The Engage Project JISC Business Intelligence Start-Up Meeting March 31 st 2011
Dec 24, 2015
Aims and Objectives
• Explore definitions of research clustering and the data requirements of research clusters
• Develop novel means for classifying research activities in a flexible and unrestrictive way
• Create visualisation applications for exploiting clustering of research interests and activities
• Share our ideas for wider disciplinary, institutional and third party adoption
Partners• University of Glasgow
– Valerie McCutcheon (Research and Enterprise)– Craig Easton (Corporate Communications)– Andrew McHugh (School of Humanities)– Andrew Prescott (School of Humanities)– Matthew Barr (School of Humanities)
• Aberystwyth University– Rebecca Davies (Director of Information Services)
• Glasgow Life– Martin Bellamy (Research Manager)
• You!
Focus Areas
• Facilitating flexible interdisciplinarity, emphasising usability
• Establishing agreed terminological bases for research themes (with future potential for wider standardisation)
• Addressing inefficiencies in gathering, storing, and utilising information about research themes
• Complementing traditional organisational classifications
• Evaluating and responding to researcher attitudes to research theme knowledge engineering and exploitation
Project Methodology
• Analysis of research and administration– Establish core focus group– Themes that should be defined – Mechanics of their construction– Granularity/customisability – Anticipated applications
• Develop ontology for research theme clustering• Embed ontology in central research administration and
dissemination systems• Conceive visualisers/applications for data exploitation• Evaluate in association with focus group
Project Outcomes
• Research Cluster definitions and data requirements• A set of research themes detailing scope and examples• Research Cluster prototype allowing modelling and drill
down• Proposal for sustainability within University• Feedback on the JISC InfoNet BI Tool • Shared journey with the sector
Plan
WP Workpackage Title Key Activities Includes…
1 Project Management •Coordination of work packages•Maintain communications
2 Definitions and Data Modelling
•Workshops (explore definitions and issues)•Review of existing classification approaches (e.g, museum/HEBCIS;•Establish focus group
3 Visualisation Functionality
•Review existing system functionality•Build and test prototype•Integrate with legacy infrastructure
4 Community Engagement
•Blog on project development•Present efforts/results at conferences (e.g. ARMA)
Status
• Workplan finalised• Virtual kickoff meeting with project partners (April, via VC)• Website:
– http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/businessintelligence/engage.aspx
• Project Blog:– http://researchclusters.wordpress.com
• Workshops being planned for researcher and administrators’ perspectives
• Existing research theme/knowledge clustering being evaluated and documented
Other Planned Dissemination
• ARMA Conference Poster (June 11/12)• ARMA Conference Paper (June 12)• Internal and external University of Glasgow workshops• Publication of case study report from focus group activity
with ontology/visualisers