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A network approach to mixing delegates at meetings.
Federico Vaggi1, Tommaso Schiavinotto, Jonathan Ld Lawson
1Federico Vaggi is in the Department of Computational Biology, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy federico.vaggi@fmach.it.
Scientific meetings foster interdisciplinary collaboration through a novel network-based
Area of Science:
- Scientific meetings
- Interdisciplinary research
- Collaboration networks
Background:
- Delegates at scientific meetings represent diverse research backgrounds and methodologies.
- Fostering interactions between researchers with 'distant' specializations is challenging.
- Such interactions can drive novel collaborations and scientific breakthroughs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a method for initiating interactions between diverse scientific delegates.
- To facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations at scientific meetings.
- To describe a network-based 'speed dating' approach and its algorithmic implementation.
Main Methods:
- Developed a network-based 'speed dating' approach.
- Algorithmically pairs delegates based on potential research interests.
- Designed to connect individuals who might not otherwise meet.
Main Results:
- Successfully implemented a system for pairing delegates.
- Facilitated connections between researchers from disparate fields.
- The approach enables the initiation of potentially valuable scientific interactions.
Conclusions:
- Network-based 'speed dating' effectively promotes interactions between diverse scientific delegates.
- This method can overcome barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Facilitating novel connections can lead to unexpected scientific advancements.
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