\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[affil-it]{authblk}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[space]{grffile}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{booktabs,array,multirow}
\usepackage{amsfonts,amsmath,amssymb}
\providecommand\citet{\cite}
\providecommand\citep{\cite}
\providecommand\citealt{\cite}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{colorlinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 0}}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd\@combinedblfloats{\box\@outputbox}{\unvbox\@outputbox}{}{%
  \errmessage{\noexpand\@combinedblfloats could not be patched}%
}%
\makeatother
% You can conditionalize code for latexml or normal latex using this.
\newif\iflatexml\latexmlfalse
\providecommand{\tightlist}{\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}%

\AtBeginDocument{\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.PDF,.eps,.EPS,.png,.PNG,.tif,.TIF,.jpg,.JPG,.jpeg,.JPEG}}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}




\begin{document}

\title{Authorea \& Sumit Proposal}


\author{Niels Bantilan}
\affil{Affiliation not available}

  
\author{Matthew.Smith}
\affil{Affiliation not available}
  
\author{Alberto Pepe}
\affil{Affiliation not available}
  



\date{\today}

\maketitle




\section{Introduction}\label{introduction}

\begin{itemize}
\tightlist
\item
  Knowledge transfer is one of the key aspects of understanding the
  world, as we pass on learnings from one generation to the other.
\item
  International development is one of the critical sectors that needs
  major improvement in the way that we create, share, and apply
  knowledge.
\item
  This is because international development, encapsulates our efforts to
  improve the basic living conditions and opportunities of marginalized
  and underserved people around the world.
\end{itemize}

\section{SDSN Background}\label{sdsn-background}

Launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in August 2012, the
Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) mobilizes scientific
and technical expertise from academia, civil society, and the private
sector in support of sustainable development problem solving at local,
national, and global scales. We aim to accelerate joint learning and
help to overcome the compartmentalization of technical and policy work
by promoting integrated approaches to the interconnected economic,
social, and environmental challenges confronting the world. The SDSN
works closely with United Nations agencies, multilateral financing
institutions, the private sector, and civil society.

The organization and governance of the SDSN aims to enable a large
number of leaders from all regions and a diverse set of backgrounds to
participate in the running of the network while at the same time
ensuring effective structures for decision making and accountability.
The SDSN Leadership Council acts as the board of the SDSN. A smaller
Executive Committee oversees financial, programmatic, and other
operational matters. Twelve Thematic Groups involving experts from
around the world lead the technical work of the SDSN. Members of the
SDSN are part of the SDSN Assembly and can participate in National or
Regional SDSNs. A small Academic Committee deals with issues relating to
education and curriculum design. The SDSN Secretariat is hosted by
Columbia University with staff in Paris, New York, and New Delhi.
(UNSDSN.org)

\section{SUMIT Background}\label{sumit-background}

SUMIT aims to foster collaboration and bridge the knowledge divides
between sustainable development actors by creating an Open Access
Knowledge Management System (OpenKMS), which seamlessly integrates the
four main components of the Knowledge Value Chain into an interactive
and user-friendly online experience. This value chain consists of
knowledge creation, curation, communication, and application. SUMIT aims
to create value by leveraging emerging technologies and design
methodologies to build an intelligent repository of sustainable
development knowledge, enabling users to discover links between
disparate fields and tailor integrated content based on their specific
questions and professional goals.

\subsection{Problem Statement}\label{problem-statement}

What if all the solutions to our problems are in pdfs that nobody reads?
This is the motivating question that compelled us to seriously consider
the wasted resources, duplicate efforts, and lack of collaboration
across disciplines like public health, education, agriculture, and urban
planning. Indeed, in a recent study the World Bank found only 13\% of
its reports are downloaded more than 250 times while nearly a third are
never downloaded and over 87\% are never cited. For an organization that
dedicates a quarter of its budget on core knowledge management products,
this is a dismal track record. While everyone would benefit from sharing
knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned in the field, the current
system for funding, designing, implementing, and evaluating programs are
rigid and rely on precedent.

\subsection{SUMIT's Solution}\label{sumits-solution}

We provide an intuitive cloud-based research tool for finding and
sharing credible reports, papers, datasets, and monitoring and
evaluation tools. By leveraging machine learning and human centered
design, SUMIT tailors content to a variety of stakeholders including
academics, consultants, policy makers, international development
practitioners, and students. At its core, SUMIT aggregates knowledge
resources from credible sources around the web using APIs and
webcrawling technology. One of the primary means of communication in the
international development sector is the pdf report, which we convert to
the web-native HTML5 format. This enables us to translate documents to
other languages and drive our recommendation system for tailoring
content to specific use cases, be it in policy-making, program
implementation, or social advocacy.

\subsection{Mission Statement}\label{mission-statement}

SUMIT aims to transform the way international development knowledge is
created, accessed, shared and applied. Our mission is to enhance the
research capacity of professionals and civil society actors who do
important work in the global development community by making knowledge
more open, accessible, and participatory.

\section{Authorea background}\label{authorea-background}

Authorea is a tool for writing and managing scholarly documents. It has
been referred to as a ``hybrid between Google Docs and Github, for
research''. Authorea makes it easy to write technical documents in
collaboration, allowing scholars to cite, comment, and track changes in
one place. Besides being a useful collaborative editor, Authorea is
really trying to reimagine the scholarly article: Authorea documents are
web-native and can include data-driven, interactive graphics in addition
to text and static images. This allows authors to share with the public
the data and analysis associated with a plot or visualization in
compelling ways.

\subsection{The problem Authorea is trying to
solve.}\label{the-problem-authorea-is-trying-to-solve.}

To get a paper published, authors write their manuscripts. Currently,
even in large collaborations, co-authors work offline and send their
versions of manuscripts back and forth via email or Dropbox. This
workflow is inefficient as only one author at a time can work on the
article and versions cannot be easily tracked. This inefficiency slows
down writing and, in turn, the pace of scientific research and
discovery. When done, authors submit the manuscript to a publisher, and
it goes through a number of editorial, reviewing, and production stages.
All of these steps --- writing, submitting, reviewing, editing,
proofreading, publishing --- happen across multiple platforms, they are
extremely slow, inefficient, and detached from one another. Authorea
seamlessly connects these steps.

\subsection{Authorea's solution.}\label{authoreas-solution.}

Authorea brings scholarly writing to the web, making authoring of
technical articles as easy as writing a blog post. Authorea is built on
a robust underlying version control system (Git) allowing authors to
write concurrently, locking portions of articles, tracking who is
working on other portions, keeping a record of changes and undoing them
at any time. Authors can also easily add citations, table, figures and
mathematical notation, in addition to data-driven interactive plots
(e.g.,
\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/3/articles/3904/_show_article}{https://www.authorea.com/3904/}).
Authorea's infrastructure allows authors to directly submit papers to a
journal and publishers can host their peer review and editorial
processes on the same platform where the article was written, greatly
shortening the number of steps needed to get a paper published.

\subsection{Authorea's mission}\label{authoreas-mission}

Besides making research writing faster and more efficient, Authorea
operates under a social mission: to make science more open and
transparent (Open Science, Open Data). You can find more about
Authorea's mission in this blog post called:
\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/3/articles/6316/_show_article}{Science
was always meant to be open}.

\section{Authorea \& SUMIT
Collaboration}\label{authorea-sumit-collaboration}

\subsection{Potential Synergies}\label{potential-synergies}

\subsection{Value Adds to SDSN}\label{value-adds-to-sdsn}

\subsection{Work Plan 2015}\label{work-plan-2015}

\selectlanguage{english}
\FloatBarrier
\end{CJK}\end{document}

