Charlie Schweik, associate professor of environmental conservation and public policy, will speak Monday about his research in a talk titled “Understanding Collaboration in the Internet Era: A Study of Open Source Software Commons.” This talk is open to the public, and will be given at noon in Thompson 620.
Professor Schweik is also associate director of the National Center for Digital Government, and founder and co-director of the UMass Amherst Open Source Laboratory. His research has been supported by a five-year NSF Early CAREER Development Grant. His forthcoming book, “Understanding Collaboration in the Internet Era: A Study of Open Source Software Commons,” will be published by MIT Press in Spring 2012.