University of California Curation Center (UC3): Exploring How AI Can Help Research Data Management

From a UC3 Post:

At UC3, several of our latest initiatives involve integrating AI tools, with a particular focus on improving metadata and assisting researchers with creating best practice DMPs.

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One key application of AI we are exploring is enhancing the quality and scale of our metadata curation activities, including those for the Research Organization Registry (ROR). ROR, a widely adopted persistent identifier service for research organizations, operates on a model where anyone can submit a request to add or update its records.

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Another example of our AI exploration is “DMP Chef,” a large language model (LLM) based DMP generator. We are in the initial stages of this work, partnering with the California Medical Innovations Institute (CalMI2) to develop a new tool that allows researchers to provide simple descriptions of their work, from which the DMP Chef can generate a draft DMP. We are currently developing this tool to work with NIH DMPs and plan to follow up on this work by working with NSF and other templates.

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We’re also developing new tools to automatically connect DMPs to the research outputs they describe, such as datasets, articles, and software. These new connections improve the discoverability of research data and make it easier for researchers, funders, and administrators to see the complete picture of a project’s outputs.

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