SLIDES:
- Interdisciplinary Research: Two War Stories (
IntResearch_CS_GIS_2013_Mecca.ppt (11Mb) )
Workshop to Kickoff Technology Innovation Center in Geographic Information Systems,
Umm Al-Qura University, Abdia, Makkah-21955, Saudi Arabia,
Jan. 7th, 2013.
- Spatial Data Science: Interdisciplinary Experiences
(short version
pdf (2 Mb) ,
pptx (5 Mb) and the complete set
pptx (14 Mb) ),
Nebraska Data Analytics Workshop,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE,
April 10th, 2017.
ABSTRACT:
The importance of
interdisciplinary research
is rising due to the need to address societal problems which often can not be solved by a
single discipline. However, it is challenging due to disciplinary differences in terminologies, methodologies (e.g., field vs. laboratory vs.
theory), reward systems (e.g., journal vs. conference publication), etc. As a result, many teams go through
forming, storming, norming before performing.
Frequent unstructured and structured interactions may help shorten the storming phase by building relationships,
developing common language, and identifying win-wins towards finding shared goals and co-creating effective solutions.
This presentation shares presenter's experiences in this context.
KEYWORDS:
Interdisciplinary, Research, Computer Science, Data Science, Spatial.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
All I know about interdisciplinary research, I learned from collaborators, colleagues, students and mentors.
This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Defense,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the University of Minnesota (e.g., Center for Transportation Studies).
