E-Social Science
Encyclopedia
e-Social Science is a more recent development in conjunction with the wider developments in e-Science
. It is social science using Grid Computing
and other information technologies to collect, process, integrate, share, and disseminate social and behavioral data.
E-Science
E-Science is computationally intensive science that is carried out in highly distributed network environments, or science that uses immense data sets that require grid computing; the term sometimes includes technologies that enable distributed collaboration, such as the Access Grid...
. It is social science using Grid Computing
Grid computing
Grid computing is a term referring to the combination of computer resources from multiple administrative domains to reach a common goal. The grid can be thought of as a distributed system with non-interactive workloads that involve a large number of files...
and other information technologies to collect, process, integrate, share, and disseminate social and behavioral data.
External links
- UK National Centre for e-Social Science Web Home Page
- National Centre for e-Social ScienceNational Centre for e-Social ScienceThe National Centre for e-Social Science is a UK based centre which aims to promote e-Social Science. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council to investigate how innovative and powerful computer-based infrastructure and tools developed over the past five years under the UK...
- National Centre for e-Social Science
- Oxford e-Social Science This project has focused on the ethical, legal and institutional factors shaping e-Science.
- ReDReSS project This site provides resources for social scientists interested in using e-Social Science and e-Science tools and methodologies.
- Collaboratory for Quantitative e-Social Science
- Chinese e-Social Science