Public Computing : Reconnecting People to Science ∗

Confronting the challenges in reconnecting urban planning and public health.

Although public health and urban planning emerged with the common goal of preventing urban outbreaks of infectious disease, there is little overlap between the fields today. The separation of the fields has contributed to uncoordinated efforts to address the health of urban populations and a general failure to recognize the links between, for example, the built environment and health disparitie...

Reconnection Choices: Selecting the Most Valuable (vs. Most Preferred) Dormant Ties

Recent research has shown that reconnecting long-lost, dormant ties can yield tremendous value, often more than active ties. Yet two key research questions remain unanswered: which of a person’s many dormant ties provide the most value, and which are advice seekers most inclined to choose as reconnection targets? In the current study, we asked executives to seek advice on an important work proj...

Re: Outram SM. Epidemiology and bioethics: a plea for reconnecting with the public. [Ethics in public health] Can J Public Health 2011;102(1):4-6.

Dormant Ties: The Value Of Reconnecting

The social networks literature suggests that ties must be maintained to retain value. In contrast, we show that reconnecting dormant ties—former ties, now out of touch—can be extremely useful. Our research prompted Executive MBA students to consult their dormant contacts about an important work project; outcomes compared favorably to those of their current ties. In addition, reconnecting previo...

Survey on Perception of People Regarding Utilization of Computer Science & Information Technology in Manipulation of Big Data, Disease Detection & Drug Discovery

this research explores the manipulation of biomedical big data and diseases detection using automated computing mechanisms. As efficient and cost effective way to discover disease and drug is important for a society so computer aided automated system is a must. This paper aims to understand the importance of computer aided automated system among the people. The analysis result from collected da...