AIRL Research Projects

Knowledge Flows

Knowledge Workflows

Investigators: Surendra Sarnikar and J. Leon Zhao.
Key Ideas:
- Workflow-based support for knowledge transfer processes.
- Automate coordination and handoff between different communication, search, and information management systems.

Publications:

Surendra Sarnikar, and J. Leon Zhao, "A Pattern-based Approach to Automating Knowledge Flows: Concepts and Issues", Forthcoming in Information Systems and eBusiness Management.
Surendra Sarnikar, and J. Leon Zhao, "A Bayesian Framework for Just-in-Time Knowledge Delivery", Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on E-business (WeB 2005), Las Vegas, Nevada, December 10, 2005.
Surendra Sarnikar, and J. Leon Zhao, “On State chart-based Modeling of Knowledge Workflows", Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop on E-business (WeB 2007), Montreal, Canada, December 9, 2007.

Knowledge Flows in Online Communities

Investigators: Surendra Sarnikar and Cory Heidelberger.
Key Ideas:
- Knowledge flows in online communities – wikis, blogs, discussion forums.
- Relationship between knowledge complexity and knowledge flows.
- Design hybrid community-based tools especially for knowledge sharing.

Enabling Knowledge Transfer via Model Sharing