VantagePoint – Part One – INTRODUCTION Research Profiling with VantagePoint Text-Mining Software: Exploiting Bibliometric/TechMining Indicators in the Age of “Big Data”:

Friday, February 23
1:30 – 4:30 PM
Computer Lab - 2d floor DM Smith building 

• Overview of TechMining/Bibliometrics (what it is and why use)
• Overview of the TechMining Process and VantagePoint Toolset
• Hands on demonstration – conducting a Research Profile on “graphene nanoribbons” using VantagePoint

VantagePoint is a powerful text-mining tool for discovering knowledge in text databases. It helps you quickly understand and navigate through large volumes of text-based information, giving you a better way to view your information and turn your information into knowledge. Multiple Science, Technology & Innovation (STI) data resources provide a potent opportunity to enhance university research, helping to address such issues as:

• What facets of this technology development are especially hot?
• What is on the cutting edge in my area of interest so I can be sure my focus is novel?
• Who else at my or another university is doing research related to mine?
• Are there applications for my research outside its current area?