a centre of expertise in digital information management ukoln is supported by: virtual research...
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A centre of expertise in digital information management
www.ukoln.ac.uk
UKOLN is supported by:
Virtual Research Environments: Into the Future
Dr Liz Lyon
Director, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK
JISC Conference, Birmingham, April 2008
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Four themes
1. Citizen science2. Collective intelligence3. Predictive data-centric science4. Mixed reality environments
(Multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral activity is assumed……)
Collaboration: with other scientists and the public…..
Citizen science
• Collaborative activity not just with peers • Interaction with the public • Citizen science• Crowd-sourcing? Capacity-building?
• We need dedicated interfaces to exploit this under-used workforce
Collective intelligence
• Today: aggregations, comments, tags, annotations, ratings, reviews, opinions…
• Tomorrow: “collective intelligence” to analyse, assess, mine, extract, evaluate….
• We need tools to leverage this resource
“National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announces 5 new Centers of Excellence focussing on the emerging field of Predictive Science.”
US DoE $17million grant to each Center
Simulations of hypersonic flight, supernovae….
7th March, 2008
Predictive science• Content is infrastructure e.g. Protein Data Bank
• Today: primary data, images, text• Tomorrow: digests, simulations, models
• Today: discovery to delivery• Tomorrow: mine & model, simulate & synthesise
• Today: statistics• Tomorrow: Predictive science
We need verification & validation methodologies….
“London Polyclinic” Imperial College / Nat Phys Lab
Mixed reality environments
• Opportunities for participative exploration• Rich test-bed for experimentation• Mimic, innovate and extend• Immerse and experience• Ubiquitous? Pervasive? Persistent?
• We need to achieve seamless transition, integration, linking between worlds…..
A centre of expertise in digital information management
www.ukoln.ac.uk
Slides will be available at :
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html