CSU eResearch Showcase

eResearch describes a diverse range of research activities, including research collaboration through ICTs, visualisation technologies, research data capture and sharing, data management solutions and high-performance computing.

The e-Research Showcase featured presenters from Intersect, ANDS and CSU, sharing information about our e-Research capacity, the range of support that is available now and our scope for future growth.

Speakers

  • Professor Sue Thomas, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) CSU
  • Professor Andrea Bishop, Director - Research CSU
  • Mr Phil Roy, Acting Executive Director, DIT
  • Dr Ross Wilkinson, Director, Australian National Data Service (ANDS)
  • Ms Ingrid Mason, eResearch Analyst, Intersect and Information Services Coordinator on
    Humanities Networked Infrastructure (HuNI) Virtual Laboratory
  • Professor Terry Bossomaier, Professor in Information Technology, Director of CRiCs, CSU
  • Professor Max Finlayson, Director, Institute for Land, Water and Society, CSU
  • Dr Penny Cooke, eResearch Analyst, Intersect
  • Ms Georgina Edwards, Senior Software Engineer, Intersect
  • Dr Ian Gibson, CEO, Intersect
  • Dr Joe Thurbon, Member Services Manager, Intersect

Podium Capture Recordings (requires CSU login to access):

Morning Session

Afternoon Session

Program

10:40 – 11:00 Guests arrive
11:00 - 11:05 Prof Andrea Bishop welcomes guests
11:05 – 11:20 Prof Sue Thomas: what is eResearch?, how are people interacting already eg. in support of funding applications, the Research Data Management Working Party and & the value CSU aims to gain from Intersect
11:20 – 11:35 Mr Phil Roy: CSU eResearch support and our Intersect engagement
11:35 – 11:55 Dr Ross Wilkinson: The Australian National Data Service and building the Australian Research Data Commons
11:55 – 12:35 Dr Ian Gibson and Dr Joe Thurbon: Intersect’s offerings: about Intersect
12:35 – 13:15 Standing lunch, venue NWGIC foyer and deck – posters, Intersect showreel
13:15 – 14:30

Presentations of 4/ 5 case studies/vignettes (NB: 15 mins each, questions at conclusion of each presentation)

  1. Professor Max Finlayson, Director, Institute for Land, Water and Society, CSU: preparing a successful NeCTAR proposal with Intersect
  2. Humanities Networked Infrastructure (HuNI) Virtual Laboratory: using linked Open Data technology to integrate 28 of Australia’s most important cultural datasets
  3. Georgina Edwards: Work Observation Method by Activity Timing (WOMBAT), a mobile tool built by Intersect to support observational data collection.
  4. Prof Terry Bossomaier, long-time high performance computing (HPC) user: Using HPC to increase your research publications and outputs.
14:30 MC concludes proceedings

This event is supported through a partnership between the Division of Information Technology and the Research Office, and Intersect.