Big science and big administration: Confronting the governance, financial and legal challenges of FuturICT

Big science and big administration: Confronting the governance, financial and legal challenges of FuturICT

This paper considers the issues around managing large scientific projects, and draws conclusions for the governance and management of FuturICT, based on previous experience of Big Science projects, such as CERN and ATLAS. We also consider the legal and ethical issues of the FuturICT project as the f...

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Veröffentlicht in:The European physical journal. ST, Special topics Special topics, 2012-11, Vol.214 (1), p.635-666
Hauptverfasser: Smart, J., Scott, M., McCarthy, J. B., Tan, K. T., Argyrakis, P., Bishop, S., Conte, R., Havlin, S., San Miguel, M., Stauffacher, D.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Applied sciences
Atomic
Classical and Continuum Physics
Computer science
control theory
systems
Condensed Matter Physics
Exact sciences and technology
Information systems. Data bases
Materials Science
Measurement Science and Instrumentation
Memory organisation. Data processing
Molecular
Optical and Plasma Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Regular Article
Software
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Zusammenfassung:This paper considers the issues around managing large scientific projects, and draws conclusions for the governance and management of FuturICT, based on previous experience of Big Science projects, such as CERN and ATLAS. We also consider the legal and ethical issues of the FuturICT project as the funding instrument moves from the Seventh Framework Programme to Horizon 2020. Graphical abstract
ISSN:1951-6355
1951-6401
DOI:10.1140/epjst/e2012-01708-x