SpaceWiki – A Living Collaborative Environment

SpaceWiki – A Living Collaborative Environment

John DeMelloAir Force Research Labs

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Synopsis

• Half Life of Knowledge• Why Wiki?• So What? So What?• SpaceWiki

– Exists in theory, not on paper.

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Knowledge and Exponential Decay

• The Half Life of Knowledge ~ 3 Years– Moore’s Law– Kurzweil’s Law

• The Petabyte-Era is here– But data is chaotic– Data is selective

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So What is a Wiki?

Wiki (wĭ’kē or wē’kē): A collaborative websitewhich can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. Derived from the Hawaiian word “wiki” meaning quick

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WikiPedia

“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.”

-Jimmy Wales

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Why Wiki?

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Meh, So What?

“We don’t know what we know”-Intellipedia

- September 11th

- Did you get the memo?- “Great” Meeting…- The Management

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What Has Wiki Done for Me?

• Intellipedia– Chlorine gas in IEDs– 2006 NIE on Nigeria

• Diplopedia– Helping form foreign policy

• FalconWiki– FalconSat payload

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The SpaceWiki

- Living- Grassroots- Instant- Centralized- Interconnected

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Shrek… not CHREC

• “Ogres are like onions, they have layers…”• SpaceWiki is like an onion

UHF CommSpotbeams / Algorithms

Transponder Data

Benchmarks

Radiation Effects

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Why SpaceWiki?

• Adhoc Cycle – “Elephant in Room”• Relate research to systems• Encourage young contributors• The ultimate IPT

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Where to Start?

• Conceptual systems• How to RHBD• RadCat• Benchmarking

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Where is it?

• Build upon Intellipedia– Unclass / FOUO– SECRET

• Build ITAR site

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The Tipping Point

• Success depends on use• Incentives• Goals

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How Wikis Work?

• No special language necessary• Community created & edited• Senior editors review periodically• Administrators limit vandalism• No idea is too stupid! Be BOLD!

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Non Linear Systems 101

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Questions?