Science and engineering are facing huge increases in data volumes and shifts toward more data-intensive work. The amount of data being produced is rapidly increasing with the development of new sensing and computer technologies, increasing use of computational simulation, and a move toward larger-scale and more interdisciplinary projects. Two workshops at CSCW will explore data-intensive collaboration from sociotechnical perspectives.
I’ve had 3 papers and 1 workshop accepted at the CSCW 2012 conference. I’m also a co-chair of the Videos program. See you in Seattle Bellevue! Papers: Bietz, M. J., Ferro, T., & Lee, C.… CSCW Here I Come!
Our special issue of CSCW has been published! I’m really excited about the six accepted papers. Special Issue: Sociotechnical Studies of Cyberinfrastructure and e-Research: Supporting Collaborative Research Guest Edited by Charlotte P. Lee, David Ribes,… Sociotechnical Studies of Cyberinfrastructure and e-Research
Over at /dev/culture, my friend Nat posted about Guitar Hero and learning the ukulele: It was pointed out to me by my brother that playing the guitar is a lot like playing a video game:… Guitars and Heros
A few recent posts from around the web have gotten me thinking about how the concerns of cyberinfrastructure play out in local laboratories: Jonathan Eisen, a biologist at UC Davis, posted on The Tree of… Local Cyberinfrastructure
I spend a lot of time in videoconference meetings. I live in San Diego, but I’m a post-doc in the CSC Lab at the University of Washington, and also have an appointment in the Institute… Lighting for videoconferencing
NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE! Call for Papers Special Issue of JCSCW Supporting Scientific Collaboration Through Cyberinfrastructure and e-Science Guest Editors: Charlotte P. Lee, David Ribes, Matthew Bietz , Marina Jirotka, and Helena Karasti Scientific collaboration using… EXTENDED DEADLINE! Special Issue of JCSCW
Facebook has been playing with their friend suggestion algorithms, and people are starting to notice. Last week FB suggested I become a friend with one of the participants in my research. I am pretty liberal… Facebook gets creepy
If you use Atlas.ti software, be careful when upgrading! Version 6 is not backward compatible. I really like Atlas.ti for qualitative analysis, but I pretty annoyed by my recent experience. I have a license which… Atlas.ti v.6 Warning
Scientific collaboration using cyberinfrastructure (CI), or e-Science, is forward facing. e-Science projects aim to support the collaboration of research communities, whether by facilitating distanced collaboration or sharing data and computational resources. The most ambitious e-Science projects are creating entirely novel scientific fields, anticipating and actively cultivating new scientific communities and practices. Such endeavors present original challenges to researchers in CSCW fields: questions of large-scale technology development, of supporting communities in addition to groups, and of long-term sustainability.