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IEEE'08 Workshop
Community Engagement: Evidence-Based Interventions to Widen Uptake
We are sorry to announce that the workshop has had to be cancelled.
Workshop at the 2008 IEEE e-Science Conference in Indianapolis, 7th-12th December 2008
Organizers
Alex Voss, University of Manchester, UK
Rob Procter, University of Manchester, UK
Peter Halfpenny, University of Manchester, UK
Abstract
Existing investments in e-Research and Grid computing technologies have helped to develop the capacity to build e-Infrastructures for research: distributed, networked, interoperable, service-oriented computing and data resources that are available to underpin a wide range of research activities in all research disciplines. As the technical components and architectural styles are maturing, questions about uptake and embedding of e-Infrastructures in day-to-day working practices of researchers come to the fore. Indeed, one may argue that if these issues are not addressed, the e-Research community will not realise its full potential and to achieve sustainability.
Building on previous UK-based events on this topic, this workshop aims to bring together members of the e-Research community who are working on community engagement to widen the uptake of e-Infrastructures for research. We will focus on the practical issues involved in developing evidence-based interventions and operationalising findings from social scientific research to leverage and enable the wider uptake of e-Infrastructures for research. In particular, we invite contributions to address the following topics:
- Methodologies for collecting evidence of e-Infrastructure uptake and service usage
- Strategies for community engagement, requirements gathering and service delivery
- Using lessons learnt to improve the evidence-base for, and the form of, interventions to widen uptake
- Training, outreach and education
- Operationalising findings from social scientific studies of e-Research
The aim of the workshop is to strengthen the exchange of experiences and to link research and practice. Community engagement activities tend to be organised at a local, regional or national level. The workshop will help to establish crucial links across national boundaries as well as between research communities and stakeholder groups. We have concrete plans for following up with further workshops and are considering the formation of a community group within OGF to establish a continuous pattern of activities that link back into the e-Research community.
Date and Time
Monday, December 8, Time TBA
Submission URL
Please refer to the Call for Papers for submission details. The deadline for submissions is the 30th of September 2008. Authors will be informed about acceptance by 31st October.