- E. Liongosari, A. Gershman, V. Gershman, Mitu Singh. 2004. Supporting Drug Discovery Research through Knowledge Modeling and Integration. Abstract: This paper describes a knowledge platform that is designed to support drug discovery researchers in pharmaceutical companies. The core of this platform is a knowledge model that provides a semantically integrated knowledge space for the researchers to easily learn and explore various aspects of biological data that originate from multiple disparate sources. By using domain-specific functional rules, the platform can assist researchers in exposing valuable hidden or unobvious linkages across multiple repositories. The rules can also be used to find collaboration opportunities among its users by monitoring the users’ navigation and interaction patterns. The results from collaboration can be further annotated and shared with other users. When combined with group shared spaces, this platform can be used as a key component to support cooperative learning.
