SGER: Inter-Repository Patent Analysis to Understand Worldwide Nanotechnology Research and Development

纳米技术是一个快速发展的领域，它有望在广泛的重要应用领域带来革命性的变化。由于纳米技术对一个国家未来的实力和竞争能力至关重要，许多国家都通过了国家项目或计划来促进纳米技术的研究。这项探索性研究小额赠款（SGER）中提出的研究将产生一个框架，支持研究人员评估和比较各国纳米技术发展的能力，以及对知识库间专利出版影响和知识交流模式的分析。 该项目还将产生自动处理工具，以帮助知识库间的专利分析。更广泛的影响：全球专利分析结果将在不同的媒体上发表（例如，期刊论文、会议记录和网站），以接触纳米技术界。将向社区提供一个在线分析工具，以便研究人员能够评估感兴趣的具体国家或机构。这些结果和工具将帮助研究人员、研究中心、公司和国家确定关键和有前途的纳米技术研究方向。该项目也为培养博士生提供了机会。和硕士生在引文分析，文本挖掘和知识可视化领域。

Nanotechnology is a rapidly growing area that holds the promise of revolutionizing a wide range of significant applications. Because of its critical role to a nation's future strengths and ability to compete, numerous countries have adopted national projects or programs to prompt research in nanotechnology. The research proposed in this Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) will result in a framework that supports researchers' ability to assess and compare the development of nanotechnology in various countries, and the analysis of inter-repository patent publication influences and knowledge exchange patterns. This project will also result in automatic processing tools to aid inter-repository patent analysis.Broader impact: Worldwide patent analysis results will be published in diverse media (e.g., journal papers, conference proceedings, and websites) to reach the nanotechnology community. An online analysis tool will be provided to the community, so that researchers can assess specific countries or institutions of interest. Such results and tools will help researchers, research centers, companies, and countries identify critical and promising nanotechnology research directions. This project also opportunities for training Ph.D. and Master's students in the areas of citation analysis, text mining, and knowledge visualization.