Enhancing Scientific Cooperation of an Interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence via a Scientific Cooperation Portal

Tobias Vaegs (), André Calero Valdez, Anne Kathrin Schaar, André Breakling, Susanne Aghassi, Ulrich Jansen, Thomas Thiele, Florian Welter, Claudia Jooß, Anja Richert, Wolfgang Schulz, Günther Schuh, Martina Ziefle and Sabina Jeschke
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Tobias Vaegs: IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University
André Calero Valdez: RWTH Aachen University, Human-Computer Interaction Center
Anne Kathrin Schaar: RWTH Aachen University, Human-Computer Interaction Center
André Breakling: Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology
Susanne Aghassi: Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology
Ulrich Jansen: RWTH Aachen University, Chair for Nonlinear Dynamics of Laser Processing
Thomas Thiele: IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University
Florian Welter: IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University
Claudia Jooß: IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University
Anja Richert: IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University
Wolfgang Schulz: RWTH Aachen University, Chair for Nonlinear Dynamics of Laser Processing
Günther Schuh: RWTH Aachen, Werkzeugmaschinenlabor
Martina Ziefle: RWTH Aachen University, Human-Computer Interaction Center
Sabina Jeschke: IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University

A chapter in Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2015/2016, 2016, pp 203-215 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the Cluster of Excellence (CoE) “Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage countries” at RWTH Aachen University, scientists from different institutions investigate interdisciplinary ways to solve the polylemma’s tradeoffs between scale and scope as well as between plan and value oriented production. Next to the CoE’s four scientific subfields – the Integrative Cluster Domains (ICDs) – there are three additional subprojects performing cross sectional research and providing means for physical and virtual cross-linkage, the Cross Sectional Processes (CSP). Scientific cooperation in such a large and diverse consortium – as a meta-structure to the structures present in the member institutes – poses many challenges. To tackle these, an online learning and collaboration platform is developed, called the “Scientific Cooperation Portal”, to optimize the cluster-wide cooperation process. Technically building on the Liferay framework, the portal provides basic features like a member list and an event calendar as well as functionalities to help cluster members to gain a deeper understanding of the CoE’s current state regarding the diversity in interdisciplinary terminology, patterns in publication relationships, knowledge management and developed technologies.

Keywords: Cluster of Excellence; Interdisciplinary Integration; Scientific Cooperation; Social Media (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42620-4_17

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