The future of digital research infrastructure
Keith Russell1
1Ardc
Abstract
Over the last decade, eResearch has changed from being at the frontier to an underpinning capability required for all research. As digital research infrastructure matures and evolves, we must optimise the delivery of digital services to researchers, reduce duplication of effort across institutions and research domains, and build enduring capability for the research community.
The ARDC has responded to this challenge by creating Thematic Research Data Commons. Our vision is for world leading knowledge infrastructure that enables Australian researchers to transform our lives. We are committed to delivering enduring digital research infrastructure that will support researchers to tackle the grand challenges facing our society.
Over the past 12 months, we’ve undertaken extensive nation-wide consultations to gain a deep understanding of the research community’s needs. This presentation will describe the data challenges identified and set out the initial program of work for our first three Research Data Commons: People RDC for health and medical research, Planet RDC for earth and environmental sciences, and HASS and Indigenous RDC for humanities, arts, social sciences and Indigenous research.
To deliver on this transformative strategy, the ARDC has also undergone an organisational restructure to ensure our world-class team is best positioned to work across boundaries to deliver a seamless experience for researchers. The presentation will include an introduction to the new Team ARDC who are committed to enhancing our national digital research infrastructure for the betterment of research and innovation.
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