This document discusses CONVERIS, a research information system created by AVEDAS to manage the entire research lifecycle. CONVERIS allows universities and research organizations to increase visibility of research activities, improve management information through features like CVs and publication tracking, and streamline administrative processes. It integrates information from across the organization in a single system. The document highlights AVEDAS' interest in ORCID integration to uniquely identify researchers and better connect data between systems.

1. Research
Informa.on
Systems
www.avedas.com
CONVERIS
Research
Informa8on
System
ORCID
Outreach
Mee.ng,
23/05/2013
Dr.
Thorsten
Hoellrigl

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AVEDAS
Company
Overview

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AVEDAS
implements
CONVERIS
Research
Informa8on
System
for:
•
Universi.es
•
Research
organisa.ons
•
Funding
agencies
Facts
&
Figures:
•
Founded
in
2004
•
Privately
owned
by
founders
&
employees
•
Main
office
in
Karlsruhe,
Germany
•
>
40
employees
•
>
70
clients
in
13
countries
AVEDAS
Key
facts

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CONVERIS
Managing
the
Research
Life
Cycle

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Why
CONVERIS?
Managing
the
complete
Research
Life
Cycle
• Increased
visibility:
Provide
access
over
the
web
to
informa.on
on
the
organisa.on’s
researchers,
units
and
their
research
ac.vi.es
and
results.
• BeNer
management
informa8on:
CVs,
collabora.on
analyses,
publica.ons
&
bibliometrics,
research
projects
&
applica.ons,
data
exports,
…
for
internal
decision-­‐making
and
external
demands.
• Efficiency:
A
more
efficient,
streamlined
administra.ve
process
for
managing
research
informa.on
for
researchers
and
administrators.
• Scalability:
A
configura.on
module
enabling
the
organisa.on
without
involvement
from
AVEDAS
to
ensure
that
the
system
can
match
its
evolving
needs
over
.me.

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CONVERIS
–
Managing
the
Research
Life
Cycle
Ideas
Proposals
Projects
Results
Exploita.on
Interna.onal
Office
Library
External
Collaborators
Research
Office
Funders
Researchers
University
Management
Post-­‐Award
Finance
Graduate
Students
Research
Ethics
Board

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All
informa8on
at
hand
in
one
system
for
each
user

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Integra8on

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?
Finance
HR
Local
IT-­‐infrastructure
Grants
&
Contracts
Student
records
Ins8tu8onal
repository
Fragmenta8on,
data
inconsistency,
high
costs,
...
CMS
Patents
Login
server
Different
IDs
Gaps
Text
vs.
rela.ons
Ad-­‐hoc
vs.
Systema.c
processes
Out-­‐of-­‐date
Scopus
Web
of
Science
Funding
bodies
PubMed
Data
inconsistencies
&
duplicates
Patent
offices

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ORCID
Integra8on
• ORCID
Integra.on

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Summary
• Huge
interest
• EMBL
already
ORCID
member
• Many
universi.es
are
interested
• University
of
Saskatchewan
• Oxford
• Turku
• …
• Funders
show
interest
to
put
the
ORCID
ID
on
the
applica.on
• Swedish
Research
Councils
• RCUK
• DFG
• …
• Ini.a.ves
• CERIF
• CASRAI

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Thank
you!
• Contact
Dr.
Thorsten
Hoellrigl
Phone:
+49
(0)721
354
90
24
Mobile:
+49
(0)152
5310
47
01
Mail:
t.hoellrigl@avedas.com
Skype:
t.hoellrigl