Collaboration, Co-Laboratories and e-Research: understanding and supporting new forms of social science

Organiser

Prof Anne Anderson, University of Glasgow

Date and location

21 June 2005, MANDEC Centre, University of Manchester.

Summary

The workshop looked at the role of e-science in supporting new forms of community and also provided an opportunity to share experience from e-science and e-social science pilot demonstrator projects. The event was aimed at researchers working in e-science/social science, those interested in Computer Supported Cooperative Work who might consider the potential of the grid in this area, and those who are interested in collaborative science or how to support it technically.

Programme

Introduction to Collaboration and eScience
Professor Anne Anderson, Director, ESRC/EPSRC/DTI PACCIT Research Programme

What Factors Influence Success in eScience?
Professor Gary Olson, University of Michigan

Understanding Remote Work through Two Windows: Organisation Simulations and Agent-Based Modelling
Professor Judy Olson, University of Michigan

MIAKT: Supporting Collaborative Medical Decision Making with eScience (618kb)
Dr. Paul Lewis, University of Southampton

Designing tools for collaboration: supporting field-workers with remote gesturing (155kb)
Dave Kirk, University of Nottingham

Initial experiences supporting 'global collaboration': users, informants and studies in VidGrid (700kb)
Dr. Mike Fraser, University of Bristol

Summing up
Professor Anne Anderson