ASOR cyberinfrastructure session
Sarah Whitcher Kansa
Thank you for your helpful input on this year's cyberinfrastructure
session. Based on feedback, we have settled on the theme "From Data to
Knowledge: Organization, Publication, and Research Outcomes." The full
abstract is below. We have identified five participants that most
closely fit this topic. We have also sought participation from
Chicago-based projects, since we see this as an opportunity to hear
about work being done in this year's conference city.
We are looking forward to seeing many of you at ASOR, where we hope you
will attend this session and join in on the discussion!
All the best,
Sarah
Workshop: Topics in Cyberinfrastructure, Digital Humanities, and Near
Eastern Archaeology
2012 Theme: From Data to Knowledge: Organization, Publication, and
Research Outcomes
Organizers: Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Eric Kansa, and Chuck Jones
Archaeological practice increasingly emphasizes the collection and
management of digital data. However, while research methods and datasets are
increasingly large and sophisticated, communicating that research remains
oriented toward the printed journal. Archaeologists generally lack
well-developed methods to organize their data, and they lack appropriate
venues for data dissemination. This publication bottleneck has, thus far,
inhibited innovative research applications leveraging shared data.
This workshop, the second in a series on �Cyberinfrastructure, Digital
Humanities, and Near Eastern Archaeology� will explore the challenge of
turning data into knowledge. We will discuss strategies for organizing and
documenting data to facilitate informed (re)use. We will also look at
demonstrated research outcomes that make use of public data.
Five speakers will present (10 minutes each) on the following topics. This
will be followed by a one-hour discussion period involving all participants
and audience members.
- Organization of data: Ways to document data to ensure their proper meaning
is conveyed into the future, and to facilitate discovery of related datasets
across the Web
- Data sharing as publication: Methods for editing and describing
datasets so
they become valued as first-rate research outcomes, rather than by-products
that can only be understood by the original researcher
- Research outcomes: Demonstrations of compelling research outcomes
facilitated by use of publicly available data. We will also outline future
research opportunities that will be made possible because data are available
to the scholarly community.
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Sarah Whitcher Kansa
Executive Director, AAI
Editor, Open Context
www.alexandriaarchive.org
www.opencontext.org
Tel: 1-415-425-7381
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