Research projects in collaboration with the e-Research office

The e-Research office typically supports these projects with advice and consulting.

Current projects
Department Primary researcher/contact Project description
Archaeology Prof Tim Murray Archaeological Database Development: The People and Place Project. This project will build the platform for a national database of historical archaeological collections, excavated sites and the people connected to those objects and places.
Albury-Wodonga Campus Dr Ewen Silvester & Dr Ben Gawne In the immediate future we are placing about 20 TB of usable disk space in Wodonga for research needs. When the infrastructure is ready, we will be expanding Bendigo as well. This storage will be integrated with the Bundoora system and also be backed up to the Bundoora mirror.
Centre for Materials & Surface Science Dr Paul Pigram This project will leverage the existing ANDS services to support Australian researcher's use of instrumentation at the La Trobe Centre for Materials and Surface Science facility (CMSS).
Centre for Technology Infusion & AutoCRC Prof Jack Singh Vehicle to vehicle communications for safety and control in mixed-mode, multi-vehicle interactions
Historical & European Studies Dr Lisa Beaven This is a pilot study to develop a three-dimensional Time map of the Roman Campagna using the latest in modelling and imaging software, in conjunction with the British School at Rome. When completed it is planned that the map will be hosted on the British School at Rome Website, and the LTU website so that an enormous amount of historical geographical and pictorial data can be made available.
Library Mr Geoff Payne Development of repositories
Psychological Science Dr Danuta Loesch Setting up a comprehensive data base for genotype-phenotype relationship studies of FMR1 gene mutations.
Trendall Research Centre for Ancient Mediterranean Studies Dr Ian McPhee Curation and digitization of Trendall collection
Zoology Dr Eloise Gibb Developing a web-based database for the Global Ants Collaboration.
Complete projects
Department                                   Primary researcher/contact    Project description                                                        
ARCSHS Prof Anthony Smith Purchase of statistical survey software
ARCSHS Prof Anthony Smith Access to high speed computing resources for Exponential random graph models (ERGM) for the simulation and analysis of social networks.
Biosciences Research Centre Prof Tim Brown e-Science support for development of centre 
Research Services Ted Rohr Help with automating ethics approval system using Sharepoint
Arts - Mildura Brigette Glossop Access to Victorian injury statistics
Archaeology Dr Susan Lawrence To provide shared data space with interstate and international colleagues
Archaeology Dr David Frankel To produce a digital repository from archaeological digs
Albury-Wodonga Campus Linton Schier Enhanced visualisation capability using HD videoconferencing
Australian Institute for Primary Care (Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group) Sophie Hill Using Web 2.0 technologies to support general use of medical research publications
Chemistry Dr David Wilson Consulting services regarding new Gaussian application server
Genetics Dr RJ Mitchell Genographics project to trace ancestry through DNA
Historical and European Studies Ms Domenica Chincarini Development of open source software for image handling
Mildura Campus Michael Hiltonwood Enhanced visualisation capability using HD videoconferencing
Nursing Dr Simon Black To provide a link with IBM for Remote Health Monitoring
Physics/ICT Dr Paul Pigram Consulting services for high speed network in Building PS1
Physiotherapy Dr Megan Davidson To produce a data store for Gait Laboratory videos
Physiotherapy Mr Lester Jones To promote videoconferencing technology for clinical studies and teaching