Cory Knobel is a fourth-year doctoral student in the School of Information, working with Vice Provost for Academic Information and Professor John King. His research focuses on two primary areas. First, he is exploring social and policy implications involving the NSF sponsored programs in cyberinfrastructure (CI) and cyber-enabled discovery and innovation (CDI). Second, as a recipient of the IBM PhD Fellowship, he is examining the emerging interdisciplinary service research and "service science, management, and engineering (SSME)" initiatives being promoted by IBM. He has also completed the graduate certificate programs with the Center for the Study of Complex Systems, and the Program in Science, Technology, & Society (STS).

Publications:

Jackson, S. J., Edwards, P. N., Bowker, G. C., Knobel, C. P. (2007) "Understanding Infrastructure: History, Heuristics, and Cyberinfrastructure Policy." First Monday. 12(6), June 2007.

Edwards, P., Jackson, S., Bowker, G., Knobel, C. (2007) "Understanding Infrastructure: Dynamics, Tensions, and Design." Report of a Workshop on "History & Theory of Infrastructure: Lessons for New Scientific Cyberinfrastructures." Report to the National Science Foundation Directorates of Computer and Information Science and Enginering, Human and Social Dyamics, and Office of Cyberinfrastructure. NSF Grant 0630263.

Knobel, C. (2005) "Information Science as Emerging Metadiscipline." First Conference of the I-School Communnity. September 28-30. Penn State University.

Knobel, C., Ryan, M., and Jackson, S. (2005) "Matters of Scale and the Scales that Matter." First Conference of the I-School Communnity. September 28-30. Penn State University.