CI4Resilience: Leveraging Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Technologies & Communication Strategies [Completed]

Leveraging Advanced Cyberinfrastructure and Developing Organizational Resilience for NSF Large Facilities in the Pandemic Era

This project investigates how NSF-funded Large Facilities/Major Facilities (LFs/MFs)—such as telescopes, observatories, and research fleets—adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic. By leveraging advanced cyberinfrastructure technologies and communication strategies, these facilities were able to pivot effectively and sustain their scientific missions amidst unprecedented disruptions.

The study focuses on identifying lessons learned from these adaptations and exploring how they can be distilled and shared to cultivate resilience across MFs and beyond. This effort aims to prepare organizations for future crises and disasters, enhancing their ability to navigate disruptions while maintaining operational excellence.

This project is conducted in collaboration with Ewa Deelman at the Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California (under OAC #2042054).

This project has been completed.

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Read some works from this grant:

Brock, J., Christopherson, L., Deelman, E., Ferreira da Silva, R., Kee, K., Murillo, A., Nabrzyski, J., Romsos, C., Rynge, M., Vahi, K., & Whitcup, W. (2021). CI CoE and CI4Resilience's Creating a Thriving Workplace Workshop Report. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5523235

Hasan, M., Okunloye, O., Kee, K., & Deelman, E. (2024). Decision Strategies during a Science Crisis: How Science Organizations Made Adaptations during the Pandemic. Proceedings of the International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference, Volume 6 (pp. 9-12). Orlando Fl: International Crisis and Risk Communication Association.

Hasan, M., Okunloye, O., Litsey, J., Kee, K., Murillo, A., & Deelman, E. (2024, November 21-24). Technology Adoption for Organizational Resilience and Adaptive Organizing During the Pandemic Crisis [Conference presentation]. 110th Annual Convention of National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Okunloye, O., Hasan, M., Kee, K., & Deelman, E. (2024, August 8-11). “Email Blows Up Quickly”- Adoption/Rejection of CMCs by Science Organizations During COVID-19 [Conference presentation]. 107th Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Hasan, M., Okunloye, O., Kee, K., & Deelman, E. (2024, March 10-13). A Typology of Strategies for Virtual Collaborations During the Pandemic: How Communication is Key to Keep the Virtual Workplace Coordinated [Conference presentation]. Global Strategic Communication Consortium’s 2024 Conclave, St. Petersburg, FL, United States.

Hasan, M., Okunloye, O., Kee, K., & Deelman, E. (2024, March 8). Resilience in Crisis: ​Strategies for Effective Adaptation of Science Organization [Poster presentation]. 23rd Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States.

Okunloye, O., Hasan, M.,  Kee, K., & Deelman, E. (2024, March 8). Adoption of Communication Channels During Covid-19: Trends among NSF Major Facilities in the US [Poster presentation]. 23rd Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States

Kee, K. F., & Hasan, M. (2024, November 12). Beyond crisis: Ten strategies for cultivating organizational resilience in major/mid-scale facilities and related organizations [Webinar]. CI Compass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szU5EwOEHSI