Information Infrastructures and Architectures

27 September, 06 11:00 AM - 28 September, 06 05:00 PM

e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh

Any slides or other material generated as a result of this event can be found at: www.nesc.ac.uk/action/esi/contribution.cfm?Title=700

This workshop will explore the social science issues surrounding the new information infrastructures/ architectures that are emerging. This would aim to bring together leading social science researchers into organisational technologies and technical specialists for interdisciplinary discussion and enquiry.

A swathe of technological advances are emerging that offer radically different architectures, development processes and service models for providing organisational information systems/infrastructures. These include, for example, the GRID/ Service Oriented Architectures and "SAP by the hour". These various architectures/ service models are being developed to increase the flexibility and dependability of computer services, and reduce development/maintenance costs. At the same time they offer rather different opportunities for local actors to engage with technology development/implementation. They may therefore require some reconsideration of existing social science findings, based upon earlier technological models. The workshop will explore the technical trajectories and their social and organisational implications, including, inter-alia, the influence that different technical and non-technical players may have over systems design, development and operation; technology management and governance. In this way it will come to a better understanding of the possible organisational outcomes (including the reconciliation of global and local requirements in information systems).

Social science research into the application and implications of Information and Communications Technologies tends to lag behind technological development. To overcome this, this research workshop bring together leading social science specialists in the field with technical experts able to identify and assess new technological trends – united by a concern with cross-disciplinary understanding.

Target Audience

This event is by invitation only. Please contact the organiser if you feel you should have received an invitation to attend.

Programme

A programme for this event is being developed at: http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/700/programme.cfm

Registration for this event is now closed. To enquire about an application or to cancel a previous application please contact NeSC Administration.

Related Links

http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/

Important Dates

04 Aug - Registration Opens
20 Sep - Registration Deadline
20 Sep - Date we will respond to your application by (Please note this is the latest date we will respond to your application. It is normal policy for us to respond within 5 working days where possible.)
27 Sep - Event Starts at 11:00hrs

Enquiries

Enquiries should be made directly to our Conference Administrator.

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