Dear colleagues, (with apologies for potential cross postings), We are looking forward to the lecture “More Open Science is not always the same as better science” by Prof. Dr. Nils Reiter (University of Cologne) as Open Science Network Bielefeld Summer Term Kick-Off on 20 May at 10 am. The lecture is part of the Lecture Series Data Science of the Bielefeld Center for Data Science (BiCDaS). Prof. Dr. Nils Reiter (Universität zu Köln) More Open Science is not always the same as better science Open Science — the move(ment) to make processes and results of scientific research accessible to everyone — has gained popularity in recent years, and the goal to employ “open science” can now be found in many proposals, statements and web pages. The talk aims at taking a critical perspective, highlighting areas in which open science may actually also have negative impact. This will be discussed in two aspects of contemporary research: peer review and large language model use. Different forms of openness can be discussed for (open) peer review, such as the anonymity of reviewers/authors, or the publication of review texts. Training of large language models is not possible without a huge amount of text, and open data makes this substantially easier. For both cases, the talk will highlight some of the negative “side effects”, and try to give some recommendations to avoid them. Open Science Semester Kick-off SoSe 2025 & BiCDaS Data Science Lecture Series When: 20 May 2025 10-12 hs Where: Hybrid X-E1-201 University Bielefeld or via Zoom Zoomlink: https://uni-bielefeld.zoom-x.de/j/62739019294?pwd=QJN0osQV9sazjw94iIoWjE8aWg...) What: Prof. Dr. Nils Reiter (University Cologne): More Open Science is not always the same as better science (Open Science Semester Kick-Off und Vortrag im Rahmen der Lecture Series Data Science) We are looking forward to a vivid discussion! Katharina Weiß, Nina Schönfelder und Berenike Herrmann prof. dr. berenike herrmann german literature | digital humanities bielefeld university | faculty of linguistics and literature universitaetsstraße 25 33615 bielefeld germany main building (UHG) U6, office 122 +49 (0)521 106-67194 personal homepage secretary: ms. andrea schrottenloher ([email protected]) office: main building (UHG) U6-135, phone: +49 (0)521 106-3702