Collaborative Informatics Platform for Accelerated Research
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Join the SOA Affinity Group to address the growing need for a common informatics platform among CTSAs. Work together to break down silos, enhance collaboration, and accelerate research and discovery. Activities include workshops, presentations, teleconferences, and idea exchange.
Collaborative Informatics Platform for Accelerated Research
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SOA Affinity Group Overview • Why are we here? • Growing need for a common informatics platform • Identify common business needs among CTSAs • Develop technical requirements • Create a usable and effective common informatics platform • Break down silos • Enhance collaboration • Accelerate the pace of research and discovery
SOA Affinity Group Overview • How are we going to get there? • Creation of inter-disciplinary teams • Combine the knowledge of business and technical needs which relate to use of a common infrastructure • Identify application requirements • Directly address the business requirements and research needs • No infrastructure for infrastructure’s sake! • Inter-institutional development effort • No one institution has all the answers, but parts of a bigger puzzle • Distributed infrastructure must be inherent in any common collaborative platform
SOA Affinity Group Activities • Workshops held at IKFC 2010 and 2011 meetings • Presentations from member institutions and discussion • Member’s mailing list for idea exchange • Occasional teleconferences • Informational wiki pages
SOA Affinity GroupMembership and Leadership • CTSA participants welcome and invited to join! • SOA Interest, Knowledge, and Curiosity • Leadership Opportunity • Looking for individuals to step forward and drive the group