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A sociotechnical exploration of infrastructural middleware development

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Charlotte P. Lee,

Matthew J. Bietz,

Katie Derthick,

Drew PaineAuthors Info & Claims

CSCW '12: Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Pages 1347 - 1350

https://doi.org/10.1145/2145204.2145404

Published: 11 February 2012 Publication History

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While previous CSCW research has noted that computer scientists have their own research interests pertaining to cyberinfrastructure development projects, most have focused on the research imperatives of scientists. This qualitative, interview-based study investigates the perspective of computer scientists developing middleware software for cyberinfrastructures at two supercomputing centers. This paper examines how technologists develop and sustain middleware applications over time by leveraging expertise and partnering with different research domains in order to achieve long-term infrastructural goals.

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A sociotechnical exploration of infrastructural middleware development
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms
      1. Computer supported cooperative work
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing and business
      1. Computer supported cooperative work

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February 2012

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ISBN:9781450310864

DOI:10.1145/2145204

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Lee CPaine DCosley DForte ACiolfi LMcDonald D(2015)From The Matrix to a Model of Coordinated Action (MoCA)Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing10.1145/2675133.2675161(179-194)Online publication date: 28-Feb-2015
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