Posts Tagged ‘Epernicus’
Social networking fun for the scientific community
by noel on Apr 15 2009 (4951 Views)Happy Tax Day! Hope everyone's done their taxes and committed to a graduate school. Most of my friends got by alright, but a couple in particular struggled with making a decision (paritcular when it has something to do with turning down a certain pretigeous institution in Massachusetts). A close friend of mine decided that it's a good idea to put all the cards back on the table (i.e. reconsidering EVERY SCHOOL he had eliminated, probably half a dozen) with T minus 12 hours to commit. I think he is suffering a panic attack.
Anyway, Sam at Everyday Scientist recently talked about Epernicus, the science-y version of Linkedin. It's a pretty cool idea. The professional-social-networking website with a science twist offers many features tailored to our needs. If it gains a substantial membership base, it would be able to map out an up-to-date and accurate academic genealogy, which is really cool. I know the mathematicians have a sophisticated genealogy database, but not one that's input and updated by the scientists themselves. So check it out and let me know what you think!
Noel
