(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-08-07)
Bennett, Charlie; Doshi, Ameet; Hunt, Dottie; Kumar, Shilpi; Noyes, Caroline; Whitmer, Susan T.
For many students, the undergraduate experience has become less transformative and more transactional. The integrated planning goals for Georgia Institute of Technology's Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, based on pilot spaces at the library, were aimed at increasing engagement between students, faculty, and academic support units to enrich the learning experience. To determine if goals were achieved, researchers from the institution and the design team partnered to assess the commons, identify improvements, and contribute to a continuous improvement process for future projects.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-11-01)
Porter, Alan L.; Carley, Stephen; Melkers, Julia; Xiao, Fang
Rapid changes occurring in scientific fields such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, and information technology increase the challenges technology managers and science policy makers alike face when determining the best course for research program strategy, management, and evaluation. Among other things, it is increasingly important to understand relationships, both cognitive and social, among research domains. In this panel, GaTech presenters discuss how using text-mining tools to analyze large sets of science and technology information provides indicators and insights into these critical questions. This presentation addresses the benefits and related issues in combining survey-based social network data with bibliometric data in the study of scientific collaboration. Preliminary results of on-going research are presented.