Title:“Tech Mining” for Forecasting Innovation Pathways
Speaker: Prof. Alan Porter Georgia Institute of Technology
Host: Professor Su Jun, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
Time: 11:00-12:00, May 23th , 2013
Venue: Room 319, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
Abstract：
- Tech Mining -- bibliometric & text mining analyses of research publication & patent (& other types of) abstract records
- Forecasting Innovation Pathways (FIP) -- combining empirical (Tech Mining) and expert intelligence to anticipate future applications of an emerging technology Tech Mining aims to inform Science, Technology & Innovation (ST&I) management & policy by deriving answers to key questions empirically (i.e., by analyzing available data). FIP is an approach within the family of Future-oriented Technology Analyses. Prof. Porter will illustrate using analysis of an emerging renewable energy – Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs), with additional observations drawn from a recent FIP on Hybrid & Electric Vehicles (HEVs).
Bio of Speaker:
Alan L. Porter is professor emeritus of the School of Public Policy, and of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE), Georgia Institute of Technology. His major concentration is technology forecasting and assessment. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech (1967) and a PhD in Engineering Psychology from UCLA (1972). His current research focuses on text mining of Science & Technology information resources (research publications, awards, citations, and patents).
