[Insight-users] OPEN ACCESS WEEK: October 19-23, 2009: Microsoft Research Publishing books in Open Access

[Luis Ibanez]

Warm up for the OPEN ACCESS WEEK:
Starting on October 19th:


Microsoft Research had published the following book
under a Creative Commons by Attribution License
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/default.aspx

      "The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery"

"Presenting the first broad look at the rapidly emerging field of
data-intensive science

The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific DiscoveryIncreasingly,
scientific breakthroughs will be powered by advanced computing
capabilities that help researchers manipulate and explore massive
datasets.

The speed at which any given scientific discipline advances will
depend on how well its researchers collaborate with one another, and
with technologists, in areas of eScience such as databases, workflow
management, visualization, and cloud computing technologies.

In The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery, the
collection of essays expands on the vision of pioneering computer
scientist Jim Gray for a new, fourth paradigm of discovery based on
data-intensive science and offers insights into how it can be fully
realized."

The book can be downloaded from:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/4th_paradigm_book_complete_lr.pdf

or by individual chapters:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/contents.aspx

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