OMB Individually Reported

NanCI: Connecting Scientists

Low riskExact public inventory row

Description

NanCI phone/web application to connect scientists. The app uses AI to match scientific content to users' interests. By collecting papers into a folder, a user can engage the tool to find similar articles in the scientific literature and can refine the recommendations by up or down voting recommendations. Users can also connect with others via their interests and receive and make recommendations via this social network. Users: Cancer Research Trainees at NCI and across the USA.

Detailed example

User collects a series of papers by bookmarking them into a folder. AI then uses vector matching to find similar papers.

AI / analytics pattern

Natural Language Processing: AI that processes, interprets, and shares information in human language.

Automation level / stage

b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.

Expected benefit

Cancer research trainees indicate feeling overwhelmed by information and finding things of interest is a challenge. Furthermore they feel isolated. NanCI helps them home in on key content of interest and connect with others who share those interests.

Controls / human review

ATO: Yes; PIA: Not published

Data needed

PubMed; Onco Daily