Academic research practices have remained virtually identical in its conduct and organization over the last few decades. Disparate groups of researchers work on ideas, projects and inventions in isolated clusters, with little sharing of information and synergies from collaboration. However a new shift in paradigm is not only changing how researchers collaborate, but changing the [...]
Forums have become a ubiquitious part of websites in the new Web 2.0 world. Forums allow an exchange of information in a less formal setting than journals and magazines and even allow lurkers to visit and learn from the exchanges that take place. However, very few interdisciplinary forums currently exist. If one were to take [...]
As we move out of 2008 and into 2009, it is always comforting to have an entire New Year stretch out ahead. While we always have carry-overs from the previous year, there is something empowering about starting out on January 01, with 365 new days to fill with whatever we like or can. Those of [...]
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Title: “E-Research Collaboration: Frameworks, Tools and Techniques”
Co-Editors:
Murugan Anandarajan, Ph.D., Drexel University, ma33@drexel.edu
Asokan Anandarajan, Ph.D.,New Jersey Institute of Technology, asokan.anandarajan@njit.edu
Publisher: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg
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FOCUS OF THIS BOOK
E-Research Collaboration can be defined as the use of information communication technologies which enable the collaboration among individuals/group engaged in a research project. These technologies can range from email [...]
What is the better research model - individual scientists working alone or large research groups? Would it surprise anyone if the answer lay somewhere in the middle? As reported in a recent press release, “According to a novel theory by a Duke University engineer, the optimum situation appears to be a balance between the “many” [...]
