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The conference will be held 6-10 November in Melbourne at the Sebel Albert Park. Featured speakers include Jan Brase, DataCite Managing Agent, Peter Fox, Tetherless World Constellation Chair and P Bryan Heidorn, Director, School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona and President, JRS Biodiversity Foundation.
Details regarding workshops are also available. To register please visit https://conference.eresearch.edu.au/registration/
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Viviani Paz, Program Director, eResearch Australasia 2011
The Call for Poster participation is now open for eResearch Australasia 2011: eXtreme eResearch, with submissions open up to 6 October 2011, however early submission is appreciated. The conference will be held 6-10 November in Melbourne at the Sebel Albert Park. See https://conference.eresearch.edu.au/participate/ for more details.
Posters will remain in the display area throughout the conference and a poster session will be held Monday 7 Nov, 5:15 – 6:45pm to allow poster presenters to stand near their posters and talk with delegates.
Poster guidelines are available to help you prepare your poster, please visit: https://conference.eresearch.edu.au/participate/poster-guidelines/
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Email: conference@eresearch.edu.au
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Viviani Paz, Program Director, eResearch Australasia 2011
If you’re a developer bringing services into the Federation, the AAF will be hosting a one-day workshop called Federating eXtreme Services: A Skills Development Workshop at the eResearch Australasia Conference on Friday 11 November 2011. Workshop content can be viewed at: https://conference.eresearch.edu.au/workshops/.
Our technical experts, Terry Smith and Bradley Beddoes, will be facilitating the workshop which offers significant strategic value to people involved in bringing services into the AAF. Be sure to book your place when you register for the conference as participant numbers will be limited to 20. Conference details are available at: https://conference.eresearch.edu.au/. Registration opens soon.
Mr Nick Jones from The University of Auckland has been appointed Director of the NZ eScience Infrastructure (NeSI), a nation-wide supercomputer network designed to support cutting-edge research.
“NeSI will support computational research across the New Zealand science sector, whether it’s quantum chemistry, radio astronomy, drug discovery or modelling of fluid flows,” says Mr Jones. “It’s very exciting to begin building an infrastructure and services that New Zealand researchers will be able to depend on over the long term.”
“We’re now well underway with the procurement of new high-performance computing equipment, and our goal is to begin offering access to the initial computing sites later this year.”
Launched by Minister of Science and Innovation The Hon Wayne Mapp at The University of Auckland in June, NeSI will be built during its initial term over the next three years with $47 million co-invested by the Government and partner research organisations.
For further information please see http://www.nesi.org.nz
Contact: Pauline Curtis, Communications Adviser, The University of Auckland
Phone: +64 (0)9 923 3258 Mobile: +64 (0)21 970 089
Email: p.curtis@auckland.ac.nz
An electronic version (pdf) of the latest issue of Share: the newsletter of the Australian National Data Service is now available from the ANDS website at:
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/index.html
Reminder: first round for RDSI Call for Node proposals and expressions of interest closing on the 12 September
To respond to the RDSI Node proposal and expressions of interest please refer to the following documents:
For questions regarding this call please email projectmanager@rdsi.uq.edu.au.
RDSI Research Data Services (ReDS) Tinman paper is now available for download and comment. Please see http://www.rdsi.uq.edu.au/reds.
Your feedback is important.
Dr Jenni Harrison joins iVEC from NHS Education for Scotland (NES) where for the past three years she was leading the development of a number of innovative collaborative projects which apply novel digital technology. These projects include:
• 3D medical visualisation with haptic technology and real time interaction
• Real time virtual patients (avatars) in a 3D games model
• An authenticated online repository containing 3D animations and Flash
enabled resources for teaching and learning.
Previously to her role at NES, Jenni was the eResearch Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Research Science and Technology (MoRST) in New Zealand.
Jenni is hoping to develop networks of excellence, drawing on her experience to highlight eResearch opportunities and promote collaborative working throughout the research community.
For information on eResearch at iVEC please visit: http://www.ivec.org/programs/eresearch
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