3. Research Questions
• Main research question was:
“How can we best support knowledge workers’
awareness in Research Networks?”
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4. Research Questions
• further sub-classified in four clusters
A. What characterizes knowledge workers?
B. What specific meaning does the term
‘awareness’ take on in the context of Research
Networks?
C.What data sources may be useful to support
awareness in Research Networks?
D. What technology can be used to support
awareness in Research Networks?
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5. Cluster A (knowledge work)
1. What are differentiable knowledge worker roles?
2. What are typical knowledge actions that
knowledge workers perform?
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6. Cluster B (awareness)
1. How do researchers define awareness in the
context of Research Networks?
2. What are different forms and aspects of awareness
in Research Networks?
3. What could a model of awareness in Research
Networks look like?
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7. Cluster C (data sources)
1. Which data sources of scholarly knowledge
artifacts are suited to support awareness in
Research Networks?
2. What awareness support features can be derived
from the analysis of scientific output?
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8. Cluster D (technology)
1. What software architectures may support the
analysis of multiple knowledge artifacts to support
the awareness of knowledge workers?
2. Which future recommender systems can be
derived from the findings of this thesis?
3. What kind of application may be best suited for
integrating the findings of this thesis?
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9. Methodology
• tried to test all theoretical models and hypotheses
empirically
• different methods
• expert interviews
• online questionnaires
• sensor data analysis
• user evaluations
• analyses of social media & scientific output
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10. Chapters
Introduction Discussion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Awareness Support in Scientific Events
A Widget-based approach for Awareness Support in RNs
Analyzing 5 years of EC-TEL
Mining and visualizing RNs using the AAN approach
Understanding the Meaning of Awareness in RNs
Knowledge Worker Roles and Actions
12. Chapter 2
• results
• typology of knowledge worker roles (10)
• typology of knowledge actions (13)
13. Chapter 3
• goals
• understand the complexity of the term
awareness in Research Networks (B.1)
• identify different forms and aspects of awareness
in RNs (B.2)
• derive a model of awareness in RNs (B.3)
• methodology
• expert interviews (N = 42)
14. Chapter 3
• results
• succinct description of awareness in RNs
• six forms of awareness
• five aspects of awareness
• Layered Model of Awareness in RNs
16. Chapter 3
research domain
personal research network
research domain
local research
organization
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current
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17. Chapter 4
• goals
• research incipient RNs in Social Media (C.1)
• develop a model to represent relations in RNs,
implement reference implementation (D.1)
• identify missing awareness support (C.2)
• methodology
• artifact analysis, SNA
19. Chapter 5
• goals
• research more mature RNs in conferences (C.1)
• extend AAN & reference implementation (D.1)
• identify missing awareness support (C.2)
• propose future recommender systems (D.2)
• methodology
• artifact analysis, textual similarity, SNA
20. Chapter 5
• results
• very fragmented community
• top authors that are not connected
• unconnected researchers dealing with the same
topics
• some very similar publications
22. Chapter 6
• goals
• develop prototype that considers results of
Chapter 3
• test if tailored apps better support researchers’
awareness (D.3)
• methodology
• paper prototyping, user evaluation
24. Chapter 6
• results
• researchers asked for widget-based interfaces
• significant better awareness support, more user-
friendly, help carrying out tasks more effectively,
better technology support
25. Chapter 7
• goals
• integrate empiric results in a software prototype
to support researchers‘ awareness in a certain
niche (D.3)
• derive future scientific recommenders (D.2)
• methodology
• implementation, no formal evaluation yet
26. Chapter 7
• results
• generic organization process of scientific events
• identified phases and roles involved in the
organization
• identified issues and lacking awareness support
27. What’s next?
• public defense
• 05.04.2012 - 16.00 precisely
Open University of the Netherlands
• PhD party
• Chez moi
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28. What’s next?
• continue analysis of RNs
• near copy detection, similarity thresholds,
sociofacts in research domains
• continue to develop and evaluate ginkgo
• continue to provide prototypes of awareness
supporting tools for researchers
• midterm goal: dedicated Research 2.0 project
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29. wolfgang reinhardt university of paderborn
social media sna
twitter recommendations
awareness
research networks
bibliometrics
artefact-actor-networks
ginkgo
research 2.0
www.isitjustme.de www.ginkgosem.com
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