CASCI
Encyclopedia
CASCI, or The Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information, is a multi-disciplinary research center located at the University of Maryland, College Park
, USA. The center's goal is to increase understanding of community interactions and to harness the power of novel technologies to support the needs of real and virtual communities. The Center was inaugurated on November 13, 2008. The director is Derek Hansen, an assistant professor in the iSchool at the University of Maryland.
and founder of the Community Technologies Group at Microsoft Research
, presented the CASCI Director with a $2,000 gift to support the Center's activities.
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
, USA. The center's goal is to increase understanding of community interactions and to harness the power of novel technologies to support the needs of real and virtual communities. The Center was inaugurated on November 13, 2008. The director is Derek Hansen, an assistant professor in the iSchool at the University of Maryland.
Projects
Ongoing projects include:- Improving Mass Vaccination Clinic Operations
- External Knowledge Management and Climate Change
- Libraries, Technology, and Older Adult Communities
- How and Why Physicists and Chemists Use Blogs
Funding
At the inaugural ceremony, Dr. Marc Smith, Chief Social Scientist for Telligent SystemsTelligent Systems
Telligent Systems, more commonly referred to as Telligent, is an enterprise collaboration and community software company. Founded in 2004, Telligent's U.S...
and founder of the Community Technologies Group at Microsoft Research
Microsoft Research
Microsoft Research is the research division of Microsoft created in 1991 for developing various computer science ideas and integrating them into Microsoft products. It currently employs Turing Award winners C.A.R. Hoare, Butler Lampson, and Charles P...
, presented the CASCI Director with a $2,000 gift to support the Center's activities.