Tag: 2011

  • Visualizing Geo-Spatial Data in Science, Technology and Innovation

    Extended Abstract – NEW S,T&I VISUALIZATIONS  session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s):Scott W. Cunningham and J. H. Kwakkel (Delft University of Technology) This paper provides a range of alternatives for analysts when dealing with geo-spatial data addressing activities in science, technology and innovation (STI). We address the theoretical role of regions and districts…

  • Learning to Play the Game: An Enhanced Indicator to Investigate Graduate Training Programs in Science and Engineering

    Extended Abstract – NEW INDICATORS  session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s):Julia Melkers, Diego Pinheiro, Jan Youtie, (School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology) The need to encourage future generations of students in the pursuit of science and technological research has been viewed as a cornerstone of US efforts to maintain leadership in research,…

  • Using TechMining for designing research policy in a Colombian Higher Education Institution

    Extended Abstract – NEW INDICATORS session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s):Jenny Marcela Sanchez-Torres (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) The most important Higher Education Institution –HEI- of Colombia has designed a model for measuring its R&D activities which has a set of indicators, some of them are calculated using techmining techniques. Its results as used…

  • Predicting Breakthrough Papers: Ranking Statistics, Patterns, and Visualization

    Extended Abstract – NEW INDICATORS session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s): Ilya V. Ponomarev, Duane E. Williams, Joshua Schnell, Laurel L. Haak Research progress may be either gradual or abrupt. While both ways are important, major advances in science strongly depend upon explosive breakthrough discoveries. Currently, analyses of emerging or breakthrough areas are rarely…

  • The Access and Benefi-Sharing Patent Index: Large Scale Text Mining for Biodiversity using High End Computing

    Extended Abstract – NEW INDICATORS session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s): P. Oldham and S. Hall (CESAGEN, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Lancaster University) We have developed an index of biological species names appearing in the USPTO and PCT patent collections of 9 million patent documents. The Access and Benefit-Sharing Patent Index…

  • Research and Development of Technologies for the Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of Dengue Fever in Brazil and Beyond

    Extended Abstract – MINING AND VISUALIZING LIFE SCIENCES session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s): Sebastiao Loureiro, Erika Aragao, Bethania Almeida, Taris Santana (Collective Health Institute (ISC),Federal University of Bahia(UFBA)) In 2009, the Brazilian government created the Dengue Network, a research system that aims to provide support for, as well as strengthen, the national effort…

  • Publication trends in large pharmaceutical firms

    Extended Abstract – MINING AND VISUALIZING LIFE SCIENCES session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s): Ismael Rafols, Alice O’Hare, Antonio Perianes, Michael M. Hopkins, and Paul Nightingale It has been claimed that the advent of biotechnology about 30 years ago resulted in a shift in the pharmaceutical industry from an innovation system based on vertically…

  • Analyzing Technology Evolution of Graphene Sensor Based on Patent Documents

    Extended Abstract – FUTURE-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s): Shu Fang, Zhengyin Hu, Hongshen Pang, Xian Zhan (The Chengdu Branch of the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences) We propose an improved analysis method based on an existing method (Young，Jong & Sang, 2008) of patent semantic analysis for emerging technologies. We…

  • “Up-to-down” Science & Technology planning: a new approach based on patent data and technology roadmapping

    Extended Abstract – FUTURE-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s): Ying Guo, Lu Huang, Yi Zhang and Donghua Zhu (Beijing Institute of Technology); Alan L.Porter (Georgia Institute of Technology) Currently, endless new technologies emerge. If one could map out Science & Technology (S&T)Planning correctly on the national level, innovation shareholders would remain…

  • A Hybrid Visualized Model for Composing Technology Roadmapping: Bibliometrics, Qualitative Methodology & Empirical Study

    Extended Abstract – FUTURE-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s): Yi Zhang, Ying Guo, Donghua Zhu, and Xuefeng Wang; Beijing Institute of Technology The booming of emerging technology is an obvious global feature of today’s S&T development at the same as it is also becoming a key factor in the national…