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of Pittsburgh of Maryland
Finally, I'm sorry to say that the paper is written in a very bland, boring manner. It is filled with "tion" words and passive voice. Nothing happens in this paper!
Reviewer 1, Schleyer et al.., Conceptualizing and advancing research networking systems. ACM TOCHI, in print
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$12m VIVO grant award high rate of academic and industry innovation (look around)
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Definition
Research Networking Systems (RNS) are systems which support individual researchers efforts to form and maintain optimal collaborative relationships for conducting productive research within a specific context.
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Foundations
project-, institution- and discipline-specific motivational factors the role of social networks Impression formation based on information beyond expertise and interest
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Presentation
representing expertise in a comprehensive and up-to-date manner role of controlled vocabularies and folksonomies tension between seekers need and collaborators privacy serendipitous discovery of collaboration opportunities
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Architecture
information aggregation and synthesis from multiple sources research networking system interoperability integration with users workflow
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Evaluation
assessment of collaboration decisions measurement of user-specific costs and benefits large-scale impact of RNS longitudinal and naturalistic evaluation methods
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Claim 2: Exploiting social networks is essential for efficient and effective research networking.
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Claim 5: RNS must represent individuals expertise, interests and activities using controlled terminologies.
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Brother Folksonomy
VS
Mr. Taxonomy
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Claim 6: RNSs must allow users to search and visualize researcher profiles in multiple ways.
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Claim 9: RNSs must integrate information from multiple systems, make use of metainformation such as indexing terms to synthesize the information and present results in a cohesive manner.
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Databases
Social Media
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Informal sources
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Claim 10: RNS must integrate seamlessly with an individuals workflow and the software applications that are part of it.
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www.direct2experts.org
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Claim 11: Evaluating RNS search results requires metrics which combine traditional information retrieval measures with those specific to collaboration.
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Conclusion
moving RNSs forward requires broad but integrated research program CSCW, HCI, social science and others essential to progress rapid, iterative cycle between foundational research, design, implementation and evaluation
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