Visualizing Scientific Discovery Workshop, September 11-12, 2008

可视化科学发现研讨会susan E. Cozzens，佐治亚理工学院网络基础设施的进步使可视化工具的发展成为可能，为跟踪科学投资的影响提供了有趣的可能性。这些可能性包括从追踪从基础研究发现到专利和创新的路径，到科学学科结构的变化，以及从检查社会网络的重要性到科学创新的分散，再到国际科学绩效的比较。对NSF项目的潜在贡献是深远的。方案官员可以利用这些工具提供的信息来检查一种特定类型或水平的投资是否比另一种投资更好地实现特定的短期结果，使用这些信息来重组或平衡其资金组合，以及向外界提供有关特定投资价值的信息。此外，NSF工作人员可以使用这些工具来描述跨领域计划的影响，例如网络基础设施和ITR。NSF的工作人员还可以通过绘制多学科合作的复杂结构，并利用这些信息来识别科学分散的社区成员，以及科学和创新领域的新兴领导者，从而扩大工作范围。然而，在实现这样的愿景之前，许多关于可视化工具的健壮性、有效性和可用性的问题仍然存在。研讨会的目的是让研究人员从广泛的学科来检查开放的问题。知识价值。研讨会将探讨社会科学中一个令人兴奋的领域的研究前沿，调查当前的艺术状态，并确定进一步发展的关键问题。更广泛的影响。研讨会将提高这一研究领域成果的可用性。它让博士后学者和博士生充分参与工作，从而有助于科学政策科学的人力资源开发。

Visualizing Scientific Discovery WorkshopSusan E. Cozzens, Georgia Institute of TechnologyThe development of visualization tools made possible by advances in cyber-infrastructure offer intriguing possibilities for tracking the impact ofinvestments in science. These possibilities range from tracing the path from basic research discoveries to patents and innovation, to the changing structure of scientific disciplines, and from examining the importance of social networks to the dispersion of scientific innovations to comparators of international performance in science.The potential contribution to NSF programs is far-reaching. Programofficers could use information from such tools to examine whether one particular type or level of investment has been better than another for achieving a particular short-term outcome, use the information to restructure or balance their funding portfolio, as well as to provide information to outside queries about the value of particular investments. In addition, NSF staff could use the tools to describe the impact of cross-cutting initiatives, such as cyber-infrastructure and ITR. NSF staff might also be able to expand by mapping the complex structures of multidisciplinary collaborations and using the information to identify members of scientifically dispersed communities as well as emerging leaders in science and innovation.However, before such a vision is achieved, many questions remain aboutthe robustness, validity and usability of the visualization tools. The workshop is designed to bring researchers from a broad range of disciplines to examine the open questions.Intellectual Merit. The workshop will explore the research frontier of anexciting area of the social sciences, surveying the current state of the art and identifying key issues for further development.Broader impacts. The workshop will increase the usability of results fromthis research area. It involves a postdoctoral scholar and doctoral student fully in the work, and thus contributes to human resource development in the science of science policy.