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  • Idea: What impact will rising compute costs exert on open academic research?

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    GPU and large‑scale compute resource costs keep climbing. This creates barriers for researchers without access to wealthy lab budgets. How will growing compute expenses reshape the landscape of open academic research in the coming years?

    Nathan Phillips, Na Li and 86 others
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    • Small‑budget groups will be locked out of certain large‑scale experimental directions.

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      • More emphasis will shift toward lightweight algorithm and theoretical‑focused work.

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      • Thoughts on the increasing pressure to publish open data alongside papers

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        Many journals now encourage or require sharing underlying data. Open data improves reproducibility but also adds burden and raises privacy concerns. How should the community balance open‑data expectations against practical and ethical constraints?

        Martin, Alexander Baker and 13 others
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