Call for applications to NCI (formerly APAC) merit scheme
The National Computational Infrastructure Merit Allocation Scheme provides resources on the National Facility to projects based on merit. Applications are called for grants for computational and data resources under this Scheme for the period of Jan 2009 - Dec 2009. The closing date for applications is 2 Nov 2008. Note: 'Start-up Grants' are also available immediately to enable researchers to assess the usefulness of the National Facility for their research and to assist in framing proposals to the Scheme.
Go to http://nf.apac.edu.au/accounts/call_for_applications.php to apply.
Gaussian application server is now online and ready to run Gaussian jobs (Sep 2008)
Gaussian predicts the energies, molecular structures, and vibrational frequencies of molecular systems, along with numerous molecular properties derived from these basic computation types. It is useful for chemists, biochemists, physicists and others. If you have a use for this program please register your project at:
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/eresearch/request-form.html
Note that you must be the lead researcher to register a project. Once the project is registered your project colleagues and students can register individually at:
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/eresearch/join-project.html
Thus, your project becomes one group of accounts that access common resources. In due course, when the high performance cluster and research disk space come on line, your accounts will allow access to common files and resources under that project.
The e-Research Office will handle your request and the project and accounts will be created by ICT as they are received. Please note that there may be up to a 48 hour turnaround for project requests (especially if any checking needs to be done), and 24 hours for account requests, depending on the availability of the lead researcher to authorise them.
It is expected Gaussian users are familiar with how it should run. Online manuals are available from http://www.gaussian.com/tech_top_level.htm.
More information is available at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/eresearch/services.html.
If you have any problems with the server or operation please contact the ICT service desk: ict.servicedesk@latrobe.edu.au or x1500.
For further information please contact the e-Research Office on 5482 or email eresearch@latrobe.edu.au.
Building Communities in the Digital Arts and Humanities: Research Practice and Research Infrastructures
24–26 November, e-Science Institute, Edinburgh
The AHRC ICT Programme and the Centre for e-Research at King's College London warmly invite you to an international expert seminar on the topic Building Communities in the Digital Arts and Humanities: Research Practice and Research Infrastructures.
The seminar will take place at the e-Science Institute, Edinburgh on 24–26 November 2008, and is funded by the Institute under the auspices of the e-Science Theme e-Science in the Arts and Humanities, with support from the AHRC ICT in Arts and Humanities Research Programme.
The event will bring together researchers, practitioners and experts in the field who have worked to develop national and international communities of practice using ICT for research in the arts and humanities. We are inviting representatives from several major international initiatives. The aim is to gather information in order to map existing activity, and to identify common agendas and opportunities for future collaborations.
Outputs of the event will be:
- A map in a shared knowledge environment of current major initiatives at country and continent level;
- A brief working paper addressing key issues: future challenges, relationships with funders, successful models for such initiatives, and how they can be supported at the local, national and international level;
- An agenda for future collaboration to join up activity in this field and identify gaps in provision of support;
- Recommendations for new, distributed and collaborative structures to support research practice.
Local accommodation will be provided by the seminar organizers for Monday and Tuesday night and there will be a seminar dinner on 25 November. We hope you will be able to meet your own travel costs, but please let us know if this will be a problem for you.
We hope very much that you will be able to attend what we expect to be an important and stimulating event. Please send replies to Seth Denbo at seth.denbo@kcl.ac.uk.
Formation of Intersect - the new peak eResearch body for NSW
I am delighted to inform you of the establishment of Intersect, the new peak eResearch organisation for NSW.
The Intersect proposal was approved by six NSW universities and funding has been provided through the universities and the NSW government.
Intersect was formally established as a not-for-profit company on 25th June. A Board of Directors has been appointed with Professor Mark Wainwright as Chairman, and Dr Michael Briers as interim CEO.
Our initial goal of establishing a viable Intersect by mid-2008 has been achieved. Current members of Intersect are the University of Sydney, the University of NSW, Macquarie University, the University of Newcastle, University of Technology Sydney, Southern Cross University and SIRCA Ltd. Intersect encourages the remaining NSW universities to join during the first year.
I'd like to thank all those who assisted in developing this ground-breaking proposal, especially the researchers who developed outlines of potential innovation projects, sometimes on very tight deadlines. A more detailed survey of potential innovation projects will be undertaken, and a process put in place for project selection and scheduling.
WEBSITE
An interim website can be found at http://www.intersect.org.au/ with a brief introduction to Intersect, our contact details, and any public documents and announcements. Now that Intersect is established this interim site will gradually be expanded into a more long-term web presence. We also have a contact email address which can be distributed:
enquiries@intersect.org.au.
SUBSCRIBE
If you would like to subscribe for periodic updates on Intersect's progress and growth, please contact enquiries@intersect.org.au.
Please feel free to distribute this email, the URL and contact email address to any interested parties:
http://www.intersect.org.au
enquiries@intersect.org.au
Regards
Dr Michael Briers
Interim CEO
Intersect
www.intersect.org.au
+61 2 92369106
A forum on data classification was held at La Trobe University on 26 June 2008, (Pdf 78KB)
Presentation at VeRSI Coffee Network
On 1st April 2008 Dr Mark Kosten provided an overview of e-Research activities at La Trobe University at the VeRSI Coffee Network.
The Coffee Network provides an opportunity for collaboration between parties with an interest in e-Research and a chance to network and discuss topics with colleagues. These events are held weekly on Tuesdays at 11am, in the VeRSI Melbourne office, ground floor of the Brownless Biomedical Library, University of Melbourne.
The invitation is open to all at La Trobe so please refer to attached link for any topics that may be of interest:
http://www.versi.edu.au/versi/melbercoffee.html
Monash eCoffee Network - Thursdays (fortnightly) at 10am, Level 1 Conference Room, Matheson Library, Clayton Campus
Monash e-Research Centre has introduced a fortnightly coffee network to discuss e-Research issues. These discussions are held every second Thursday at 10am, please check schedule on the website for location information. The discussions are open to anyone, research and professional staff from outside the Monash Community are welcome to attend.
Lord Sainsbury's Race to the Top report (Pdf 9KB) - Senator Kim Carr has referred to this report for guidance on how Australia should be looking at science and technology.
ANU Data Management Manual: Managing Digital Research Data at The Australian National University
The Graduate Information Literacy Program at ANU is now offering a course for researchers and graduate students on data management planning. This comprehensive Manual is accompanied by a Data Management Planning Template and Course Slides. These will be made available in the future in a form which can be adapted for local use by other institutions.
APAN 26 Sustainable Networking - Monday 4 to Friday 8 August 2008, Millennium Hotel, Queenstown, New Zealand (pdf 175KB)
Background: The Asia Pacific Advanced Network Consortium meeting is Asia Pacific’s foremost event for showcasing advanced broadband networking applications and technologies for research and education.
This conference presents demonstrations and training in network technology, application technology and sustainable networking.
Presenters from across the Asia Pacific region will be showcasing applications for a range of areas, such as eCulture, medicine, earth monitoring and eScience.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar - Wednesday 6 August, 4pm, Lecture Theatre M2, Building 13A, La Trobe University
Dr. Ashley Buckle - "
Rapid Protein Structure Determination Using Grid Computing ”
"Determining the 3D structure of a protein using the technique of X-ray crystallography can be computationally intensive. My lab has developed methods that speed up this process by a significant factor by utilizing existing computing power in the laboratory, on campus, and even across the globe. This "divide & conquer" approach allows us to run thousands of calculations in parallel, producing results in hours instead of weeks."
PILIN (Persistent Identifier Linking Infrastructure) project
This project supported adoption and use of persistent identifiers and services in Australia, a key component for a successful digital education implementation. The project also strengthened Australia's ability to use global identifier infrastructure and laid the foundations for a sustainable, shared identifier management infrastructure. Based on this work, it is anticipated that a National Persistent Identifier Service will be funded from July 2008.
UK e-Science All Hands Meeting - Monday 8 to Thursday 11 September 2008, The University of Edinburgh, UK
2008 Theme: 'Crossing Boundaries: Computational Science, E-Science and Global E- Infrastructures'
General Information:
This is the principal e-Science meeting in the UK and brings together researchers from all disciplines, computer scientists and developers to meet and exchange ideas. The meeting is in its seventh year and normally attracts between 500 and 600 participants.
Oxford e-Research Conference 08,
11 -13 September 2008 at the University of Oxford, UK
Summary: This conference seeks to stimulate and inform multi-disciplinary research on the development, use and implications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in shaping research across the disciplines. It will bring together research from key e-Research projects from around the world examining the role of the Internet, Web and the Grid in research. The conference seeks to facilitate scholarly communication and publication on this topic, and help foster a broader public understanding of the significance of this area to the sciences and humanities as well as to the public at large.
Registration and Fees: A registration fee will be charged to cover the costs of meals and entertainment not covered by the Oxford e-Social Science Project and the e-Horizons project.
Students - A$315*
Speakers (authors of accepted papers) - A$325
Panelists - A$350
Other attendees - A$375
*Students may volunteer to assist in the conference in lieu of a fee.
Open Access and Research Conference 08, 24 - 25 September 2008, Stamford Plaza, Brisbane
The Conference is hosted by Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law an Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Training (DEWR) funded project, the QUT Division of Technology, Information and Learning Support and the QUT Faculty of Law.
The early bird deadline has been extended until Friday, 8 August 2008. The program and online registration is at www.oar2008.qut.edu.au.
e-Research Australasia 2008 conference - 28 Sept to 3 Oct 2008, Sebel and Citigate Hotels, Albert Park, Melbourne
Call for papers has closed, submissions for posters and live demonstrations must be received by 15 August 2008.
Register at www.eresearch.edu.au by 30 August to take advantage of the Early Bird Rate.
Workshop: e-Research in the Arts, Humanities and Cultural Heritage - 3 October
The workshop aims to stimulate discussions between the UK and Australasian arts, humanities and cultural heritage communities about the use of e-Research infrastructures, services, technologies and methodologies. To this end, it is soliciting contributions (both presentations and papers) on topics relevant to e-Research in an arts, humanities and cultural heritage context.
Details of the workshop and the submission process may be found at http://www.eresearch.edu.au/ahch-workshop.
e-Research and Australian Literary Culture Symposium - 4 to 5 December 2008, Australian Literature @ the University of Sydney
Digital archives and e-Research more generally have become increasingly important in humanities research internationally. In Australian research, the ARC call for network funding in 2002-3 saw the formation of an e-Humanities Network and the Cultural Research Network (CRN). A central premise of the successfully-funded CRN is that since the 1960s and 70s, theoretically-driven research in the humanities has somehow come adrift from the empirical research techniques of the social sciences and humanities, and that there is scope for a reconnection of these approaches that is at once post-theoretical and new-empirical.
4th International IEEE Conference on eScience - 7 to 12 December 2008, University Place Conference Center @ Indiana University/Purdue University (IUPUI) Campus, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Submission Deadlines:
Workshops and Special Sessions: June 20
Papers & Tutorials: July 20
Posters, Exhibits and Demos: September 14
For submission guidelines and more information visit the conference Web site: http://escience2008.iu.edu
Special Session: Adding value to data - Digital Repositories in the e-Science world.
An Initiative of DReSNet: Digital Repositories in e-Science Network
(http://www.dresnet.net)
The digital material used by academics is to an increasing extent being held in formal data management systems; these systems are variously categorized as digital repositories, libraries or archives.
Modern repository systems allow us to move away from the model of a stand-alone repository, library or archive, where objects are simply deposited for subsequent access and download. Instead, researchers are developing more sophisticated models in which these containers of data are integrated components of a larger e-Science research infrastructure, incorporating advanced tools and workflows, and are being used to model complex webs of information and capture scholarly or scientific processes in their entirety, from raw data through to final publications. Repositories have been successfully combined with data grid technologies, and in addition computational grids seem to offer possible applications in digital preservation and curation, such as automatic metadata extraction and index creation.
These systems thus could add value to the data-driven research lifecycle in e-Science.
Important dates:
* Deadline for Submission of full papers: August 08, 2008
* Notification of Acceptance: September 15, 2008
* Final submission of camera-ready papers: September 29, 2008
Educause Australasia 2008, 3-6 May 2009, Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Perth
Call for papers: Abstract Submissions for Refereed Papers due Monday 28 July 2008
Summary: This is the premier event for professionals working in higher education who manage technologies to advance scholarship, learning and teaching.
Theme: "Innovate, Collaborate, Sustain". The conference will explore IT, Learning & Teaching and Library challenges in the areas of: Innovation, Emerging Technologies and Trends, Leadership, Management and Planning, Collaboration, Learning and Teaching, Information Management and Access, Sustainability, Information Technology.
Announcing the ARCS Data Fabric - An easy to use data storage service
The ARCS Data Fabric is a simple production service allowing researchers, research groups, research organizations and research communities to store their data. It can also provide features useful for data collaboration, replication, and transfer and for building into other e-Research services as required.
What storage options are available and at what cost?
• Free storage of 25GB: Researchers and/or research groups will be provided with their own free virtual storage of 25GB on request - (free storage quota may be reduced if demand becomes excessive).
• Additional storage at hardware cost: ARCS will also provide additional raw storage at hardware cost. Given current hardware costs and useful lifetimes of three years, ARCS expects to supply 3 years of storage for $2,500 per Terabyte of RAID and $1,000 per Terabyte of tape silo to researchers.
Continuation beyond 3 years will be charged at the prevailing hardware cost.
• Managed storage: Additional managed services, e.g., enduring storage, archiving, backups, data replication etc can also be provided at the effective cost to ARCS. Information on costs will be provided on request.
What storage capabilities are available?
• ARCS storage: ARCS will provide storage at a location within its members’ facilities, however a user will be able to select a location if desired.
• Easy to use desktop access: There will be an easy to use desktop graphical interface to this storage as well as command line tools and a web interface.
• Choice of location and replication: ARCS will work with users to replicate or move their data within ARCS should data locality become important.
• Data caching: It will be possible to cache user's data in locations close to other resources to improve the performance of compute workflows.
• Seamless integration with ARCS services: The ARCS Data Fabric will integrate well with other ARCS services such as compute job submission.
• Cooperation with ANDS: There will be close cooperation between ARCS and ANDS (Australian National Data Service) in the operation of the ARCS Data Fabric so that it is tightly integrated with the services to be provided by ANDS.
• Exemplars and use cases: Examples and common use cases will soon be available on the ARCS web site www.arcs.org.au.
Regional Roadshow
Throughout the month of February we took the message of e-Research to the regional campuses. A series of seminars explained how e-Research can help researchers with computing, data storage and information management. We hope to repeat the road show at a future date and will run a second workshop at Bundoora later this year.
Industry Cadetship Program
The Industry Cadetship Program is looking for opportunities for students to gain industry experience and for employers to be involved in student development. The program also provides opportunities for employers to interact with our academic staff.
For more information please visit:
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/scitecheng/cadetship/index.html
International Science Linkages
Science is becoming an increasingly globalised activity and opportunities for international collaboration are growing rapidly. As a result, governments and researchers around the world are paying increased attention to ensuring that their engagement is productive, effective and well targeted. International engagement enables Australian science to achieve much more than it could on its own by providing the following benefits: Global influence and maintenance of friendly relations, knowledge transfer, the ability to address national/global challenges, enhanced international reputation, access to expensive infrastructure, foreign investment in Australian science, skills development and recruitment, contribution to national and global security and capacity building.
Competitive Grants: targeting of collaborative scientific research
From 2008, applications for joint research projects will be invited from Australian researchers collaborating with partners from the following countries and areas of research:
USA - Climate change, clean energy technologies, advanced computing, nanotechnology, biotechnology.
European Union Framework Programmes - Clean energy technologies, Bioeconomy (including industrial biotechnology and agriculture), climate change.
United Kingdom - Climate change, biosciences, clean energy technologies.
Germany - Nanotechnology, water resources, clean energy technologies.
Brazil - Agriculture, biotechnology, minerals & mining, nanotechnology.
Singapore - Biotechnology.
Japan - Clean energy technologies.
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