Open Access Risk Knowledge (OpenARK) Project
The Access Risk Knowledge (ARK) project is a project to deliver the novel ARK risk governance software platform to organisations vulnerable to operational failure. The ARK platform will deliver evidence-based risk management capabilities to operational, project and strategic levels within organisations. The project will develop the ARK risk governance platform, using a common analytic framework that provides the basis for the following:
This will make it possible to develop evidence-based best practice that supports performance-based regulation and will ultimately provide an operational basis for future system design. The ARK solution transforms risk management from quantifying loss to proactive governance, assuring reliable transactional value from operations, ensuring this is sustainable across the enterprise, potentially massively enhancing value through effective future system innovation.
The ARK-Virus Project extends the ARK Platform for use in the healthcare domain - specifically for the risk governance of personal protective equipment (PPE) use for infection prevention and control (IPC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is a collaboration between the ARK academic team and a community of practice (CoP) which includes safety staff in St. James’s Hospital, Beacon Renal, and Dublin Fire Brigade.
This research was conducted with the financial support of SFI under Grant Agreement No. 20/COV/8463 at the ADAPT Centre in Dublin City University and Trinity College Dublin, and through the Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund (CF 2018-1012) and co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under Ireland’s European Structural and Investment Funds Programme 2014-2020 . The ADAPT SFI Centre for Digital Content Technology is funded by Science Foundation Ireland through the SFI Research Centres Programme and is co-funded under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through Grant #13/RC/2106_P2.
People
University College Dublin (UCD)
Asst. Prof. Rob Brennan
Junli Liang
Malick Ebiele
Huan Chen
Sajjad Karimian
Haula Galadima
Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
Prof. Nick McDonald
Paula Hicks
ARK Partners
St. James's Hospital
Dublin Fire Brigade
Beacon Renal
Interns
Lucie Andrieu
Maÿlis Laporte
Alumni
Dr. Julio Hernandez
Dr. Lucy McKenna
Dr. Ademar Crotti Junior
Dr. Yalemisew Abgaz
Dr. Daniele Baranzini
Maryam Basereh
Rebecca Vining
Brian Doyle
Pallavi Prakash
Luke Derwin
Max Aedo-Espicto
Natalia Duda
Carlotta Acconito
ARK Ontologies
The ARK ontologies include several modules that are currently under development. The major modules include:
ARK Platform
The Access Risk Knowledge (ARK) Platform is a mindful risk-governance system that uses Semantic Web technologies to model, integrate and classify risk data, from both qualitative and quantitative sources, into a unified risk graph.
The ARK Platform app is available here.
Please contact the team to get access to the application (rob.brennan@ucd.ie).
ARK Evidence
ARK Evidence, built using CKAN, is a catalogue of evidence data that can be interlinked with risk management projects on the ARK Platform. ARK Evidence can be used to publish and share data, such as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) compliance data, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) data or other healthcare risk data, which can be used as supportive evidence on the ARK Platform.
The ARK Evidence app is available here.
Please contact the team to get access to the application (rob.brennan@ucd.ie).
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