Dissertation Research: The Standardized Revolution of Science: Building Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences

论文研究：科学的标准化革命：为地球科学构建网络基础设施

• 批准号: 0525985
• 负责人: Steven Epstein
• 金额: $ 0.77万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-15 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0525985&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Standardized; Revolution; Science

Epstein / Ribes - NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (prop #6457371, Feb 2005)Project SummaryThis project takes the development and deployment of GEON as its object.GEON, the 'geo-sciences network,' is an American cyberinfrastructure for the solidearth sciences - a five year National Science Foundation (NSF) project with the goal ofproviding computing, data interoperability and visualization resources for the broadergeo-sciences. To date GEON is the most ambitious project of its kind, drawing togethersuch diverse disciplines within the earth-sciences as geophysics, paleobotany,seismology, and geochemistry to name only a few. GEON is only one of many alreadyinitiated or planned cyberinfrastructure under the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Program(ACP) . Through shared infrastructure, computer science expertise, and informationtechnologies the impact of GEON stretches beyond the geo-sciences to the larger goal ofscience informatization. Cyberinfrastructure generally, and GEON specifically, is as much a bottom-upactivity as top-down. In the case of GEON the NSF provides the encouragement andmulti-million dollar funding 'from above', but the socio-technical structure of GEONitself was proposed, designed and enacted by practicing scientists 'from below'. Howcan we understand the conjunction and enaction of these two trajectories: state funding,and geo-science/IT construction and deployment? This project seeks to follow thepractices of information technologists and geo-scientists from below and the policyaction from above in order to understand the resulting transformations in the organizationand practice of science. What are the consequences of mobilizing the geo-scientificcommunity in its own technological transformation to meet the larger goals of the ACP?From GEON's inception in 2002, Ribes (co-PI) has been an ethnographicparticipant observer of the negotiations between geo-scientists and informationtechnologists. This research proposal requests the resources to complement the alreadyproceeding research by tracing GEON's development 'from above': NSF funding andsupport, and geoscience's vision of an informaticized science of the earth. Funds will beused to support travel for archival research on the ACP and to conduct interviews withsignificant 'macro-scale' actors which have provided political and financial support forthe GEON cyberinfrastructure.Intellectual MeritWithin the field of science and technology studies this researchproject seeks to address the intersection of four themes of growing importance whichhave thus far been taken separately within the field, and which cross traditional notions of'scale,' but which in GEON appear simultaneously: i- standardization and classification,ii- users and design, iii - the organization of science and changes of practice in relation toinformation technologies; and iv- science and the state.Broader Impact In a broader sense this study contributes to the successfuldevelopment and unfolding of contemporary information infrastructures. Calls fromwithin computer science itself have pointed to the need for a greater researchinvolvement of social science in the production of these large-scale infrastructures.'Cyberinfrastructure' is already framed as an organizational and institutional endeavorand offers an inviting site for building relationships with science studies. Finally thisstudy will seek to offer practical, conceptual and analytic resources for practicingscientists themselves who are currently facing greater transformation throughinformatization.

爱泼斯坦 /肋骨 - NSF博士学位论文改进赠款（Prop＃6457371，2005年2月）项目摘要将Geon的开发和部署作为其对象。Geon，“地理界网络”，“地理界网络”，是美国的Cyber​​infrasture，用于核能的五年录像带（NS Fiforitive -Nation Inturotion（NSF）的范围（NSF），该项目的范围（NSF）对于宽阔的c。迄今为止，盖恩（Geon）是同类产品中最雄心勃勃的项目，在地球界的地球物理学，古植物学，地震学和地球化学中仅举几例。 GEON只是高级网络基础设施计划（ACP）下的许多已经启发或计划的网络基础设施之一。通过共享的基础架构，计算机科学专业知识和信息技术，Geon的影响超出了地质界面对更大的Science信息的目标。一般而言，网络基础结构通常是自上而下的，吉恩的自下而上是自下而上的。就Geon而言，NSF“从上面”提供了鼓励和千万亿美元的资金，但是Geonitself的社会技术结构是由下面的科学家从下面实践的，设计和制定的。我们如何理解这两个轨迹的结合和启示：国家资金，地理科学/IT构建和部署？该项目旨在遵循下面的信息技术人员和地理科学家的实践，以及上面的政策行为，以了解科学组织和科学实践中所产生的转变。在其自己的技术转型中动员地理科学康复的后果是什么后果，以满足ACP的更大目标？从2002年的Geon Inception开始，Ribes（Co-Pi）是人种志专业的观察者，是地理科学家与信息技术学家之间的谈判的观察者。这项研究建议要求这些资源通过追踪Geon的发展“从上方”来补充AlreadyProceed的研究：NSF资助和支持者，以及地球科学对地球知识科学的愿景。资金将支持支持有关ACP的档案研究的旅行，并与具有重要意义的“宏观”参与者进行访谈，这些参与者为Geon Cyber​​infradstructure提供了政治和财务支持。在科学和技术研究领域中，这项研究项目的智能优先于此，该研究人员试图在越来越多地涉及到越来越多的范围，从而使其在越来越多的范围内，从而在附近又与众不同。在Geon中同时出现：I-标准化和分类，II-用户和设计，III-科学组织以及与信息有关的实践变化；在更广泛的意义上，这项研究有助于成功开发和发展当代信息基础设施。 Frofwithin计算机科学本身的呼吁指出，在这些大规模基础设施的生产中，需要对社会科学进行更大的研究参与。“ Cyber​​infrastructure”已经被构成了组织和机构的培训，这是一个诱人的网站来建立与科学研究的关系。最终，Thisstudy将寻求为目前通过信息化面临更大转型的实践者本身提供实践，概念和分析资源。