Synergizing in Cyberinfrastructure Development
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This paper investigates the work of creating infrastructure, using as a case study the development of cyberinfrastructure for metagenomics research. Specifically, the analysis focuses on the role of embeddedness in infrastructure development. We expand on the notion of human infrastructure to develop the concepts of synergizing , leveraging, and aligning, which denote the active processes of creating and managing relationships among people, organizations, and technologies in the creation of cyberinfrastructure. This conceptual lens highlights how embeddedness is not only an important result of infrastructure development, but is also a precursor that can act as both a constraint and a resource for development activities.
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Maintainers struggle with producing the visions of novel innovation needed to get funding, a common theme in scientific cyberinfrastructure and public works.
“Maintainers struggle with producing the visions of novel innovation needed to get funding, which is a common theme in scientific cyberinfrastructure [9] and public works [39,112].”
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- Authors
- Bietz, M. J., Baumer, E. P. S., & Lee, C. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bietz, Matthew J.
- Venue
- Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
- Published
- 2010-07-07
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 245-281
- ISSN
- 0925-9724 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-7551
- OpenAlex
- W1967483856
- Cited by
- 91
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 16.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (0712994, 0838601)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Keywords
- metagenomics, embeddedness, human infrastructure, leveraging, organizational relationships, technology-organization relationship, research infrastructure
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