Build and grow your research computing community
Connect.CI is a customizable platform serving 65,000+ researchers and research computing professionals across 13 national communities, with the tools to connect, learn, and advance.
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Core platform features with customization options:
Community Building
- News & Announcements
- Event Calendar & Registration
- Community Directory
- Affinity Groups
- Badging
- Mentorship marketplace
- Code of Conduct
- Contributor Wall
Knowledge Base
- Q&A Bot
- Resource Library
- Tag Taxonomy
- Q&A Forum
Integrations
- Email Integrations
- User Metrics
- Project Management
13 communities, one platform:
ConnectCI started as a hub for the Northeast Cyberteam and has grown into a national platform that supports research computing through tools, resources, and community-driven collaboration.
Platform features:
Community Building
News & Announcements
Easily share news and announcements through your community portal. Announcements can include images and be classified with appropriate tags.
Event Calendar & Registration
A comprehensive events system lets you share events and training sessions with your community. Training events can be categorized by skill level, speakers, event type, and tags to improve discoverability. Registration features include waitlists and reminders, or you can link to an external registration system.
Community Directory
The Community Directory showcases all site members or a select group of people. Each member is displayed on a card with their photo, name, role, and institution. Clicking a card opens a detailed profile with skills, interests, and community contributions.
Affinity Groups
Affinity Groups enable communities of practice to facilitate topical discussions and resource sharing. Affinity groups can gather links to active communication channels, key documents, news, events, and email lists. Affinity Groups can broadcast events and announcements to members via an email integration. An optional members mailing list can be enabled.
Badging
Recognize community contributions and affiliations with our flexible badging system. Badges display in the community directory and on member profiles.
Mentorship marketplace
Support mentorship engagements within your community through our mentorship program which enables members to connect with others in the community.
Code of Conduct
Support community engagement with an extensible code of conduct that includes standards for behavior, unacceptable behavior, and how to report violations of the code of conduct.
Contributor Wall
Recognize community contributions across multiple categories including code, documentation, event coordination, and community leadership. Year-long contribution graphs and a rotating Community Spotlight make the breadth of member contributions visible beyond code commits alone.
Knowledge Base
Q&A Bot
Use an AI Assistant to provide answers about your community. Our tool leverages Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and large language models (LLMs) to generate responses based on your ingested content.
Resource Library
Gather valuable reference materials contributed by the community, which can be tagged, filtered using faceted navigation, and voted on by members.
Tag Taxonomy
A tagging system makes it easy to find and categorize information and opportunities. Tags help users discover announcements, training events, projects, Knowledge Base resources, Affinity Groups, and discussion topics through a structured taxonomy.
Q&A Forum
Integrate Discourse discussion forums to help address common issues and simplify the learning process for your community.
Integrations
Email Integrations
Integrate with Constant Contact to enable email communication. Send periodic digests of events and announcements, and broadcast important updates to targeted community segments through Affinity Groups.
User Metrics
Gain insights into portal usage with metrics from Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. Visualize data through Looker Studio reports and Microsoft Clarity heatmaps for actionable insights.
Project Management
Track and manage projects from proposal to completion, including review, acceptance, and milestone monitoring. Enhance visibility with tagging and enable role-specific notifications for key updates.