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Tag Archives: All Sciences
Panton Fellowships for scientists to promote open data in science
From the Open Knowledge Foundation: Dear all, The OKFN is delighted to announce the launch of the Panton Fellowships! Funded by the Open Society Institute, two Panton Fellowships will be awarded to scientists who actively promote open data in science. … Continue reading
E-Science Reading List
Deb Carver (Dean of UO Libraries), John Conery (Professor, Computer and Information Science), Lynn Stearney (Director of Grants, UO Foundation), Sean Sharp (Research and Instructional Technology, Campus Information Services), and I are participating in the ARL/DLF E-Science Institute. The following … Continue reading
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Tagged All Sciences, Computer Science, Conferences/Training, Cyberinfrastructure, E-Science, Library Services
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DuraSpace to Bring Cloud-Based Platform “Direct-to-Researchers”
DuraSpace is pursuing development of a cloud-based storage system that can more easily be used by researchers for data storage while also addressing data curation and management issues. The not-for-profit DuraSpace organization announced that it will develop a hosted, cloud-based … Continue reading
From Big Data to New Insights
from the Office of Science and Technology blog post: From Big Data to New Insights: Today, Microsoft is announcing the availability of a new tool called Daytona that will make it easier for researchers to harness the power of “cloud … Continue reading
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Tagged All Sciences, Computer Science, Cyberinfrastructure, NSF, Software/Tools
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Growing Knowledge – The evolution of research
The British Library has an exhibit on the evolution of scientific research. Highlighted on the site are short (~ 4 min) videos about new methods of doing research and data-driven science, the role of the research library in support of … Continue reading
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Tagged All Sciences, Computer Science, Cyberinfrastructure, Digital Libraries, Informatics, Open Science
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Interdisciplinary Computing and Open Science
The Science Libraries will be hosting two sessions by Microsoft Research on May 24, to explore “Interdisciplinary Computing and Open Science”. Sessions will be from 10:30 – noon, and 1:30 – 3 pm, in room B90. Please register for the … Continue reading
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Tagged All Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Conferences/Training, Cyberinfrastructure, Ecology, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, Grants, Informatics, Museums, Nanoscience, Neuroscience, Open Science, Physics, Physiology, Psychology, Standards
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Cloud computing increasingly attractive to universities, says JISC
JISC News release 16.5.2011 Cloud computing increasingly attractive to universities, says JISC There is a “compelling case for using the cloud for research”, JISC’s innovation director for digital infrastructure argued last week. Speaking at an ‘inside government’ forum on cloud … Continue reading
Think Quarterly – a Google publication for UK biz partners
Interesting reading from a Google publication directed toward their UK clients. Check out some of the articles highlighted below this quote from the Think Quarterly home page. Like most companies, Google regularly communicates with our business customers via email newsletters, … Continue reading
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Tagged All Sciences, Business, Computer Science, Social Computing, Usability
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Will Computers Crash Genomics?
Science: Will Computers Crash Genomics? Should research focus on data analysis as much as or more than on data generation? The capacity to process and analyze data has not kept up to speed with the volume of data produced through … Continue reading
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Tagged All Sciences, Biology, Cyberinfrastructure, Genomics, Informatics
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