1. What is i-star-i?

i-star-i (”ee-star-ee”) is an online tool where you can sign-up to be available as a code-literate peer-reviewer and/or collaborators or find one. It is a project started by Sorrel Harriet, Diego Alonso Alvarez and Alessandro Felder at the SSI Collaborations Workshop 2019 Hackday.

2. What does the name mean?

The name refers to the Lord of Rings Quenya language word for wizard. The wizards arrived to Middle-Earth to assist with better peer-review. The logo symbolises the link between two peers through a star.