NanoInfoBio: A case-study in interdisciplinary research

نویسندگان

  • Naomi Jacobs
  • Martyn Amos
چکیده

The complex challenges facing 21st century society will require solutions that transcend disciplinary boundaries (National Academies, 2004). The convergence of informatics, engineering and biotechnology is widely predicted to lie at the heart of the next technological revolution (Carlson, 2008). Interdisciplinary science and technology has the potential to fundamentally transform healthcare, agriculture, energy, security, environmental science and many other areas of pressing concern (Endy, 2005; May, 2009).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • CoRR

دوره abs/1211.5508  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012