Complex Multidisciplinary
R&D
Greg Wilson
Engaging With Big Science
Problems
The Scientific Method
Today’s Science is Different
Technology Push or Pull
Slide 7
What Is a “Problem”?
Smallpox Decision Frame
What the Customer Needed to
Know
Joining Different
Perspectives
What is a Complex Problem?
What is a Complex Problem?
“Multi-” vs. “Inter-”
Disciplinary
“It will be necessary to
carry out research in new ways. Some of
the things that we must consider include how large research problems are
articulated, how research teams are organized to address those problems, and how
the results of these activities are propagated and evaluated.”
Socio-Technical Dimensions
The Approach
Modeling Smallpox as a
Bioterrorist Agent
Parameterizing the Model
The Ethnographic Perspective
Qualitative Research Tools
Basic Graphical Methods
Example: Diagraming
Expertise
Example: Smallpox Diagram
Value Added
References