Orvium

About Orvium

Problem Overview

The scientific publishing industry is one of the most profitable in the world. The top five publishers account for 50% to 70% of all publications, and their profit margins have been reported to exceed those of companies such as Google, Amazon and Apple. In 2015, the global market for scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publications was an estimated $25 billion.

In contrast to any other publishing industry, private scientific publishers have pushed the publication efforts and costs to the research community. Scientific publishers have created an awkward triple-pay system: (1) governments fund most of the research, (2) volunteer scientists—usually paid by the government or research institutes—review the work, and (3) publishers sell the product back to governmental institutions and universities. 

Scientists and research institutions regularly criticize this outrageous economic model, which compromises the dissemination and growth of scientific knowledge, a process responsible for some of the most revolutionary changes in human history.

Orvium Mission

Orvium works to eliminate market inefficiencies and improve the quality and effectiveness of scientific publishing. The ultimate objective is for Orvium to be the leading publication platform for the research community while returning the benefits of science to the society. 

Orvium Solution

Orvium leverages a unique and seamless integration of cutting-edge technologies: Ethereum blockchain and smart contracts, decentralized storage solutions, big data analytics, and cloud computing, to create a platform to process, validate, and disseminate research data and results.

The Orvium platform is characterized by the following:

• Instantaneous proof-of-existence. Manuscripts are available from the moment they are submitted to Orvium.

• Copyright and licenses are owned and transferable by authors. Authors retain control of their work and its potential economic benefits.

• Optimal publication and access costs. The prices are not influenced by monopolistic or oligopolistic market structures.

• Efficient framework to create decentralized journals with low maintenance and operational costs.

• Seamless integration between research data and results.

• Continuous and transparent peer reviews. The research community is empowered to publicly   determine the validity and soundness of the research.

• Public recognition and economic reward for peer reviewers.

• Journal subscription freedom. No journal subscription model is enforced.

• Accommodates gray literature and its validation.

• Transparent calculation of quality metrics such as impact factor and peer review quality.

• Eliminates current “predatory” practices and conflicts regarding plagiarism, idea ownership and     registration.

• Social platform.

About Manuel Martin:

Manuel Martin, Orvium Co-founder, Senior Project Leader and Blockchain Expert, has extensive experience in data analytics, management, and engineering. Throughout his career, he has focused on supporting large scientific collaborations through technology innovation at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). He has led critical data management, big data, and artificial intelligence initiatives for improving the operations of CERN’s Large Hadron Colliders. 

Martin is a member of the Distributed Computational Intelligence and Time Series Labs (University of Granada) and the CERN-openlab. Prior to co-founding Orvium, he gained experience working and collaborating with NASA-JPL; Fermilab, a U.S. Dept. of Energy laboratory; and GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, funded by the German Federal Government.

 Martin has also participated as a guest lecturer for the Executive program at ESADE business school and has advised a number of industry-leading companies such as Oracle, BMW, Caixa, Gassco, Eni, and UPS.

About Antonio Romero:

Antonio Romero, Orvium Co-founder and Technology Solution Architect, has 13 years of professional experience designing and implementing data-oriented solutions and distributed architectures. Romero has led several big data and machine learning projects for the R&D partnerships between CERN and multiple leading ICT companies.

 His work accelerating cutting-edge predictive maintenance and machine learning solutions has fuelled ground-breaking operations and optimizations at the CERN accelerator complex. Throughout his career, Romero has collaborated with a range of world-class institutions such as Fermilab, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, and European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).

About Roberto Rabasco:

Roberto Rabasco, Orvium Co-founder and Application and Cloud Technology Expert, has more than ten years of experience working in software development and engineering. Working in the private sector for companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Just Eat, and Asos Ltd., Rabasco developed the skills necessary for leading, designing, and developing high-availability software solutions.

 A decentralized technologies advocate, Rabasco is passionate about developing innovative and creative solutions to problems. He enjoys being part of, as well as leading, successful and productive teams, and built his own software house in 2016, as well as co-founding an app designed to help people reduce household food waste. He holds university degrees in Computing Engineering and Information Management.

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