Encouraging collaboration

Encouraging dialogue for better collaboration and service improvement.

I am writing in response to the editorial by Dr Sami Timimi published in April 2015. First of all, I must declare my allegiances. I am the Clinical Lead for the London and South East Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT) Learning Collaborative and a founder member of the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC), so from the point of view of the orig...

A Micro-Payment Scheme Encouraging Collaboration in Multi-hop Cellular Networks

We propose a micro-payment scheme for multi-hop cellular networks that encourages collaboration in packet forwarding by letting users benefit from relaying others’ packets. At the same time as proposing mechanisms for detecting and rewarding collaboration, we introduce appropriate mechanisms for detecting and punishing various forms of abuse. We show that the resulting scheme – which is excepti...

Inferring Hidden Trust Relationships in Social Networks for Encouraging Collaboration and Cooperation among Individuals

Inferring Hidden Trust Relationships in Social Networks for Encouraging Collaboration and Cooperation among Individuals Edeilson Milhomem Silva, Diego Oliveira Rodrigues, Jackson Gomes De Souza, Parcilene Fernandes De Brito, Ana Carolina Salgado, Silvio Romero Lemos Meira and José Alfredo F. Costa Providing Awareness, Understanding and Control of Personalized Stream Filtering in a P2P Social Ne...

Encouraging innovation

Innovation is central to the scientific endeavor, and yet the current system of funding in the United States discourages innovation, especially in the young. Subtle alterations to the funding system, guided in part by the success of the European Research Council, could have major effects on encouraging innovation.

Collaboration in Classroom