Workshop on Digital Collaboration Technologies, the Organization of Scientific Work and the Economics of Knowledge Access to be held December 3-5, 1999 in Laxenburg, Austria

该奖项是NSF与欧洲科学基金会（ESF）和国际应用系统分析研究所（IIASA）共同赞助的国际研讨会。研讨会将于1999年12月3日至5日在奥地利拉克森堡举行。讲习班的目标有三：第一，它将确定这一广泛领域内的主要关键问题，并说明这些问题之间的相互关系;第二，它将评估目前的知识状况和正在进行的关于协作技术及其部署和使用的影响因素的研究;第三，它将提供一个论坛，讨论如何进一步研究技术、体制和组织基础设施的共同演变，以影响在全球范围开展合作科学。 将讨论三个实质性主题：（1）如何描述虚拟实验室概念所包含的技术机会;（2）远距离组织和开展科学工作所涉及的实际问题;（3）知识产权问题与利用虚拟图书馆和数据档案之间的相互作用。 NSF的赞助将通过资助美国和俄罗斯与会者前往欧洲，使非欧洲专家能够参加这次研讨会。它还将使讲习班组织者能够委托编写经修订和扩充的文件，供讲习班后出版。

This award is for NSF co-sponsorship of an international workshop with the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). The workshop will be held December 3-5, 1999 in Laxenburg, Austria. The objectives of the workshop are threefold: First, it will identify the main critical issues within this broad area and delineate the interrelationships among them; second, it will take stock of the present state of knowledge and of ongoing research concerning collaboration technologies and factors affecting their deployment and use; and third, it will provide a forum for discussion about further research on the co-evolution of technological, institutional and organizational infrastructures affecting the conduct of collaborative science on a global scale. Three substantive themes will be addressed: 1) how to characterize the technological opportunities encapsulated by the concept of a virtual laboratory; 2) the practical issues involved in organizing and conducting scientific work at a distance; and 3) the interaction between intellectual property issues and access to virtual libraries and data archives. NSF sponsorship will enable the participation of non-European experts in this workshop by funding US and Russia participants' travel to Europe. It will also enable the workshop organizers to commission revised and expanded papers for a post-workshop publication.