HHS · no agency ID · record R0925

NanCI: Connecting Scientists

Department of Health and Human Services · HHS/NIH

Overview

Development stage: PilotSource: b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.
High-impact designation: Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
Impact justification: Not reported
Start date: 2023-03 (month precision)Source: Mar-23
Withheld from public reporting: NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area: Administrative Functions
Operational functions: No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

NanCI phone/web application to connect scientists. The app uses AI to match scientific content to users' interests. By collecting papers into a folder, a user can engage the tool to find similar articles in the scientific literature and can refine the recommendations by up or down voting recommendations. Users can also connect with others via their interests and receive and make recommendations via this social network. Users: Cancer Research Trainees at NCI and across the USA.

Expected benefits

Cancer research trainees indicate feeling overwhelmed by information and finding things of interest is a challenge. Furthermore they feel isolated. NanCI helps them home in on key content of interest and connect with others who share those interests.

System outputs

User collects a series of papers by bookmarking them into a folder. AI then uses vector matching to find similar papers.

Technology

AI classification: Natural language processingSource: Natural Language Processing: AI that processes, interprets, and shares information in human language.
System name(s): NanCI Connecting Scientists Mobile App
Custom-developed code: Yes
Public source code: Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built: Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor
Vendor (as reported): Google; Barnacle
Vendors (standardized): Google

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII: No
Privacy Impact Assessment: Not reported
Authorization to Operate: Yes
Demographic features: k) None of the above
Training and evaluation data: PubMed; Onco Daily
Federal Data Catalog: Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported

AI impact assessmentNo answer reported

Independent reviewNo answer reported

Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported

Operator trainingNo answer reported

Fail-safeNo answer reported

Appeal processNo answer reported

User and public consultationNo answer reported

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported