Themennet

First thoughts on a seminar program in the MPG (Peter Wittenburg, december 2005)

= Topics of interest =

Research life cycle

 * Changes in research methodology
 * Changes in research questions and discourse
 * "Communication" and "interdisciplinarity" - impact in the three sections of the MPG

Functional aspects

 * Integration and Interoperability
 * Virtual Organizations
 * Virtual collaborations
 * "Break down the barriers"

Enabling technologies

 * Grid Technologies
 * Certification and PKI infrastructure
 * Authentification and authorization
 * Web services
 * Grid software
 * Repositories
 * Federation technologies
 * Relevant standards
 * Semantic Web Technologies
 * Metadata/registries
 * Schemas
 * Concept registries
 * Ontologies
 * Media technologies
 * Linguistic and text technologies
 * Relevant standards

Legal and ethical aspects

 * Basis of federations
 * Open Access Movement
 * IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) and legal framewokr
 * Licensing
 * Ethical questions

Political / strategic issues

 * International activities (e.g. UK, USA, France, NL)
 * Activities supported / funded by EU
 * Positioning of MPG?
 * Political activities of MPG?

= Target groups (their functions) =
 * Main focus on MPG scientists and staff
 * Representatives of other research organizations are welcomed

Directors, management representatives:


 * Awareness building, transfer of strategical knowledge, input in discussions on formation and infrastructure

Scientists:


 * Awareness building, transfer of concrete knowledge

Developers:


 * Transfer of concrete knowledge

= Planned activities =
 * Topic-clusters will be offered for specific target groups => seminars from 2-5 days (2-day course for directors)
 * Within the topic cluster, re-combinable modules will be developed
 * Focus of knowledge transfer on “grid technologies” and “semantic web technologies” (5 day seminar each)
 * Seminars will be organised by RZG (Rechenzentrum Garching) and technical group of MPI Psycholinguistics. Support will be provided by the MPG.
 * Experts will be invited to each of the seminars, with special attention on external experts for the seminars organised for directors
 * Seminars will start in summer 2006