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| Paper: |
A Process Study of the Development of Virtual Research Environments |
| Volume: |
485, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIII |
| Page: |
325 |
| Authors: |
Ahmed, I.; Cooper, K.; McGrath, R.; Griego, G.; Poole, M. S.; Hanisch, R. J. |
| Abstract: |
In recent years, cyberinfrastructures have been deployed to create
virtual research environments (VREs) - such as the Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO) - to enhance the quality and speed of scientific
research, and to foster global scientific communities. Our study
utilizes process methodology to study the evolution of VREs. This
approach focuses on a series of events that bring about or lead to some
outcome, and attempts to specify the generative mechanism that could
produce the event series. This paper briefly outlines our approach and
describes initial results of a case study of the VAO, one of the
participating VREs. The case study is based on interviews with seven
individuals participating in the VAO, and analysis of project documents
and online resources. These sources are hand tagged to identify events
related to the thematic tracks, to yield a narrative of the
project. Results demonstrate the event series of an organization through
traditional methods augmented by virtual sources. |
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