GCRI · Labs
Experiments
Labs is the platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) for interdisciplinary experiments, technical research, methods and supervised innovation challenges. This page lists experiments once each has been authorised: a reviewed protocol, a named principal investigator, the safeguards that apply and a plan for making the result reproducible. No experiment is shown until its record exists. Information and enquiries are open today.
The workspace for experiments.
Testbed operations
Experiments · Field lab coast · Campaign 5 · Example interface, not a record
Sensor deployment
illustrative coastline
Sensors
| S-01 tide | 91 | 0.1 | Nominal |
| S-04 salinity | 90 | 0.7 | Recalibrate |
| S-07 wave | 91 | 0.1 | Nominal |
Sensor vs reference
Labs · Testbed operations. Testbed operations: example names and illustrative values, not a record.
An experiment is listed only once it is authorised.
A reviewed protocol
Question, hypothesis, method, inputs, controls, evaluation and safety, written before any run, as set out under protocols and research design.
A named investigator
The principal investigator, the supervising institution and the reviewers, with their declared conflicts.
Safeguards in force
Ethics review where people are involved, data permissions, site safety and stop conditions.
A completed run is not a valid result.
In the design of the Labs system in Foundry, the protocol and each run are recorded separately: the protocol says what should happen, the run records what actually executed, with the environment, data cut and code version. Reproduction attempts are recorded with their outcome. A run can finish without producing a valid result, and the record says so. See the NXS-LAB (research, experiments and simulations) for the technical model.
No experiment is listed yet.
Experiments appear here once authorised and once their investigators agree to publication. Some experiments are not listed publicly because their data or sites are restricted; their results can still be published on published evidence when released.
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Authorised | Protocol reviewed, safeguards in place; runs may start |
| Running | Runs under way and recorded |
| Under review | Results being reproduced and independently reviewed |
| Concluded | Result accepted, rejected or inconclusive, and recorded |
| Stopped | Halted by a stop condition or a safeguard, with reasons |
Safeguards that apply to every experiment.
- Experiments involving people follow the human subjects rules on the protocols page.
- Experiments never touch live operational systems, warnings or funds.
- Agents may assist, but their actions are attributed and remain assertions until reviewed.
- Concerns can be raised by anyone at the integrity concern form.
Questions and answers.
Can I propose an experiment?
Who funds experiments?
Are experiments run in Foundry?
What happens if an experiment fails?
Can an experiment be stopped by someone outside the team?
Bring a method, a dataset or a question.
Information and enquiries are open today. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.
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