Introducing Research Link Australia – A new information capability linking research, business and government
Mingfang Wu1, Gnana Bharathy2, Lyle Winton1 1Australian Research Data Commons, Melbourne, VIC, Australia2Australian Research Data Commons, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract
Collaboration among research, business and government is critical to innovation in Australia. It drives improvements to productivity, economic growth, quality of living and planet health, and enables us to address some of the most pressing problems facing society, like healthcare and medicine, and food security. For that reason, there has been significant government investment to support translational research and reshape the research and innovation landscape.
Successful collaborations start with connecting with the right collaborators and resources. But currently, there’s no easy way for Australian businesses, policymakers and citizens to discover and access research expertise, findings and products. Similarly, there’s no simple way for researchers to identify research and development opportunities in business.
The Research Link Australia (RLA) project is developing a strategy framework and a technical platform to bridge this information gap. By making research capability, business opportunities and government initiatives more discoverable, the platform will increase the linking opportunities for business, government and research, and accelerate other initiatives that seek to support and facilitate collaborations. RLA is supported by the Australian Research Data Commons.
The project has adopted a consultative and co-design approach, by engaging and working with government bodies, key data agencies, research-industry facilitators, businesses and research communities to ensure we develop and iteratively improve these capabilities together.
This presentation will introduce the project and the project approach, discuss and get feedback on: 1) the strategic framework, service model and informatics standards for improving information quality and linkage, and 2) identified gaps for further consultation and project development.
Biography
Dr. Mingfang Wu is senior research data specialist at ARDC. She has conducted research in the areas of interactive information retrieval, search log analysis, natural language processing. Her recent research focuses on the data discovery paradigms for improving data discovery services. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1206-3431
Gnana Bharathy: Gnana works as AI/ML Research Data Specialist at ARDC and is a practitioner, researcher and mentor, in AI and advanced analytics space. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8384-9509
Dr Lyle Winton has 20 years infrastructure experience in universities, state, national, and international initiatives. Lyle’s research background in large-scale scientific collaborations, big data and computing. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3049-1221