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Finally, I'm sorry to say thatthe paper is written in a verybland, boring manner. It isfilled with "tion" words andpassive voice. Nothing happensin this paper!
Reviewer 1, Schleyer et al..,Conceptualizing and advancing
research networking systems.
ACM TOCHI, in print
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Why the dawn of research
networking?
2006: ~3 of 12 initial CTSA proposals includedresearch networking
NCRR et al.: Where is the problem?
$12m VIVO grant award high rate of academic and industry
innovation (look around)
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Objective of the paper
review literature of multiple disciplines
stimulate foundational research on researchnetworking systems by:
proposing claims and correspondingresearch questions
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Definition
Research Networking Systems (RNS) aresystems which support individualresearchers efforts to form and maintain
optimal collaborative relationships forconducting productive research withina specific context.
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Four key areas for RNS
Foundations
Presentation
Architecture
Evaluation
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Foundations
project-, institution- and discipline-specificmotivational factors
the role of social networks
Impression formation based on informationbeyond expertise and interest
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Presentation
representing expertise in a comprehensiveand up-to-date manner
role of controlled vocabularies and
folksonomies tension between seekers need and
collaborators privacy
serendipitous discovery of collaborationopportunities
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Architecture
information aggregation and synthesis frommultiple sources
research networking system interoperability
integration with users workflow
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Evaluation
assessment of collaboration decisions
measurement of user-specific costs andbenefits
large-scale impact of RNS
longitudinal and naturalistic evaluationmethods
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Claim 2: Exploiting socialnetworks is essential for
efficient and effective researchnetworking.
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Social network questions
determining and maintaining informationabout researchers social and collaborative
networks
refining implicit relationships, such as co-authorship
applying explicit relationship identification inRNSs
avoiding colleague inflation
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Claim 5: RNS must representindividuals expertise, interests
and activities using controlledterminologies.
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Mr. Taxonomy
VS
Brother Folksonomy
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Controlled terminology questions
representing expertise and interests indomains without widely acceptedcontrolled terminologies
role of folksonomies and social tagging inexpressing content
combining controlled and user-generatedterms
effect of controlled terminologies onmotivation to use RNSs
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Claim 6: RNSs must allow usersto search and visualize
researcher profiles in multipleways.
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Picking collaborators from a stack of
CVs
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Questions about searching and
visualizing profiles
supporting different strategies for locatingcollaborators
basing strategies on information artifacts,
general profiles and/or network structures applying filters and faceted searches
minimizing user effort through search
algorithms
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Claim 9: RNSs must integrateinformation from multiple
systems, make use of meta-information such as indexingterms to synthesize the
information and present resultsin a cohesive manner.
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Databases
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InformalsourcesSocial Media
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Information integration and synthesis
questions
interfacing with multiple sources andaggregating data
synthesizing different information artifacts
role of information attributes currency
validity
representation scheme
level of abstraction audience
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Claim 10: RNS must integrateseamlessly with an individuals
workflow and the softwareapplications that are part of it.
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Integrating seamlessly with workflow
leveraging researcher activities continuouslyto facilitate profile creation andmaintenance
developing RNS interoperability developing standards for informationexchange
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Claim 11: Evaluating RNSsearch results requires metrics
which combine traditionalinformation retrieval measures
with those specific tocollaboration.
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Evaluation of RNS questions
applicability of recall and precision withouta gold standard
appropriate model(s) of collaboration and
information seeking metrics for assessing the outcome of a
search for a collaborator
long-term natural experiments
multiple measurements
impact factor v. nanopublications?
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Conclusion
moving RNSs forward requires broad butintegrated research program
CSCW, HCI, social science and others
essential to progress rapid, iterative cycle between foundational
research, design, implementation andevaluation
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