The role of metrology in improving reproducibility
Channel: UK Reproducibility Network
Date: 13/10/2021

This is a recording of the UKRN online workshop "The role of metrology in improving reproducibility" held on Wednesday 6 October 2021.

0:25 Introduction to National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

7:30 The Measure of All Things, by Prof. Richard Brown, explains how metrology, the science of measurement, assures confidence in billions of physical measurements are made and used every day to support industry, trade, innovation and health – in fact just about all of human life – and how the system of measurements we rely on for physical measurements recently underwent fundamental change.

40:58 Reproducibility in Research & Development, by Prof. Ian Gilmore, focuses on the role of metrology in research and development.

1:10:50 Digital Approaches to Improve Reproducibility, by Louise Wright, gives a short overview of how digital approaches can help to improve reproducibility.

1:33:50 Q & A

Speakers:

Professor Richard Brown is the Head of Metrology at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

Professor Ian Gilmore is Head of Science at NPL.

Louise Wright is the Head of Digital Metrology and the Head of Science for Data Science at NPL.