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2012

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Linguistics / Etymology - University Of South Florida, Lisa Zilinski, Sonia Lorenz Jun 2012

Linguistics / Etymology - University Of South Florida, Lisa Zilinski, Sonia Lorenz

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The research project is centered on determining the evolving meaning of the term “polytechnic”. As a standard class assignment, freshman students will be required to execute video interviews of upper classmen to find out what they think “polytechnic” means. This assignment will be repeated with each group of incoming freshmen so that all students will have the opportunity to interview and be interviewed. By interviewing the students each year, the researchers will be able to understand the changing definition of the term “polytechnic” as the students progress through school. By comparing responses from differing freshmen classes, the researchers will be …


Linguistics - Cornell University, Kornelia Tancheva Mar 2012

Linguistics - Cornell University, Kornelia Tancheva

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The goal of the research in this data curation profile is to learn about the linguistic aspects of the Cheyenne language with a focus on semantics, pragmatics, and syntactic issues. The data is gathered from recordings of short stories or examples given in response to specific questions. The data management issues center around the early stages of her data. The researcher described a need for a technician who could help segment and transcribe the audio files and a need to apply metadata using morphological gloss that would make it searchable. Additionally, the data would need to be available in a …


Plant Genetics / Corn - Cornell University, Katherine Chiang Mar 2012

Plant Genetics / Corn - Cornell University, Katherine Chiang

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The project associated with this data curation profile focuses on the evaluation of corn hybrids for grain yield performance as a service for the growers. The hybrids are planted in multiple locations and data is gathered on their performance. The goal of the research is to produce reference data for the seed being tested. The data management needs relate to making the finalized data available in an annual publication and preserving final reports indefinitely.


Sociology / Demographics - Cornell University, Keith Jenkins Mar 2012

Sociology / Demographics - Cornell University, Keith Jenkins

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The researchers interviewed for this data curation profile use data from the US Census and other federal and state government sources and process, analyze, and distribute the data on the project website in a way that makes the data more accessible and easier to use. The researchers also produce analytical reports that are also available on the website. The data management needs center around the researchers’ desire to utilize an external data repository to reduce the effort required to maintain the data on their website. The researchers would need the repository to offer similar web APIs to what they currently …