Modern science is increasingly collaborative, as signaled by rising numbers of coauthored papers, papers with international coauthors, and multi-investigator grants. Historically, scientific collaborations were carried out by scientists in the same physical locationthe Manhattan Project of the 1940s, for example, involved thousands of scientists gathered on a remote plateau in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Today, information and communication technologies allow cooperation among scientists from far-flung institutions and different disciplines. Scientific Collaboration on the Internet provides both broad and in-depth views of how new technology is enabling novel kinds of science and engineering collaboration. The book offers commentary from notable experts in the field along with case studies of large-scale collaborative projects, past and ongoing.The projects described range from the development of a national virtual observatory for astronomical research to a National Institutes of Health funding program for major multilaboratory medical research; from the deployment of a cyberinfrastructure to connect experts in earthquake engineering to partnerships between developed and developing countries in AIDS research. The chapter authors speak frankly about the problems these projects encountered as well as the successes they achieved. The book strikes a useful balance between presenting the real stories of collaborations and developing a scientific approach to conceiving, designing, implementing, and evaluating such projects. It points to a future of scientific collaborations that build successfully on aspects from multiple disciplines.Contributors: Mark S. Ackerman, Paul Avery, Matthew Bietz, Jeremy P. Birnholtz, Nathan Bos, Geoffrey C. Bowker, Randal Butler, David Conz, Eric Cook, Daniel Cooney, Jonathon N. Cummings, Erik Dahl, Mark Ellisman, Ixchel Faniel, Thomas A. Finholt, Ian Foster, Jeffrey S. Grethe, Edward J. Hackett, Robert J. Hanisch, Libby Hemphill, Tony Hey, Erik C. Hofer, Mark James, Carl Kesselman, Sara Kiesler, Timothy L. Killeen, Airong Luo, Kelly L. Maglaughlin, Doru Marcusiu, Shawn McKee, William K. Michener, James D. Myers, Marsha Naidoo, Michael Nentwich, Gary M. Olson, Judith S. Olson, James Onken, Andrew Parker, John N. Parker, Mary Puetz, David Ribes, Kathleen Ricker, Diana Rhoten, Michael E. Rogers, Titus Schleyer, Diane H. Sonnenwald, B. F. Spencer, Jr., Stephanie D. Teasley, Anne Trefethen, Robert B. Waide, Mary C. Whitton, William Wulf, Jason Yerkie, Jude Yew, Ann Zimmerman.Acting with Technology series
Cited By
- Kross S and Guo P (2021). Orienting, Framing, Bridging, Magic, and Counseling: How Data Scientists Navigate the Outer Loop of Client Collaborations in Industry and Academia, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5:CSCW2, (1-28), Online publication date: 13-Oct-2021.
- Borgman C, Wofford M, Golshan M and Darch P (2021). Collaborative qualitative research at scale, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 72:6, (667-682), Online publication date: 14-May-2021.
- Berman A, Quek F, Woodward R, Okundaye O and Kim J “Anyone Can Print”: Supporting Collaborations with 3D Printing Services to Empower Broader Participation in Personal Fabrication Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society, (1-13)
- Paine D and Lee C (2020). Coordinative Entities: Forms of Organizing in Data Intensive Science, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 29:3, (335-380), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2020.
- Ghasemian F, Zamanifar K and Ghasem-Aghaee N (2019). Composing Scientific Collaborations Based on Scholars' Rank in Hypergraph, Information Systems Frontiers, 21:3, (687-702), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2019.
- Law E, Gajos K, Wiggins A, Gray M and Williams A Crowdsourcing as a Tool for Research Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, (1544-1561)
- Gooch D, Vasalou A and Benton L (2017). Impact in interdisciplinary and cross-sector research, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68:2, (378-391), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2017.
- Jeng W, He D and Oh J Toward a conceptual framework for data sharing practices in social sciences Proceedings of the 79th ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology, (1-10)
- Pasquetto I, Sands A, Darch P and Borgman C Open Data in Scientific Settings Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (1585-1596)
- Segal J, Petre M and Sharp H (2015). The Future of E-infrastructures, Computing in Science and Engineering, 17:3, (78-84), Online publication date: 1-May-2015.
- Jackson S and Barbrow S Standards and/as Innovation Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (1769-1778)
- Randall D, Diamant E and Lee C Creating Sustainable Cyberinfrastructures Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (1759-1768)
- Dachtera J, Randall D and Wulf V Research on research Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (713-722)
- Olson J and Olson G (2014). How to make distance work work, Interactions, 21:2, (28-35), Online publication date: 1-Mar-2014.
- Ribes D The kernel of a research infrastructure Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing, (574-587)
- Pereira A, David J, Braga R and Campos F Uma Abordagem para a Integração de Elementos de Colaboração ao Núcleo de Artefatos de uma Linha de Produtos de Software Científico Proceedings of the X Brazilian Symposium in Collaborative Systems, (16-23)
- Jackson S, Steinhardt S and Buyuktur A Why CSCW needs science policy (and vice versa) Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work, (1113-1124)
- Howison J and Herbsleb J Incentives and integration in scientific software production Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work, (459-470)
- Bechhofer S, Buchan I, De Roure D, Missier P, Ainsworth J, Bhagat J, Couch P, Cruickshank D, Delderfield M, Dunlop I, Gamble M, Michaelides D, Owen S, Newman D, Sufi S and Goble C (2013). Why linked data is not enough for scientists, Future Generation Computer Systems, 29:2, (599-611), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2013.
- Barkhuus L and Brown B The sociality of fieldwork Proceedings of the 2012 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work, (35-44)
- Birnholtz J, Dixon G and Hancock J (2012). Distance, ambiguity and appropriation, Computers in Human Behavior, 28:3, (1028-1035), Online publication date: 1-May-2012.
- Schleyer T, Butler B, Song M and Spallek H (2012). Conceptualizing and advancing research networking systems, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 19:1, (1-26), Online publication date: 1-Mar-2012.
- Li J, Robertson T and Müller-Tomfelde C Distributed scientific group collaboration across biocontainment barriers Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, (1247-1256)
- Berente N and Claggett J Challenges in the management of high-performance computing centers State of the Practice Reports, (1-8)
- Müller-Tomfelde C, Li J and Hyatt A An integrated communication and collaboration platform for distributed scientific workgroups Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part I, (248-258)
- Shneiderman B, Preece J and Pirolli P (2011). Realizing the value of social media requires innovative computing research, Communications of the ACM, 54:9, (34-37), Online publication date: 1-Sep-2011.
- Spencer D, Zimmerman A and Abramson D (2011). Special Theme, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 20:3, (155-163), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2011.
- Vertesi J and Dourish P The value of data Proceedings of the ACM 2011 conference on Computer supported cooperative work, (533-542)
- Kowalczyk S and Shankar K (2011). Data sharing in the sciences, Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 45:1, (247-294), Online publication date: 1-Jan-2011.
- Li J, Müller-Tomfelde C and Hyatt A Supporting collaborations across a biocontainment barrier Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of Australia on Computer-Human Interaction, (320-323)
- de la Flor G, Luff P, Jirotka M, Pybus J, Kirkham R and Carusi A The Case of the Disappearing Ox Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (473-482)
Index Terms
- Scientific Collaboration on the Internet
Recommendations
ORSA/TIMS Collaboration
At the joint ORSA/TIMS meeting in Atlantic City in November 1972, the ORSA and the TIMS Councils established a “Blue Ribbon Committee” to identify how the two societies could cooperate more effectively to their mutual advantage. The members of the ...
ECSCW 2003 Computer Supported Scientific Collaboration (CSSC) workshop report
The Eighth European Computer Supported Cooperative Work conference (ECSCW 2003) provided a venue to gather researchers interested in the study of scientific collaborations and their technology support. The organizers, Karen S. Baker, Geoffrey C. Bowker ...