Questions about data are common to many of the specialized interest groups within the ACA, whether focused on biological or small molecule X-ray crystallography, neutron or electron diffraction, or cryoEM. The articles below discuss current data challenges and include contributions from researchers at light sources, public data archives, and computational methods groups. These articles aim to address several important questions including: How are big data experiments enabling new science? What do we expect from a good detector? Which data should be saved, and which thrown away? How much of the data should be shared? Can my peers reproduce the results? Are the journals and databases serving present needs? What could beamlines do differently? What misconceptions have you noticed?
Guest Editors: Nicholas Sauter, John Rose, and Talapady Bhat
