SBIR Phase I: Glitta Research: Accelerating Online Research for Scientific Knowledge Workers

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段研究项目将为科学和技术专业人员研究和制作新的知识管理、知识传播和可视化方法的原型。今天，工作的科学家和技术人员已经提高了他们可以支配的搜索和研究能力，但记录、组织和传达这些能力的结果的能力仍然是临时的和困难的。此外，发现新的研究资源在很大程度上是反复试验。该项目将开发原型能力，通过捕获在线活动、提取关键链接、创建可视化以帮助发现新的研究方向以及建议新的外部资源，来加速在线研究并增强研究人员的记忆力。此外，我们计划加强在线演示能力，为研究结果创建辅助和可查找的演示文稿。最终结果将是为研究专业人员建立一个全面的信息仪表盘，它将加快研究活动，帮助研究人员更有效地履行职责。这项研究对科学研究实践具有深远的影响，因为它缩短了制药和技术公司的上市时间，加快了基础研究，并加强了在职科学和技术专业人员的教育过程。拟议研究的各个方面具有辅助技术影响，并将增进世界各地受众对研究成果的理解和使用。这项技术的商业机会延伸到了美国的1050万科学家和技术人员。开放式应用程序编程接口(API)将通过为核心功能的特定领域增强提供平台来促进社区对该技术的支持。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I research project will study and prototype novel approaches to knowledge management, knowledge dissemination and visualization for science and technology professionals. Working scientists and technologists today have improved search and research capabilities at their disposal, but the ability to record, organize and communicate the results of those capabilities remains ad hoc and difficult. Moreover, discovering new research resources is largely trial-and-error. The project will develop prototype capabilities to accelerate online research and enhance the memory of researchers by capturing online activities, extracting critical linkages, creating visualizations to assist in discovering new research directions, and suggesting novel external resources. In addition, we plan to enhance on-line presentation capabilities to create assistive and findable presentations of research results. The end result will be a comprehensive information dashboard for research professionals which will accelerate research activities and help researchers to more efficiently perform their duties.The research has profound implications for scientific research practice by reducing time-to-market for pharmaceutical and technology companies, accelerating basic research, and enhancing the educational process for working science and technology professionals. Aspects of the proposed research have assistive technology implications and will improve the understanding and use of research results by worldwide audiences. The commercial opportunity for the technology extends to 10.5 million scientists and technologists in the United States. Open application programming interfaces (APIs) will foster community support of the technology by providing a platform for domain-specific enhancements to the core capabilities.