1. The Scientific Community Game Education and Innovation Through Survival in a Virtual World of Claims Karl Lieberherr Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science Boston, MA joint work with Ahmed Abdelmeged and Yue Liu

2. Scholar Alice Scholar Alice

3. SCG Court The SCG court consisting of multiple playgrounds SCG Court - Instance - Solution - InstanceSet

4. Scholar’s Life in a Tournament Propose Response Oppose Action refutestrengthen agree 1st 2nd C’ C, !C C Claim flow Reduction Choice C - claim C’ - strengthened claim !C - negated claim C AliceBob Instances in Instance /Solutions in Solution Refutation Protocol Steps

5. Model a Scientific Community Rules encourage productive scientific behavior Based on Claims and Refutations – Claims Instance Set Protocol Quality Confidence – Refutations Defining scientific discourse Using a refutation protocol