A COMMUNICATION-BASED MODEL TO FOSTER INNOVATION THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL

INTEGRATION

Ann Q. Gates

Professor and Chair Computer Science Department

Director, Cyber-ShARE Center of Excellence

The University of Texas at El Paso

OVERVIEWNSF Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3)

Goal: To establish a culture where sharing of practices and projects results leads to innovation in broadening participation.

Focus: Develop a CI and communication-based model for sharing information and building communities

I3 Team:Howard Daudistel, PI Ann Q. Gates Patricia Witherspoon Aaron VelascoLourdes Echegoyen Martine CeberioEric Freudenthal Deana PenningtonAndrea Tirres Patricia EsparzaDenise Carrejo Michelle Slattery, Peak Research

EXPERTISE AND CONNECTIONS

Expertise SystemsoVivooUT System Influuent

UTEP’s Expertise Connector oFaculty and Professional Staff ProfilesoCenter Profiles oResearch Stories o I3 Move CommunitiesoAuto generation of reports

I3 MOVE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE-1

Emerging Communities

• Community of Engaged Scholars• Cyber-Security• Entrepreneurial Approaches to Education• Geospatial Information in Science and Technology• Interdisciplinary Science and Education• Neuroscience• Undergraduate research

I3 MOVE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE-2

Research Stories

ENVIRONMENTS AND IDR SUPPORT

Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Interdisciplinary Network Manager Interdisciplinary Enhancement Program

Opportunities for Collaboration IDR Symposium Engagement Encounters

Collaboration Hub Neutral space In-person and virtual space

CONNECTING STUDENT SUCCESS DATA

CyberInfrastructures

NotationNotation

ModelModel ModelModel

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MetaShareMetaShare

Semantic Web technologies

Semantic Web technologies

WorkflowWorkflow ProvenanceProvenance

TrustTrust

Communities and PracticesCommunities and Practices

Student/Faculty surveysEducational activitiesResearch activities

MetaShareProjectsUniversity Systems

Data Management Plan generation

Project activity documentation

Metadata and workflow* capture

Data discovery and knowledge inference*

Research Office

University Evaluation and PlanningExpertise Connector

Digital Commons

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FUTURE EFFORTS

Seek ways to provide awards and recognition to faculty involved in IDR

Revise the IDR Enhancement Program to support Emerging Leaders in IDR

Enhance Expertise Connector to provide targeted funding opportunities, shout box, and other resources

Support training and development of concept maps

Websites: http://expertise.utep.edu https://

orspsrvapp00.utep.edu/idr/html/index.php

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This work is supported by NSF grant HRD #1242122 awarded to CREST-funded Cyber-ShARE Center of Excellence at the University of Texas at El Paso and NSF grant DUE #0963648.