Thanks Dan. I wasn't aware of Open Health Tools at all previously, and it's very interesting.
Susie On 6/2/08, Dan Russler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Susie, > > This Challenge looks great. > > Open Health Tools is working on a challenge grant for Health Sciences as > well...Perhaps there are ways to learn from each of these kinds of > activities? > > Here is the link to Open Health Tools and its Academic Outreach Project... > > www.openhealthtools.org >>> Charter Projects >>> Academic Outreach > Project >>>>Educational Stream > > Regards, > > Dan > > Susie M Stephens wrote: > > Some of you may be interested in the Elsevier Grand Challenge ( >> http://www.elseviergrandchallenge.com/). >> >> >> >> The Elsevier Grand Challenge: Knowledge Enhancement in the Life >> Sciences is a contest created to improve the way scientific information >> is communicated and used. The contest invites members of the scientific >> community to describe and prototype a tool to improve the interpretation >> and identification of meaning in (online) journals and text databases >> relating to the life sciences. Specifically we are looking for new ways >> to: >> >> 1. improve the process/methods/results of creating, reviewing and >> editing scientific content >> 2. interpret, visualize or connect the knowledge more effectively, >> and/or >> 3. provide tools/ideas for measuring the impact of these improvements. >> >> While the traditional functions of peer-review, quality control, >> dissemination and archiving remain at the heart of scientific >> publishing, it is clear that new technologies are creating opportunities >> to facilitate interpretation of data. In initiating the Elsevier Grand >> Challenge, we hope to interact with the scientific community to discuss >> changing modes of publishing and knowledge sharing with innovative >> groups who are interested in changing the way science is published. The >> objective is to generate useful new ideas that could have a widespread >> impact on scientific publishing in general. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Susie >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >