MIT Sloan RIOS Research Infrastructure & Operational Support

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MIT SloanRIOS Research Infrastructure
Operational Support
Envisioning Enabling Systematic Empirical
Observation of Effective Leaders,
Transformative Innovations, Global Development
Draft Proposal v.0.1 28 August 2003Joost
Bonsen jpbonsen_at_alum.mit.edu 617.930.0415
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RIOSResearch Leverage

• Maximally Leveraging Faculty Time
• Scaling Training in Research Methods, Integrated
  Interview Guides, Unifying Databases
• Staff Support, for formal informal activities
• Structural Mechanisms

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Staff Support Personnel

• Research Support Staff
• Central statistics, websurveys
• E.g. Stats software support
• Distributed thematic
• E.g. Microphotonics Roadmapping Project Mgr
• Training Support
• Extracurricular Support
• Clubs
• Branded Events

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Infra-Structural Mechanisms

• Masters Research Seminars
• Coordinated Special Projects
• Team UROPs
• Deans Research Fellows
• Course Connection
• Structured Theses

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Masters Research Seminars (MRS)

• Aligning Masters student professional interest
  with Faculty Research Agenda through specific
  themed-seminars
• E.g. TRM 15.795 Technology Roadmapping, Fall
  2002, Professor Charlie Fine, TA Joost Bonsen
• Others?
• TVO Tech Venture Observatory
• OSI OpenSource Initiative
• VCI Virtual Customer Initiative
• DA Digital Anthropology

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Coordinated Special Projects (CSP)

• Independent effort by individuals or teams of
  students around a sponsor or research theme of
  interest.
• E.g. Professors Gabriel Bitran, Rebecca Henderson

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Team UROPs

• Undergraduate researchers working in teams on
  unifying projects under the supervision of
  faculty, graduate students, and select alums
• E.g Diane Burton, Jay Forrester

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Deans Research Fellows (DRF)

• Well-paid, full part-time Summer IAP graduate
  researchers
• Prestigious position, coveted and very selective
• Rich collateral benefits for student and MIT

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Sloan Course-Research Connections

• Weaving faculty research questions deeply into
  their academic courses, for example, with
  structured assignments and/or final projects.
• Typically requiring further work beyond
  classroom, after semester
• E.g. Professor Ed Roberts, Ely Dahan

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Structured Theses

• Masters theses aligned around over-arching
  faculty research themes
• Ultimately aggregated into publication
• E.g. Professors Ed Roberts, Arnoldo Hax, Charlie
  Fine, Michael Cusumano, Henry Weil

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Masters ThesisWorkshops

• E.g. MIT-style Roadmapping

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Instruments for Social Observation

• Zauri / MIThril
• Reality Mining
• Sociometers
• nTags
• Tech Testbeds

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SocioscopesCapturing Opinion-, Physio-, Psycho-,
Neuro-, Bio-, Anthro-metrics
JPB 2003
http//courses.media.mit.edu/2003spring/da/
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eSurveys via eTablets

• e electronic, environmental, everywhere

http//web.mit.edu/innovation/TabletPCTrialRun.htm
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Technology Testbeds Market Microcosms
http//web.media.mit.edu/jpbonsen/MIT-Technology-
Testbeds.ppt

• Athena
• PlaceLab
• Sloan, Media Kendall
• E.g. CycleScore
• E.g. Shuttletrack

http//architecture.mit.edu/house_n/web/placelab/l
ivinglaboratory.htm
http//architecture.mit.edu/house_n/
http//www-tech.mit.edu/V122/N64/zcenterejcdone.64
p.html
http//shuttletrack.mit.edu/
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Online Explorations e.g. Virtual Customer
Initiative (VCI)http//mitsloan.mit.edu/vc/

• Including Professors John Hauser, Drazen Prelec,
  Nader Tavassoli, et al
• Methods for Accelerating the Customer Feedback ??
  Product Development connection.
• Live Demos
• http//wow.mit.edu
• http//conjoint.mit.edu

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Technology Venture Observatory (TVO)

• Including Professor Diane Burton
• Inquiring about Business Strategy, Employment
  Models, Founder Experiences, Emerging Technology
  Businesses, Entrepreneurial Financing

DRAFT PROPOSAL
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Live Case Studies Emerging Technology-Business

• For example, Professors Fiona Murray in Biotech,
  Joe Jacobson in Nanotech
• Inquiring about New Technology arenas, Radical
  Research
• Seeking Business Implications
• Commercialization Challenges
• Class Connections

http//courses.media.mit.edu/2002fall/tes/
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ExtracurricularStudentResearch

• Tech Testbeds
• Experiment Participation
• iTeam Research

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Additionals

• Online Experiments
• Experimental Psychology
• User Innovation Communities
• Innovation Toolkits

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Group Dynamics Observatory

• MBA Teams 60 groups of 6 people each. Equally
  heterogeneous demographics.
• Design Teams
• Venture Teams
• Social Psychology

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Survey Observation