UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS
PI: SuthersInstitution: University of Hawaii at ManoaProposal: 0943147Proposal Title: VOSS Traces--Understanding Distributed Socio-Technical SystemsThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). To more effectively support virtual organizations with emerging technologies, we must understand how technological designs encourage transformative interactions between people. There is an analytic gap between microanalyses and aggregate analyses of the thousands of individual paths of activity distributed across time, space and media. This project provides a three-layered solution, the Traces framework, which consists of a theoretical foundation for analysis, a common data model, and software tools to trace out the movement, confluences, and transformations of persons, artifacts and ideas in sociotechnical systems. The Traces framework views sociotechnical systems as constituted by artifact-mediated interactions, which the data model captures. The software tools expose sequential patterns of interaction and their dependencies on features of the technological infrastructure. The project will study how the movements and confluences of persons and artifacts in digital environments affect the dissemination and transformation of ideas, and how ties between participants develop in the process. It will apply this framework to understanding sociotechnical systems used to support educators, and particularly how resources influence participation to advance the objectives of the communities. The project will offer the sociotechnical systems research community a framework that addresses the analytic gap by scaling up analyses of interaction, and facilitates multidisciplinary and cross-methodological collaborations.Sociotechnical systems are pervasive in today's societies, but little is currently known about how they function or how best to design them. Understanding how they function will enable the development of tools and guidelines to help improve their effectiveness with further benefits to society. This project will focus on sociotechnical systems that support the professional development of PhD students and of K-12 educators, including educators serving underrepresented and rural students. Thus, the results of this research will directly enhance the infrastructure for virtual learning organizations.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
0943147 |
Funding Agency |
National Science Foundation |
| Total Award Amount |
$382,421 |
Project Location - City |
Honolulu |
| Award Date |
09/15/2009 |
Project Location - State |
HI |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
96822-2303
|
| Jobs Reported |
0.00 |
Congressional District |
01 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
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Recipient Name
|
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
965088057
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| Recipient Address |
2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR LIBRARY RM 1 |
| Recipient City |
HONOLULU |
| Recipient State |
Hawaii |
| Recipient Zip |
96822-2247 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
01 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
VOSS: Understanding Distributed Socio-Technical Systems |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
Science & Technology, General/Other |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
Grant activities include continue investigating overlapping community analysis algorithms. Began analyzing the results of one such algorithm (edge communities, Ahn et al.) implemented by a grad student. Presented a paper at the Hawaii International Conference on the System Sciences and also co-chaired a mini-track on a relevant topic. |
| Jobs Created |
0.00 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
No jobs created/retained this quarter. |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
49-0101 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
09/15/2009 |
| Award Number |
0943147 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
49 |
| Funding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
49 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Amount of Award |
$382,421 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$365,686 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$365,686 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
U01 |
| Activity Description |
Science & Technology, General/Other |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
0 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$0 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
16 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$5,011 |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
21º 19' 10",
-157º 48' 35" |
| Congressional District |
01 |
| Address 1 |
University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Address 2 |
Post 309 |
| City |
Honolulu |
| County |
Honolulu |
| State |
HI |
| Zip |
96822-2303 |
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