Knowledge Cartography and Social Network Representation: Application to Collaborative Platforms in Scientific Area

Abstract

Our research revolves around collaborative platforms entirely dedicated to research activities for several scientific organizations. Here, researchers from different domains interact and exchange information using our platforms as the common ground involving new concepts, methods and services to encourage collaborative work for their research activities. The work is based on the co-operation and collaboration between scientific specialists and engineers building the platform. In our proposal we attempt to capture the individual information and then build social network representations to build a group representation of knowledge, attracting and encouraging people to participate in collaborative tasks.