The nature of the problem tackled by the ATLAS collaboration - the creation of a radically innovative particle detector experiment - makes ATLAS an exceptional case for studying DPSNs. The problem solving is distributed across multiple groups of problem solvers comprising 2000 scientists in 165...

The OII forum was organised to facilitate a dialogue between policymakers, police authorities, representatives of the computing industry and leading international academics on issues of mapping and measuring cybercrime. Its primary aims were to inform decision making in the policy area of...

This paper addresses the Internet as a terrain of techno-political controversies between various cultures with their interests and values, which have influenced the development of the Internet since the start. I describe what I call techno-political cultures of the Internet and then examine the...

Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia put together by volunteers, is a prime example of a distributed problem-solving network with a global array of contributors creating a resource that has been compared to leading encyclopedia. The study focused on efforts to maintain the quality of...

International relations have always been profoundly affected by technology. The Internet - 20 years young - is having just such a profound impact. It constitutes, along with the IT systems it connects, a quantum leap in people's ability to communicate both one-to-one and one-to-many. Just as...

Films are powerful instruments to generate and spread ideas. The way such an instrument is produced and distributed affects the freedom of our society. That is why the movie industry has gone through critical appraisals several times. Thanks to the digital revolution, a possible, radical...

This paper reports the outcome of a study into classroom uses of broadband-connected Internet in the UK. The study focuses on how some teachers and pupils made use of this new teaching and learning resource during the period of its initial introduction in one local education authority. The...

With a wealth of real-world examples of distributed problem-solving spanning business and other areas of endeavor, McKinsey & Company and the Oxford Internet Institute embarked on a six-month joint research program to study this phenomenon in detail. This project explored the parameters of...