Scientists without borders

A recently launched effort called scientists without borders is trying to ease networking between scientists in poor countries and their fellows worldwide.

This certainly has the interesting potential of peering scientists in developing countries with people in the centers of excellence in their fields around the world. Nevertheless, I think there are exciting possibilities also in easing developing-world researchers to discover each other. At least in computer science, it happens often that most research we have access to is that which is legitimated in US conferences, where US-made research prevails.

I believe increasing acknowledgment of research being done in countries which have similar issues can allow new initiatives and approaches which have a genuinely developing world perspective.