Dear Richard
I am very pleased to see this idea taking off. What type of ontological structures of research are you using?
Carmel
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Price <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 10/31/2008 5:56:07 AM
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Academia.edu: 'tree' of researchers launches


Dear all,

I'm a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where I recently finished my Ph.D
on the philosophy of perception.

Together with a team of people from Stanford University and Cambridge
University, I've launched a website, www.academia.edu, which does two
things:

 - It displays researchers around the world in a 'tree' format, showing
which institution/department they are affiliated with.
 - It enables researchers to keep track of the latest developments in their
field - the latest people, papers, and talks.

We're hoping that the site will eventually list every researcher in the
world -- Faculty members, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students. People can add
their departments, and themselves, to the tree by clicking on the arrows.

The site is getting some traction. Almost 9,000 researchers have joined
Academia.edu in the last two months. Some professors on the site include:

 - Richard Dawkins -  http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardDawkins
 - Stephen Hawking -  http://cambridge.academia.edu/StephenHawking
 - Paul Krugman - http://princeton.academia.edu/PaulKrugman
 - Noam Chomsky -  http://mit.academia.edu/NoamChomsky

We're trying to spread the word about Academia.edu as much as possible. It
would be terrific if you could visit the site, and add yourself to your
department on the tree. If your university is not there, you can add it by
clicking on the arrows coming out of the university boxes.

And do spread the word to your friends and colleagues if you can.

Many thanks,

Richard

Dr. Richard Price,
Prize Fellow, All Souls College


http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice