1. Supporting Scholarly Awareness and
Researchers’ Social Interactions using
PUSHPIN
Wolfgang Reinhardt, Pranav Kadam, Tobias Varlemann, Junaid Surve,
Muneeb I. Ahmad, Johannes Magenheim
University of Paderborn
Computer Science Education Group
wolle@upb.de | @wollepb | http://isitjustme.de

2. The PUSHPIN project
Supporting Scholarly Awareness in Publications and Social Networks
structured analysis of scientific publications
analysis of the resulting research networks
analysis of social interactions in a controlled environment
considering scientific communication and collaboration as research network
Dr. Wolfgang Reinhardt | wolle@upb.de | @wollepb | http://isitjustme.de

3. Awareness
see previous talk
Research Networks
stemming from
- interactions in social networks,
- jointly authored publications,
- social tagging,
- organisational belonging
Dr. Wolfgang Reinhardt | wolle@upb.de | @wollepb | http://isitjustme.de

4. Goals of the PUSHPIN project
make researchers aware of their connections, strong and weak ties
provide them with useful recommendations
peers with similar interests
people that cite similar publications
publications that deal with similar content
what is my group doing?
ubiquitous access to the data
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5. three entry points
1. Web application
2. Mobile application (Android smartphones)
3. Tabletop application

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15. QR codes
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17. So far ...
just entered alpha testing
feedback so far is positive but no evaluation yet
software engineering issues
big data is actually really hard
data quality issues
metadata extraction, references, author names
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18. Outlook
recommender system improvement
connect near-copy detection module
develop better author name disambiguation
include early user feedback
continuously engage people to use the system
create added value for them
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19. Thank you
Dr. Wolfgang Reinhardt
University of Paderborn
Computer Science Education Group
http://isitjustme.de | @wollepb
if you want to be an alpha tester* go to
http://pushpin.cs.upb.de
* some things will probably not work all the time