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Teamwork in Computing Research


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Teamwork has long been a part of computing research, but now advanced technologies and widespread proficiency with collaboration technologies are creating new opportunities. The capacity to share data, computing resources, and research instruments has been growing steadily, just as predicted when Bill Wulf coined the term "collaboratories" a quarter of a century ago.2,15,16

Teamwork has become the overwhelmingly dominant form of research, so rewarding effective teams, teaching our students how to collaborate, and supporting research on what works and what doesn't have taken on new importance.


 

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