2011 Harvard Digital Scholarship Summit: Keynote - Daniel Atkins (University of Michigan)

How are research technologies changing the landscape of knowledge production and what are the implications for the quality and value of research?Daniel E. Atkins is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor. He is also a Professor of Information, and the W. K. Kellogg Professor of Community Informatics in the School of Information. He currently serves as the Associate Vice-President for Research Cyberinfrastructure, the chair of the UM IT Governance Council, and the chair of the scientific advisory committee for the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Initiative. From June 2006 to June 2008 served as the inaugural Director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure at the U.S. National Science Foundation. He has also been Dean of the College of Engineering and Founding Dean of the School of Information at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has also served as a consultant and invited speaker to industry, foundations, educational institutions,and government worldwide. Examples include the NSF, NIH, Intel, Mayo Clinic, Kellogg Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Coalition for Networked Information, Internet2, the MIT Libraries, NPOWER, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Library of Medicine, National Archives and Records Administration, the OECC, European Commission, the UK Research Councils, and the US Census Bureau.

May 5, 2011