[ecrea] Profiles Research Networking Software as open source

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>Harvard University releases Profiles Research Networking Software as 
>open source
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>March 15, 2010
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>Harvard University has released Profiles Research Networking 
>Software, a form of social networking and expertise mining 
>technology, to the open source community. Developed with the support 
>of Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science 
>Center, the software is now broadly available to institutions 
>seeking a web-based means of facilitating collaboration among their 
>academic researchers.
>Profiles Research Networking Software utilizes advanced algorithms 
>that go beyond the display of directory information to encompass all 
>of the professional connections individuals have accrued through 
>their research communities. Social networks are formed automatically 
>when individuals share common traits such as similar research 
>interests, co-authorship on a publication, appointments in the same 
>department, or offices or laboratories in the same building. The 
>technology aggregates researcher data from numerous source systems 
>including those operated by HR departments, publication data from 
>PubMed, as well as both public and private directories. Individuals 
>have the ability to modify their own profile and expand their social 
>network by adding publications and new contacts that haven't been 
>automatically discovered.
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>The software was developed under the supervision of Griffin Weber, 
>MD, PhD, Chief Technology Officer of Harvard Medical School and 
>Assistant Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical 
>Center, with the support of Harvard Catalyst. Harvard Catalyst is 
>funded by a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the 
>National Center for Research Resources and financial contributions 
>from Harvard University and its affiliated academic healthcare centers.
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>"The technology has a tremendous amount of potential to assist 
>researchers at other institutions, hence our release of the software 
>to the <http://www.physorg.com/tags/open+source/>open source 
>community," said Weber.
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>The software was first deployed to connect the faculty of Harvard 
>Medical School, followed by those at the Harvard School of Public 
>Health. It has also been implemented at the University of 
>California, San Francisco, with additional projects planned across a 
>range of both CTSA and non-CTSA sites including the University of 
>Minnesota and Health Sciences South Carolina (including the Medical 
>University of South Carolina, the University of South Carolina, and 
>Clemson University).
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>Harvard Catalyst remains focused on continued development of 
>Profiles Research Networking Software, and, with Harvard University, 
>has selected Recombinant Data Corp., a healthcare data warehousing 
>and clinical intelligence solutions provider, as an authorized 
>service provider for the software. Recombinant has taken on 
>responsibility for day-to-day software activities including setup, 
>configuration, customization, documentation, and integration 
>services to third parties seeking to implement the technology at 
>their own institution. Recombinant will be principally responsible 
>for coordinating open source contributions, but the overall project 
>is being managed via a governance committee chaired by Dr. Weber 
>that others can join.
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>More information: For more information on Harvard Catalyst, visit 
><http://catalyst.harvard.edu/>http://catalyst.harvard.edu .
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