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Data Collaboration in the Wild

Data Collaboration in the Wild. A Review of its Uses at the University of Michigan. Erik C. Hofer ehofer@umich.edu Collaboratory for Research on Electronic Work School of Information University of Michigan. Overview. The challenge ahead Confronting the Tsunami

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Data Collaboration in the Wild

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  1. Data Collaboration in the Wild • A Review of its Uses at the University of Michigan Erik C. Hofer ehofer@umich.edu Collaboratory for Research on Electronic Work School of Information University of Michigan

  2. Overview • The challenge ahead • Confronting the Tsunami • Some specimens from the Wild • Some lessons

  3. The challenge • Why this talk? Why now? • Many reasons • An exploding market • An exploding demand • We have to sort this all out for our users

  4. The tsunami • A convenient metaphor • Web conferencing and data collaboration products are a giant wall of water, headed straight for us, that will cause great destruction if we are not prepared • We have to understand how this wave is going to hit us

  5. Some tsunami background • A series of massive waves • Energy is constant • function of height and speed • grow rapidly in size as they approach shore • Caused (typically) by earthquakes or other seismic activity • Can cause massive destruction

  6. Our tsunami • There are seismic changes underway in how research and education are conducted • Forces have been building for a long time, but we are about to see major motion as those forces release • To prepare for this tsunami, we must understand the source of the wave, more so than the wave itself

  7. Seismic changes • There is wide belief that the education and research community is poised to embrace new applications enabled by advanced IT infrastructure • The cyberinfrastructure perspective has some concrete thoughts on how this should work for higher ed. • Atkins et al., 2003 • K-12 is not far behind • Fortunately, there have been some tremors that we can look to to understand what lies ahead

  8. Some examples • Remote instrumentation • UARC/SPARC and NEESgrid • Data discussion • GLR CFAR and NEES ES-TF • Distance education • GIS Global Graduate Seminar and Anthrax Virtual Briefings

  9. A note about the examples • Standing on the shoulders of giants • A huge number of people have been involved in each of these projects and I know I will not give due credit to each, but I’ll try

  10. UARC / SPARC • NSF-funded Upper Atmospheric Research Collaboratory and Space Physics and Aeronomy Research Collaboratory projects • Remote instrumentation of facilities for upper atmospheric science • Provided simultaneous viewing of multiple instruments, archival data and model visualizations in a collaboratory environment

  11. UARC 5.0

  12. UARC 6.0

  13. SPARC

  14. NEESgrid • Collaboratory component of the NSF-funded George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation • Provides access to major earthquake engineering infrastructure at 15 research facilities in the US • Enables remote participation and integration of numerical and physical simulation

  15. NEESgrid Interface

  16. GLR CFAR • NIH-funded Great Lakes Regional Center for AIDS Research • A virtual center connecting researchers at • Connected through various collaboration technology

  17. Virtual Lab meeting

  18. Virtual Lab Seminar

  19. NEES ES-TF • Regular virtual lab meeting for equipment sites in NEES • Typically 15-20 sites • Content ranging from roundtable discussions to presentations

  20. NEES ES-TF

  21. Global Graduate Seminar • Graduate-level course taught between several universities • University of Michigan, American University, Howard University, University of Witwatersrand, University of Fort Hare, University of Pretoria • Professor spends time in each place • Each student is a participant in a web conferencing session

  22. Global Graduate Seminar

  23. Rapid Response Collaboratory • A public-health related project organized in October, 2001 as a response to concerns about anthrax • Core group of 10 people affiliated with GLR CFAR organized virtual briefings • Used Placeware and commercial conference call provider • Over 1200 participants in 8 states

  24. Some lessons • Not all uses of data collaboration are the same • No silver bullet in technology choice • Effort required depends largely on what activities need to be supported • There are many ways to do this!

  25. Some themes • Remote instrumentation • Data is the focus • Low technological barriers to entry • Data discussion • Conversation is the focus • Specialized hardware may be necessary • Distance education • Need to be extremely fault tolerant

  26. Conclusion • The tsunami is heading for us • We have to understand the seismic changes in work that are sending the water our way • Task and infrastructure requirements can yield very different collaborative environments for different users • There is no single integrated solution right now, but we can piece things together

  27. Acknowledgments • National Science Foundation • SPARC - ATM-9873025 • UARC - IRI-9216848 • NEESgrid - CMS-0117853 • National Institutes of Health • GLR CFAR - 5 P30 CA79458

  28. Ack: GGS • W.K. Kellog Foundation • CSIR • University of Michigan • School of Information • Center for Afroamerican and African Studies • Alliance for Community Technology • International Possibilities Unlimited • Microsoft Research • Cisco Systems • Orbicom • National Science Foundation

  29. Gary Olson Tom Finholt Stephanie Teasley Derrick Cogburn Dan Atkins Tim Killeen Farnham Jahanian Atul Prakash Bob Clauer Terry Weymouth Bill Spencer Peter Knoop Steve Wolinsky Jason Yerkie Vlad Wielbut Joseph Hardin Charles Severance Dan Horn Jeremy Birnholtz Dheeraj Motwani Sung-Joo Bae Dan Horn Tim Schacker Sarah Rybicki Deborah Robinson James Jackson Michael Traugoutt Michael Kennedy Michael Cohen Rik Panginiban Robert Guerra Amb. Anthony Hill Nestor Zaluzec People (not all)

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