Machines, methods and music: On the evolution of e-Research

Summary form only given. Ten years ago we saw researchers in many disciplines beginning to adopt e-Science technologies; now, against a backdrop of increasing computational capability, we see acceleration of research through broader adoption and sharing of tools, techniques and resources, both for ´big science´ and the ´long tail scientist´. This talk will discuss the evolution of e Research, focusing on a web-scale computational musicology project as an illustration of emerging methodology and using the myExperiment social website as a lens to glimpse future research practice.