Four themes, with examples:
Citizen Science
Galaxy Zoo an example of collaboration – with other scientists and the public
Collective Intelligence
We need tools to help us leverage Collective Intelligence as part of the VRE toolset
Data-centric science
http://chemtools.chem.soton.ac.uk/projects/blog/blogs.php/blog_id/24
http://www.signaling-gateway.org/
NNSA has announced 5 new centres of Excellence focusing on predictive Science
- Content is infrastructure e.g. protein data bank
- Today: primary data, images, text
- Tomorrow: digests, simulations, models
- Today: discovery to delivery
- Tomorrow: mine and model, simulate and synthesis
- Today: Statistics
- Tomorrow: Predictive Science
Mixed reality environments
E.g. The (virtual) London Polyclinic – joint project between National Physical Laboratory and Imperial College
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