting the key initiatives and their progress, and point to future directions of these developments. The key headings that follow indicate the areas of most intense development and the results that are emerging. We conclude with observations on gaps in our research and how we plan to address them

The Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network (OCSDNet), funded by IDRC and DFID from... more The Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network (OCSDNet), funded by IDRC and DFID from 2014-2017, had the key objective of gathering evidence to better understand how and whether an open and collaborative approach to scientific knowledge production could contribute to development outcomes across a variety of social, economic and political contexts. As OCSDNet began to develop a more comprehensive framework of OCS, we came to realize that much of the groundwork looking at inclusive science practices and theory has been laid by other scholars in a variety of fields, especially feminist postcolonial technoscience scholars. With OCSDNet coming to a close in its current configuration, it was timely to bring a small subset of scholars and practitioners together to discuss what can be set in motion through situated feminist open science projects in diverse global contexts. The following report highlights the proceedings of the two-day workshop which took place from June 20-21 im...

What is open science and under what conditions could it contribute towards addressing persistent ... more What is open science and under what conditions could it contribute towards addressing persistent development challenges? How could we re-imagine and enrich open science so that it is inclusive of local realities and a diversity of knowledge traditions? These are some of the questions that the Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network (OCSDNet) is attempting to answer. In this paper, we provide the rationale and principles underlying OCSDnet, the conceptual and methodological frameworks guiding the research, and preliminary findings from the network’s twelve globally diverse research projects. Instead of a “one-size-fits-all” approach to open science, our findings suggest that it is important to take into account the local dynamics and power structures that affect the ways in which individuals tend to collaborate (or not) within particular contexts. Despite the on-going resistance of powerful actors towards new forms of creating and sharing diverse knowledge, concluding e...

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The OCSDNet Manifesto is a result of one year of participatory consultations and debates amongst ... more The OCSDNet Manifesto is a result of one year of participatory consultations and debates amongst members of the ‘Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network’ (OCSDNet), a network of 12 researchpractitioner teams from Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Through research projects grounded in diverse regions and disciplines, OCSDNet members explore the scope of Open Science as a transformative tool for development thinking and practice and offer the ‘Open and Collaborative Science Manifesto’ as a foundation upon which to reclaim the mainstream narrative about what Open Science means and how it can realise a more inclusive science in development. This paper describes the mechanisms used for collaboration and consensus building, and explores the ways in which the process of building this document serves as a case study for the opportunities and limitations of integrating collaboration, opportunities for participation and openness into research activities.

Una interfaz cerebro-computador (ICC) es un sistema de comunicacion que permite generar una senal... more Una interfaz cerebro-computador (ICC) es un sistema de comunicacion que permite generar una senal de control a partir de senales cerebrales como los ritmos sensorimotores y los potenciales evocados y, por consiguiente, constituye una alternativa novedosa de comunicacion para personas con discapacidad motora seria (como aquellas que padecen esclerosis lateral amiotrofica, ELA). Este proyecto propone el desarrollo de un prototipo de ICC basado en el registro de potenciales evocados cognitivos P-300 mediante electroencefalografia. El prototipo usa un electroencefalografo de seis canales para la adquisicion de las senales, y por medio de una matriz de estimulacion visual que contiene las letras del abecedario e iconos asociados a ellas permite que el usuario escriba palabras o elabore mensajes con los iconos. Para procesar las senales (filtracion, diezmado, entre otros) se utilizaron los programas BCI2000 y MATLAB 7.0. Este ultimo se empleo para programar tres algoritmos lineales de tra...

22nd International Conference on Electronic Publishing, 2018

45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2007

Wingtip vortex reductions have been obtained by Boundary Layer Control application to an AR=1.5 r... more Wingtip vortex reductions have been obtained by Boundary Layer Control application to an AR=1.5 rectangular wing using a NACA 0012 airfoil. If wingtip shed vorticity could be reduced significantly, then so would induced drag resulting in improved cruise fuel economy. Power savings would be even more impressive at low flight speed or in climb. A two dimensional wing produces lift without wingtip vorticity. Its bound vorticity, Γ,

2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009

A Brain-Computer interface (BCI) is a communication system that enables the generation of a contr... more A Brain-Computer interface (BCI) is a communication system that enables the generation of a control signal from brain signals such as sensorymotor rhythms and evoked potentials; therefore, it constitutes a novel communication option for people with severe motor disabilities (such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients). This paper presents the development of a P300-based BCI. This prototype uses a homemade six-channel electroencephalograph for the acquisition of the signals, and a visual stimulation matrix; since this matrix contains letters of the alphabet as well as images associated to them, it permits word-writing and the elaboration of messages with the images. To process the signals the software BCI2000 and MATLAB 7.0 were used. The latter was used to program three linear translation algorithms (Stepwise Linear Discriminant Analysis, Lineal Discriminant Analysis and Least Squares) to convert the brain signals into communication signals. These algorithms had a classification accuracy of 90.73 %, 95.75 % and 89.45 % respectively, when using raw data; and of 90.78%, 49.48 % and 53.9 %, when data was previously common-average filtered. The experimental setup was tested in ten healthy volunteers; 5 of them got a 100% success, 1 a 90% success, 2 an around 70% success and 2 a 50% success, in the online free-spelling tests.

SAE Technical Paper Series, 2005

Abstract Circulation Control (CC) by blowing over a rounded Coanda surface is capable of generati... more Abstract Circulation Control (CC) by blowing over a rounded Coanda surface is capable of generating large lift forces while entraining the surrounding fluid. Its concept originates with Davidson in his 1960 British patent application. Within the sixties, CC was actively ...

Clinical Imaging, 2006

A case of Little Leaguer's shoulder (LLS) in a 12-year-old male is presented. Classically, LLS is... more A case of Little Leaguer's shoulder (LLS) in a 12-year-old male is presented. Classically, LLS is an overuse injury affecting adolescent pitchers. The diagnosis is the result of a thorough history, physical examination, and radiographic evaluation. Clinicians unfamiliar with LLS may fail to detect this injury and order a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study without radiographs. The objective of this case report is to help radiologists become more familiar with the MRI and radiographic findings of LLS.