Tag Archives: Computer Science

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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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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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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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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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

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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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Managing Your Data

The UO Libraries and partners have created a set of pages for guidance on managing research data, with materials on the new NSF Data Management Plan requirement. We’re here to answer questions about plans and help with resources to fill … Continue reading

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Open Science presentation at CNI

from the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI): Liz Lyon’s presentation Codes, Clouds and Constellations:  Open Science in the Data Decade can be accessed from: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBqaEShIexQ or Vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/11242487

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