HCC: Small: Designing and Using FastLane: Distilling Lessons for Cyberinfrastructures

这是一个分析历史项目，研究FastLane，这是一个为管理提交给国家科学基金会的研究提案的审查而创建的开创性系统。它将推动当代计算的历史，并为以人为中心的计算领域的发展做出贡献。目前，对国家科学基金会S快车道进行严格的评估历史是可行的，因为系统的设计者以及不同的用户社区，包括国家科学基金会遗留用户、赞助项目办公室的工作人员和主要调查人员都是可访问的。在联系国家科学基金会工作人员(关于文件收集和口述历史)以及设计和开发新的研究方法方面，已经开展了大量的先期工作，以便从众多不同的用户中收集定性的、面谈式的数据。这项研究探讨了以人为中心的计算(HCC)主题，即政府机构如何应对和塑造新信息技术的引入，并将深入了解其他复杂计算系统的设计和使用。该项目还将通过探索设计过程、学习模式、交流模式以及计算的社会、文化和伦理背景，来促进HC的跨学科。对FastLane的发展进行评估，这是一个早期的网络基础设施(CI)，将为当代CI的设计者、管理者和用户提供洞察力和教训。这项研究将深入了解计算机系统与复杂的文化和组织过程之间的相互作用。该项目还将开发新的研究工具，以收集关于这些过程的丰富的定性数据，包括一个基于网络的访谈平台，一个为FastLane社区设计的维基网站，以及半自动口述历史抄写。这项研究是精心设计的，以允许评估快车道？S对全国不同研究人员和不同教育机构的参与？S研究基础设施的影响。该项目将创建、分析和存档几个历史上代表性不足的群体的研究参与情况的重要数据，包括HBCU机构和EPSCoR州。

This is an analytical history project examining FastLane, the pioneering system created to manage review of research proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation. It will advance the history of contemporary computing and contribute to the development of the human-centered computing field. A rigorous evaluative history of NSF?s FastLane is feasible at this moment, owing to accessibility of the designers of the system as well as the distinct communities of users, including NSF legacy users, staff at Sponsored Projects offices, and principal investigators. Substantial advance work has been carried out in contacting NSF staff (concerning both document collection and oral histories) and in designing and developing new research methods that will facilitate collecting qualitative, interview-type data from the large population of varied users. The research explores the human-centered computing (HCC) theme of how government agencies respond to and shape the introduction of new information technologies, and it will develop insights into the design and use of other complex computing systems. The project will also contribute to the interdisciplinarity of HCC by exploring the process of design, models for learning, modes of communication, and the social, cultural, and ethical contexts of computing.Evaluation of the development of FastLane, an early cyberinfrastructure (CI), will yield insights and lessons for contemporary designers, managers, and users of CI. The research will generate insights into the interaction of computing systems with complex cultural and organizational processes. The project will also develop novel research tools for collecting rich qualitative data on these processes, including a web-based interview platform, a Wiki-site designed for the FastLane community, and semi-automated oral-history transcription. The research is carefully designed to permit an evaluation of FastLane?s impact on the participation of diverse researchers and diverse educational institutions in the nation?s research infrastructure. This project will create, analyze, and archive important data on the research participation of several historically under-represented groups, including HBCU institutions and EPSCoR states.