As researchers, we often develop new techniques or discover interesting methods while reviewing the literature in our field that we would like to share with our peers to enhance its reach. However, in the current situation, platforms where both the sharer and the members are from similar fields of research are quite rare. Besides ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and a few others, as researchers in sustainable engineering or science, we lack a specific platform to share our research output, especially when we innovate or invent a new technique or recommend a method that could be useful for our peers, students, and scholars.
A dedicated platform for sharing new techniques in data science and informatics that are suitable for applications in research related to sustainable engineering or science is not only rare but urgently needed.
By new techniques in data science and informatics, I refer to methods that include subjects such as Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods (MCDM), Artificial Neural Network Algorithms (ANN), Nature-Inspired Optimization Techniques (NIOT), Image Processing and Classification Techniques (IP), and the Internet of Things (IoT).
These techniques are applied to solve the problems of various Engineering and Scientific research. But we want to concentrate on those techniques which are applied to solve the problems of Sustainable Engineering, Design and Science. For example, if you have applied or developed a new MCDM technique to select the best mitigation practice for the upgradation of the condition of watersheds then that technique can be shared by the platform.
A digital platform for sharing data science and informatics techniques to solve sustainability problems is crucial for accelerating innovation, fostering collaboration, and ensuring the efficient use of resources, ultimately leading to more impactful and sustainable solutions.