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Research 2.0 - from scientists to citizens
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:15 PM
Bill St. Arnaud from CANARIE gave a presentation about "Participative Science", quite an exciting idea of using the participative web to go from traditional closed science grid networks to providing citizens the ability to access and analyse datasets themselves. Earlier in the day, in response to a question about "what is the participative web... Read More...
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computer science transforming scientific research - Andrew Herbert
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 10:43 AM
Andrew Herbert is Managing Director of Microsoft Research, Cambridge I would summarise the underlying theme of his presentation as the application of thinking, methodologies, and tools from the realm of computer science to other scientific fields. Here are some fairly raw notes on his presentation: The sciences are all increasingly relying on computer science... Read More...
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backgrounder: e-Science
Sunday, September 30, 2007 5:45 PM
e-Science, also called e-Research or cyberinfrastructure, will be the topic of Session 2, Stream B "Research 2.0: e-Science and new ways of interaction in the science community". Originally the term encompassed mainly large science projects, using grid computing in order to provide a powerful technology platform for distributed science. However, with... Read More...
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Session 2, Stream B: Creativity and the Internet Economy: Business and Science
Sunday, September 30, 2007 4:41 PM
STREAM B -- Research 2.0: e-Science and new ways of interaction in the science community 11.10-12.30 TK: 12.10am PA: 4.10pm NY: 11.10am LA: 8.10am Walter Stewart (chair), Walter Stewart & Associates Inc. Andrew Herbert , Managing Director, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK Bill St. Arnaud , Senior Director Advanced Networks, CANARIE Inc. Mario Campolargo... Read More...
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Mário Campolargo
Sunday, September 30, 2007 2:25 PM
Mário Campolargo is Head of Unit “GÉANT & e-Infrastructure” in DG INFSO - the Directorate General for Information Society and Media of the European Commission, having as primary responsibility the support to the deployment of pan-European world class e-Infrastructures for Science. Mário Campolargo has been heavily involved in launching this pioneering concept... Read More...
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Andrew Herbert
Sunday, September 30, 2007 2:06 PM
Andrew Herbert is a distinguished engineer, a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and managing director of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England. Initially joining Microsoft Research in 2001, as an assistant director, in March 2003 he succeeded the founding director, Roger Needham. Herbert’s research interests include networks, operating systems, programming... Read More...
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Diana Rhoten
Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:30 PM
Diana Rhoten is a program director in the Office of Cyberinfrastructure at the National Science Foundation in Washington, DC, where she is responsible for the areas of Virtual Organizations and Cyber-Learning & Workforce Development. In addition, Dr. Rhoten is the director of the Knowledge Institutions program at the Social Science Research Council in New... Read More...
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Bill St. Arnaud
Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:17 PM
Bill St. Arnaud is Senior Director Advanced Networks for CANARIE Inc., Canada's Advanced Internet Development Organization. At CANARIE Bill St. Arnaud has been responsible for the coordination and implementation of Canada's next generation optical Internet initiative called CA*net 4. He has been the principal architect of the User Controlled LightPath... Read More...
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Walter Stewart
Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:08 PM
Walter Stewart is an independent consultant in technology, organization, and strategic planning. His clients include CANARIE, Canada’s broadband network for research and the Toronto Region Research Alliance as well as private, public, and not-for-profit organizations. Walter is active in the work of the Open Grid Forum and was active in its predecessor organization... Read More...
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Snapshot: What is the conference rundown?
Sunday, September 30, 2007 11:03 AM
This is cut-down version of the full agenda. You can download the full agenda as a pdf here , or use the links below to learn more about each sessions and those taking part in it. The conference runs from 9am to 6pm. It is based in Ottawa, Canada, so in terms of time that is Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) which is currently GMT -4 hours. See here for a time rundown... Read More...
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