Virtual Research Environments: Into the Future Dr Liz Lyon Director, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK JISC Conference, Birmingham, April 2008 UKOLN is supported by: This work.

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Virtual Research
Environments: Into the Future
Dr Liz Lyon
Director, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK
JISC Conference, Birmingham, April 2008
UKOLN is supported by:
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www.ukoln.ac.uk
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Four themes
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Citizen science
Collective intelligence
Predictive data-centric science
Mixed reality environments
(Multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral activity
is assumed……)
Collaboration: with other
scientists and the public…..
Citizen science
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Collaborative activity not just with peers
Interaction with the public
Citizen science
Crowd-sourcing? Capacity-building?
• We need dedicated interfaces to exploit
this under-used workforce
Collective intelligence
• Today: aggregations, comments, tags,
annotations, ratings, reviews, opinions…
• Tomorrow: “collective intelligence” to
analyse, assess, mine, extract, evaluate….
• We need tools to leverage this resource
“National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA) announces
5 new Centers of Excellence
focussing on the emerging field of
Predictive Science.”
US DoE $17million grant to each Center
Simulations of hypersonic flight, supernovae….
7th March, 2008
Predictive science
• Content is infrastructure e.g. Protein Data Bank
• Today: primary data, images, text
• Tomorrow: digests, simulations, models
• Today: discovery to delivery
• Tomorrow: mine & model, simulate & synthesise
• Today: statistics
• Tomorrow: Predictive science
We need verification & validation methodologies….
“London Polyclinic” Imperial
College / Nat Phys Lab
Mixed reality environments
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Opportunities for participative exploration
Rich test-bed for experimentation
Mimic, innovate and extend
Immerse and experience
Ubiquitous? Pervasive? Persistent?
• We need to achieve seamless transition,
integration, linking between worlds…..
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