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The e‐Science and e‐Humanities Track of the GOR 2016 General Online Research

Conference organized by TU Bergakademie Freiberg and TU Dresden

 

Dresden, Germany

2nd to 4th March 2016

 

The e‐Science and e‐Humanities track of the General Online Research Conference invites the submission of abstracts in various areas related to the developments and on‐going changes deriving from a digitalization, internetting, and  changing paradigms of science and online based research. Perspectives encompass, but are not limited, to:

‐ the information and communication technic related aspects like algorithms and infrastructures as well as their usage for science and research, (Big Data Analytics, Networks, Science 2.0, online research environments, Open Data, Open Access, Digitalization of Data, Cloud computing, Digital Libraries)

‐ socio‐technical aspects related to the usage of IT, communication of science, and citizen science (Citizen Science, Science Communication, Altmetrics, scientific Publishing, Virtualization)

‐ a sociology of technology and sociology of science dimension (usage of tools and web 2.0, collaboration, multidisciplinary work, virtual social networks, habits in digital environments, science communication)

‐ organizational and behavioral aspects (digital culture, psychology and media ecology)

‐ application and usage of technologies in science

‐ sustainability in science, scientific developments

 

There is no exclusive disciplinary focus of the track. Expected contributors may have a background in related fields of an academic discipline with a focus on either technology or user culture or interdisciplinary research methodology.

The topics may encompass developments in both theory and practice.

 

Submission Process, open access publication and post proceedings Authors are invited to submit abstracts related to original work corresponding with one of the topics described above. The abstract may have 200 ‐ 500 words and shall be send to Claudia.Koschtial@bwl.tu‐freiberg.de.

 

The program committee will select papers for presentation and submission of a full paper following a double blind peer review process. All accepted papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings and listed in the related citation data bases. A selection of the best conference papers will be published as post‐proceedings by Springer after the conference based on an additional review.

 

Timetable

‐ 17.01.2016 – Deadline for submission of abstracts

‐ 31.01.2016 – Information about acceptance

‐ 28.02.2016 ‐ Deadline for submission of full paper

‐ 30.03.2016 – Submission of final version full paper (camera ready)

 

Program Committee

Prof. Dr. Daniel Apollon

Prof. Dr. Carsten Felden

Sabrina Herbst

Prof. Dr. Thomas Köhler

Claudia Koschtial

Prof. Dr. Christoph Lattemann

Peter Mutschke (requested)

Dr. Daniela Pscheida

Prof. Dr. Andrzej Skulimovski

 

The track is an event of the eScience – Research Network Saxony. It continues the discourse held during 1st Network Conference 2012, the 2nd Network Conference “EScience between Data and Networks: Tools, Processes, Models and Practices of Digital Science” (Dresden, 2013), the 1st International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E‐Science and E‐Humanities (Leipzig 2014). More information on the eScience – Research Network Saxony: http://www.esciencesachsen.de/?page_id=685