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Workshop on Research 2.0

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

A while back I posted links to some research on Web 2.0 tools and scientific collaboration. For anyone who might be interested, there is a Workshop on Research 2.0 offered as part of the next Conference on e-Social Science. The call for papers was recently posted, and abstracts are due on 15 May, 2008.
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Tags: Conference · Multi-disciplinary · Research

Social Media and Scientific Collaboration

April 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I saw an article posted to Slashdot yesterday about how scientists are using Web 2.0 tools to facilitate collaboration. The original piece, published in Scientific American, offers some food for thought around these parts. The article is pretty basic, but it covers several of the key pros and cons of using these technologies from the […]

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Tags: Multi-disciplinary · Research · Social Media · Technology

Interdisciplinary Communication

April 20th, 2008 · No Comments

I had the opportunity to chat with Michael Joroff of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning the other day, and we had an interesting conversation about the importance of being able to bridge boundaries between disciplines. He said the world has come to the point where the most successful people are multi-lingual - that is, […]

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Tags: Interdisciplinary · Multi-disciplinary · Sociology · Talks · Technology