Online surveys and archival log data analysis of cross-cultural SourceForge projects to examine how developers acquire different kinds of technical and collaboration skills through their participation in those projects.

Development & Design of Cyber-infrastructure Systems

NSF-funded project with Charlotte Lee. We are examining user-developer interactions in GENI's four cyber-infrastructures (http://www.geni.net)

Dissertation project based on interviews, content analysis of listservs & wikis; examined how developers influence competition and the emergence of a dominant design among four cyber-infrastructures while those systems are still under development (http://www.geni.net).

Neural Correlates of Online Search Behavior & Information Scent

Early-stage lab experiment comparing fMRI, EEG and Emotiv sensor (http://www.emotiv.com) measures of user reactions to websites with high vs. low information scent. Goal is to identify neural correlates of online information search behavior. (PI: Dennis Galletta, PhD).

Publications & Presentations

Socio-technical Organization of Cyber-Infrastructure and Collaboratory Systems

Diamant, E.I., Kirsch L.J., Slaughter, S., Li, B., Moody, G. (2011). Social Influence and Technological Frames in Cyber-Infrastructure Projects: The Case of GENI. Workshop on The Changing Dynamics of Scientific Collaborations, HICSS ’11. Kauai, HI. PDF

Kirsch L.J., Slaughter, S., Diamant, E.I., Ma, L., Haney, M (2009) Understanding Conflict in Large Multi-Party Information Systems Development: The Role of Faultlines. Organizational Communication and Information. Systems (OCIS) Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AoM' 09), Chicago,IL . PDF

Diamant, E. I. (2009). How Stakeholders’ Translation Work and Professional Identity Shape the Development of Cyber-Infrastructure. Workshop on The Changing Face of Digital Science, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09), Boston, MA. PDF

Diamant, E. I., Kirsch L. J., Slaughter, S. A., Ma, L., Haney, M. (2008). Building Cyber-Infrastructure across Disciplinary and Institutional Boundaries: Stakeholder Emergence and Alignment. Workshop on Designing Cyberinfrastructure to Support Science, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW '08), San Diego, CA. PDF

Slaughter, S., Kirsch L.J., Ma, L., Diamant, E.I., Haney, M. (2007). The Formation and Evolution of Faultlines in Large Scale, Multi-Party Information Systems Development. International Conference on Information Systems(ICIS '07) , December 2007. PDF

Intercultural Computer-Mediated Communication

Diamant, E. I., Echenique, A., Lim, B. Y., Leshed, G., Fussell, S. R. (2009). Supporting Intercultural Collaboration with Dynamic Feedback Systems: Preliminary Evidence from a Creative Design Task. Extended Abstracts of ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09), Boston, MA, ACM. PDF

Diamant, E. I., Fussell, S. R., Lo, F. (2009).Collaborating across Cultural and Technological Boundaries: Team Culture and Information Use in a Map Navigation Task. Proc. of the 2nd ACM International Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration (IWIC '09) , Stanford University, CA. PDF

Diamant, E. I., Fussell, S. R., Lo, F. (2008)."Where did we turn wrong?" Unpacking the effects of Culture and Technology on Attributions of Team Performance. Proc. of Computer-Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW '08) , San Diego, CA. ACM. PDF

Open-Source Software Development & Membership Dynamics in Online Communities

Diamant, E.I., and Daniel S. (2010). Learning in Open-Source Software (OSS) Development: How Organizational and National Culture Impact Developers’ Learning in OSS Projects. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS ’10), St. Louis, MO. PDF

Daniel S., Diamant, E.I., Dabbish, L., Collier, B. (under review). The Role of Users in Open and Distributed Innovation: Cross-Project Participation, Interactivity and Open-Source Software Project Performance.

Butler, B., Bateman, P. J., Diamant, E. I. (under 2nd round of review). Communication Costs, Benefit Expectations, and Structural Change: An Attraction-Selection-Attrition Model for Online Community Systems. Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ).

Daniel S., Diamant, E. I. (2008). Network Effects in OSS Development: the Impact of Users and Developers on Project Performance. Research-in-Progress, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS '08), Paris, France.