The Open CI Ecosystem to Advance Scientific Discovery (OpenCI) provides the structures and services to support shared governance, community input, communication and outreach, and evaluation for the five ACCESS service tracks. OpenCI provides the tools and services for shared governance and horizontal leadership of the ACCESS Service Track awardees to create an inclusive CI ecosystem where Service Track PIs work with common purpose through well-defined decision-making processes, transparency in communication, and a focus on enabling science.
OpenCI provides five essential functions:
Establish and facilitate governance via the ACCESS Executive Council (EC)
Establish and facilitate the ACCESS External Advisory Board (EAB)
Community engagement through coordination and augmentation of Service Track communications, outreach, and community-building activities
Coordinate evaluation and metrics development across the the ACCESS awards
Serve as a resource to NSF in its oversight of the ACCESS program
OpenCI Members
Member | Function | Alternate Contact | |
|---|---|---|---|
John Towns | PI, EC Facilitation Lead | jtowns@illinois.edu | |
Shawn Strande | Co-PI, EAB Facilitation Lead | sstrande@ucsd.edu | EAB - Cindy Wong |
Lizanne DeStefano | Co-PI, Evaluation Lead | ldestefano6@gatech.edu | John Towns |
Ron Payne | Program Manager, Project Office Lead | rpayne@illinois.edu | Lavanya Podila |
Dina Meek | Communications & Outreach Coordination Lead | dinameek@illinois.edu | |
Jay Alameda | Community Engagement Coordination Lead | alameda@illinois.edu | |
Cynthia Dillon | Communications & Outreach Coordination | cdillon@ucsd.edu | |
Cindy Wong | EAB Coordinator | cwong@sdsc.edu | Shawn Strande |
Lisa Kaczmarczyk | External Evaluation | Lisa@lisakacz.com | |
Lavanya Podila | Project Manager | lpodila2@illinois.edu | Ron Payne |