Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:25:46 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [192.100.21.30] ([192.100.21.30] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.5) with ESMTPS id 10946621 for cni-announce@cni.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:41:50 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:39:02 -0700 X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org From: Clifford Lynch Subject: VIVO Networking Conference, August 12-13, New York City Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-931956398==_ma============" --============_-931956398==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Over the past few years, we've had several presentations at CNI covering a system called VIVO, which originated at Cornell and was designed to help researchers find other researchers with similar or related interests. More recently, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, it has established a national footprint. You can find video of their presentation at the Spring 2010 CNI meeting at http://www.youtube.com/cnivideo#p/u/3/gRnGAuMMPnk or http://vimeo.com/11345580 Next month, the VIVO consortium is holding its first meeting. I have included the call for participation below. Clifford Lynch Director, CNI --------------------------- National VIVO Conference: Enabling National Networking of Scientists August 12-13, 2010 New York Hall of Science The first annual National VIVO Conference, Enabling National Networking of Scientists, will bring together scientists, developers, publishers, funding agencies, research officers, students and those supporting the development of team science. This two day conference will begin with workshops and tutorials for those new to VIVO, those implementing VIVO at their institutions, and those wishing to develop applications using VIVO. Invited speakers will present regarding the Semantic Web, Linked Open Data and the role of VIVO in support of team science. Panelists will discuss adoption and implementation findings. Feedback sessions will engage participants in requirements gathering and brainstorming regarding future network services. Presenters will discuss mapping, social networking, crowd sourcing, support for societies and other national network applications. Learn more at http://vivoweb.org/conference. VIVO is an open source, open ontology, research discovery platform for hosting information about scientists, their interests, activities, and accomplishments. VIVO supports open development and integration of science through simple, standard semantic web technologies. Learn more at http://vivoweb.org. VIVO is funded by the National Institutes of Health, U24 RR029822. --============_-931956398==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" VIVO Networking Conference, August 12-13, New York City
Over the past few years, we've had several presentations at CNI covering a system called VIVO, which originated at Cornell and was designed to help researchers find other researchers with similar or related interests. More recently, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, it has established a national footprint. You can find video of their presentation at the Spring 2010 CNI meeting at
http://www.youtube.com/cnivideo#p/u/3/gRnGAuMMPnk
or
http://vimeo.com/11345580

Next month, the VIVO consortium is holding its first meeting. I have included the call for participation below.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI

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National VIVO Conference:
Enabling National Networking of Scientists
August 12-13, 2010
New York Hall of Science
The first annual National VIVO Conference, Enabling National Networking of Scientists, will bring together scientists, developers, publishers, funding agencies, research officers, students and those supporting the development of team science. This two day conference will begin with workshops and tutorials for those new to VIVO, those implementing VIVO at their institutions, and those wishing to develop applications using VIVO. Invited speakers will present regarding the Semantic Web, Linked Open Data and the role of VIVO in support of team science. Panelists will discuss adoption and implementation findings. Feedback sessions will engage participants in requirements gathering and brainstorming regarding future network services. Presenters will discuss mapping, social networking, crowd sourcing, support for societies and other national network applications. Learn more at http://vivoweb.org/conference.
 VIVO is an open source, open ontology, research discovery platform for hosting information about scientists, their interests, activities, and accomplishments. VIVO supports open development and integration of science through simple, standard semantic web technologies. Learn more at http://vivoweb.org.  VIVO is funded by the National Institutes of Health, U24 RR029822.
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