E-Science Platform

We introduced the concept and setting up of a new platform to support research, which was worked out in the Information Technology Institute, Academy of Management in Lodz. The platform is the subject of two projects developed in the ITI. The role of e-Science Platform (ESP) is to support distributed research teams activities, whose members work on the same subject but in separated research centers. The ESP provides the research teams tools for effective communication, storage and management of data and information generated during the research, within the so-called the Virtual Research Area (VRA). Many other useful tools for the researchers were also presented. An important element of the project is to initiate and stimulate research, and to give organizational and legal assistance from specialized units operating within the framework of ESP modules.