Aggie Experts

What is Aggie Experts?

The UC Davis Aggie Experts system provides a single point of discovery for research and scholarship expertise and professional information about UC Davis faculty and scholars.

Use Cases

• Discover collaborators, mentors and experts
• Save time on administrative tasks by reusing profile content in CVs, departmental websites and other applications
• Explore the breadth and depth of research conducted at UC Davis

What Data Sources are Used?

• We use the UC Davis identity management system for the scholar’s name, title and unit affiliation. Researchers can change that information in the campus directory listing.
• Publications metadata is based on scholars’ claims of publications in the UC Publication Management System.
  • Guidance for researchers on how to review the publications they have claimed, and other publications that may be pending their review and approval, is available on the Aggie Experts FAQ/Help page under “Managing Your Profile.”
• Grant information is retrieved from the University of California’s data warehouse.
  • Faculty can import their grant information from Aggie Experts into MyInfoVault (MIV), reducing the need for manual input of grants information.

Acknowledgements

Aggie Experts was first piloted with the College of Engineering. Rolling out the platform department by department within the college allowed us to collect feedback that guided user interface improvements and further development.

We are also greatly indebted to our Faculty Advisory Board members: Professors Tessa Hill (Associate Vice Provost for Academic Programs, Public Scholarship & Engagement, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences), Michael Lazzara (Associate Vice Provost of Academic Programs and Partnerships, Department of Spanish and Portuguese), Matt Bishop (Department of Computer Science); Jiayi Young (Department of Design); Anuurad Erdembileg (Assistant Dean for Research and Director, School of Medicine Office of Research); and former members Michael Rios (Vice Provost of Public Scholarship, Department of Human Ecology) and Ricardo Castro (formerly in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and now a member of the faculty at Lehigh University).

Early Prototype: Researcher Expertise Registry to Combat COVID-19

To support UC Davis efforts to accelerate research around COVID-19, we rolled out an early version of researcher profiles. It included information about the research and interests of UC Davis campus members who indicated their interest to the Office of Research to find collaborators specifically for COVID-19 projects. The effort improved our understanding of developing collaborative applications and engagement with researchers. We are now fully focused on developing and improving Aggie Experts, and this initial instance has been sunset.