Dr Ryan Sullivan1,2,3
1The Australian Imaging Service, 2The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 3National Imaging Facility,
Biography:
Ryan is the Director of the Australian Imaging Service, under the PVC-Research Infrastructure at the University of Sydney.
https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-5554-7378
Abstract:
The first phase of the Australian Imaging Service (2020-24) saw the creation of the national federated software platform for secure data management, analysis, and informatics of biomedical imaging data through a series of projects funded by the ARDC Platforms Program, NIF, and MRFF NCRI. This resulted in a data centric computing design, tightly coupling 4 key services into a cohesive platform: Data Capture & Management (XNAT), Automated Pipelines (K8s scheduler & ARCANA/Pydra), Interactive Analysis (JupyterHub & Neurodesk/SciGet), and Machine Learning (MONAI & NVFlare).
In our second phase (2025-28), AIS is moving to a more tightly coupled federation to provide a cohesive national service through the National Imaging Facility Foundational Digital Research Infrastructure (FDRI) project. In addition to continued technical improvements and features in the 4 key services, the FDRI project will see the implementation of a single front door for accessing the infrastructure and our network of skilled imaging experts, a national training program to onboard new user communities, a joint financial and operating model for equitable and sustainable operations, and a node maturity model and legal framework for operating cyber-secure digital research infrastructure operated at an accredited quality standard.
This talk will outline our new capabilities and opportunities for engagement and partnership with NCRIS capabilities, institutions, or research projects.