Raf Guns, University of Antwerp
Collaboration in research brings many advantages, including the
potential of saving costs and diffusing insights, expertise and ideas
between partners. Yet it is not always obvious which partners one should
collaborate with. If we consider the network of collaborations among
e.g. persons, institutions or countries, we can employ network-based
techniques known as link prediction to provide recommendations for
collaboration partners.
In this talk I provide an overview of the potential of link prediction
techniques for recommending research collaborations but also discuss
their limitations.
About the speaker
Raf Guns holds a PhD in Library & information science (2012, University
of Antwerp) and a Master's degree in Linguistics (2001). He has worked
as a research assistant and postdoc at the Library & information science
department of the University of Antwerp (Belgium). In October 2015 he
started working for the Centre for Research & Development Monitoring
(ECOOM), a Flemish interuniversity consortium. His research interests
center around scholarly communication, bibliometrics and social network
analysis.
Venue: Conference room (room 0.16 & 0.17)
Date: 15 October 2015
Time: 12:30 - 13:30
- ABOUT US
- RESEARCH
- Themes
- Overview
- 1. Economics of Innovation and New Technologies
- 2. Structural Change and Economic Development
- 3. Economic Complexity and Innovation
- 4. Governance and institutions
- 5. Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability Transitions
- 6. Migration and Development
- 7. Social Protection
- 8. Population, Development and Labour Economics
- Jargon Buster
- Themes
- EDUCATION
- NEWS
- EVENTS
- PUBLICATIONS
- LIBRARY