eResearch:     Research in the era of Google - Are you Ready?

Are you fully automating your research work practises? Are you making use of technology to organise, discover, analyse, visualise your critical research information? Are you able to access other important data to speed up your research?

The brave new world of advanced technologies, open access to specialised data repositories, powerful computing systems and networked research infrastructure augments and extends the traditional environment for University research projects. This new "e-Research" environment will allow researchers from all disciplines to access new and faster ways of undertaking research - while also highlighting both the new challenges and new opportunities. On 31 October the ANU Supercomputer Facility is hosting a full-day "eResearch" forum where presenters from exemplar ANU research projects that are utilising these technologies will describe how they benefiting from these new eResearch environments. These exemplars are sourced from, and applicable to, a wide range of research disciplines. There will also be a description of the steps that the university is taking to support this type of research activity. ANU Supercomputer Facility Leonard Huxley Building Lecture Theatre Wednesday, October 31, 2007   9:15am Ben Evans, ANUSF and Jim Williams, Chair eResearch Task Force - Welcome 9:30am Mark Knackstedt, RSPhySE - From digitised material data to data analysis of complex structures 10am Brendan Mackey, Fenner School - New approaches to environmental land classification: meeting the computational challenges for continental and global analysis 10:30am Brian Schmidt / Stefan Keller, MSO - The SkyMapper Telescope and Southern Sky Survey: Transforming terabytes into Astronomy 11am Break 11:30am Deborah Mitchell, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute - From Numbers to Knowledge: eResearch and the Australian Social Science Data Archive 12pm Jill Gready, JCSMR - eBiology: More Bang for Your Bucks 12:30pm Stuart Ramsden / Stephen Hyde, RSPhysSE - Online Analysis in Dynamic Repositories of Theoretical and Experimental Periodic Structures 1pm Lunch - including interactive displays 2pm Robert Ackland, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute - VOSON: Developing a web service for social science network research 2:30pm Simon Haberle, Archaeology and Natural History - Digital environment for Australasian Pollen and Spores Atlas 3pm Howard Morphy / Katie Hayne, Research School of Humanities - Connecting with culture: digital methods in cross-cultural research 3:30pm Ben Evans, ANUSF - Fostering collaborations that can develop eResearch capabilities 4pm Jim Williams, Chair ANU eResarch Task Force - Discussion: Supporting ANU's Research   Registration is essential for catering purposes. RSVP to Pamela.Simpkins@anu.edu.au. Host: ANU Supercomputer Facility Venue: Leonard Huxley Building, Mills Road Date: Wednesday, 31 October 2007 Time: 9:15-4:30pm Enquiries: Ben Evans on 6125 3437