Modeling Processes for Effective Guidance

1. Breakout topic We need to model processes. We need applied models of process. How can we develop models that provide you with guidance on what to do. To design a building or a soda bottle, this is the set of steps you need to have, a step-by-step model of the process of whatever behavior change we want to achieve. How can we use fast iterations to build models of process

2. Members • Petra Wilson • Eric Heckler • David Asch • Rita Kukafka • Katherina Martin Abello • HannuNieminen • JaakkoAarnio • Scribe: ElinaMattila

3. Semantic Interoperability of Model Creation • Processes for testing a theory (model) are slow and unresponsive • Develop new methods for generating hypotheses (eg through new approaches to data collection, aggregation and pattern generation coupled with new approaches to data mining and analysis). • Establish new ways of testing theoretical fidelity (ways of moving failure to the left). • Drive greater semantic interoperability of models and processes, so that it is easier to learn from successes and failures (code repository wiki/ontology) • Create new economies of data sharing – re-use data from commercial settings whose immediate use has been exhausted in research settings - eg annonymised store card data, annonymised service use data

4. Problem area #1 Limited Models Challenge/barrier: • Current models explain limited set of variants, but are held up as sacred cows, which must be referenced to validate an approach. • Bold step: encourage publication of failure - create new ways of learning from experiences of failure in scientific research

5. Problem area #2 (name it) • Challenge/barrier: [Describe the challenge or barrier] • Bold step: [What is one bold but specific scientific or engineering step that could be taken by researchers to address it?]

6. Problem area #3 (name it) • Challenge/barrier: [Describe the challenge or barrier] • Bold step: [What is one bold but specific scientific or engineering step that could be taken by researchers to address it?]

7. Problem area #4 (name it) • Challenge/barrier: [Describe the challenge or barrier] • Bold step: [What is one bold but specific scientific or engineering step that could be taken by researchers to address it?]

8. Problem area #5 (name it) • Challenge/barrier: [Describe the challenge or barrier] • Bold step: [What is one bold but specific scientific or engineering step that could be taken by researchers to address it?]

9. Detailed solution [Pick one of the challenges/barriers from the five previous slides. Incorporating expertise from those in your group, describe a specific project or set of steps you might collectively engage in to address the challenge and advance the field]