Articles in the Sackler Colloquium on Creativity and Collaboration: Revisiting Cybernetic Serendipity explore how interactions between scientific and creative disciplines can enhance discovery and innovation; examples include the observation that arts, crafts, and design practices, such as metal- and wood-working, are correlated with patent production among STEM and medicine professionals, and how internet and communications technology can facilitate community-driven environmental projects.
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Article #18-07200: "Creativity and collaboration: Revisiting cybernetic serendipity," by Ben Shneiderman.
MEDIA CONTACT: Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; tel: 202-669-2601; e-mail: ben@cs.umd.edu
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences