Tag: 2011

  • 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…