The National Survey of Academic Researchers (NSAR) is a longitudinal panel survey examining how professors at U.S. universities conduct their research.... Read more about National Survey of Academic Researchers (NSAR)

The Connectivity Map, a project within the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, LISH and the NIH Common Funds Library of Integrated Network-Based Cellular Signatures (LINCS), launched the Mechanisms of Action Prediction Contest in August 2020.... Read more about Mechanisms of Action (MoA) Prediction Contest

The Pinello Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, LISH, and 25+ other single cell labs across the world collaborated to execute the Single Cell Trajectory contest. Single cell trajectory inference methods are essential tools in the analysis of cellular dynamic processes. In the field, there are over 60 methods used for prediction... Read more about Single Cell Trajectory Contest

Led by LISH postdoctoral fellow Jacqueline Lane, this research paper explores how serendipitous encounters affected and even fostered innovation... Read more about Engineering Serendipity: The Role of Cognitive Similarity in Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Production

The goal of this 2018 challenge was to develop an optimized User Interface for the RFID Auto Logistics Management (REALM) software used to manage logistics onboard spacecraft. Based on specific requirements, the challenge looked for a solution that would address... Read more about REALM ISS RFID Localization Challenge

How do planes geolocate radio signals on the ground? This 2019 USSOCOM Geolocation challenge hoped to find an algorithm that could optimize the capability of a transmitter that develops and fields signals across the air, ground, and sea.... Read more about USSOCOM HF Geolocation Algorithm Challenge

This 2017 USSOCOM Urban 3D challenge sought an algorithm that could provide reliable, superimposed satellite images of buildings. Providing an orthorectified color image, Digital Surface Model (DSM), and Digital Terrain Model (DTM) for the geographic areas,... Read more about USSOCOM Urban 3D Challenge

This project aims to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic and policies such as social distancing are affecting scientists and their research. Using a large-scale survey,... Read more about Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Scientists’ Research

To better understand how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the global economy, LISH has launched The Age of AI project to conduct empirical research and statistical analysis of AI use by enterprises. Using a host of methodological activities... Read more about The Age of AI

This paper presents NASA’s experience using a Center of Excellence (CoE) to scale and sustain an open innovation program as an effective problem-solving tool and includes strategic management recommendations for other organizations based on lessons learned.... Read more about Sustaining Open Innovation Through a Center of Excellence

Despite its widespread use throughout myriad industries, the economic impact of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is poorly understood and poorly measured. Further, due to the decentralized nature of the OSS development process, security issues... Read more about Core Infrastructure Initiative

The goal of this series of NASA challenges was to create algorithms to train and control Robonaut 2—the first humanoid robot in space. Robonaut 2 is used on the International Space Station (ISS) to help perform dangerous or routine tasks instead of astronauts. Run in 2016, this particular challenge... Read more about Robonaut 2 Challenges