Category: NZ eResearch Symposium

NZ eResearch Symposium 2012 – nearly here

Less than one week until the biggest eResearch Symposium yet!

There is a diverse and engaged range of delegates spanning discipline, seniority and geographic origin. It will be a fascinating week in Wellington.

 

If you are attending the Symposium, come to our workshop to see live large file transfer demonstrations and learn what needs to be done to achieve them. The workshop is on 11-12:15pm Friday 6th July. You can also visit us at our booth during the event.

Register to take part in this exciting event. A full programme is available at www.eresearch.org.nz/nzers2012-programme.

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eResearch Symposium preparation

The 3rd New Zealand eResearch Symposium will be held at Victoria University of Wellington, on Wednesday 4th – Friday 6th July, 2012.

In preparation for the Symposium, REANNZ and the University of Auckland are performing tuning activities over the REANNZ international link to Los Angeles (LAX) that will enable large file transfers using gridFTP. Testing will occur over the Los Angeles (LAX) link on Thursday 21st and Monday 25th June from 9:00am. You can watch the progress on the REANNZ Weathermap here.

If you are attending the Symposium come to our workshop to see live large file transfer demonstrations and learn what needs to be done to achieve them. The workshop is on 11-12:15pm Friday 6th July. You can also visit us at our booth.

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NZ eResearch Symposium: Early Registration

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES NEXT FRIDAY 8 JUNE

Register before 11:59 pm Friday 8 June and you’ll receive the discounted early bird registration rate of $370 for full registration or $125 for students’ full registration.

Full registration includes entry to all symposium sessions on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 July, the Welcome Function on Wednesday 4 July and the Symposium Dinner at The Boatshed on Thursday 5 July. Full details about registration are available online: http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nzers2012-registration

PROGRAMME

We have an exciting line up of presentations, workshops and posters. Full details including presentation abstracts are available here: http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nzers2012-programme

WORKSHOPS

Three workshops will be held on Wednesday 4 July 2012, at the Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington. You may register for these workshops as part of your Symposium attendance or register for them separately.

Workshop 1: Building a cyber infrastructure for environmental acoustics research

Workshop 2: NZ HPC Applications Workshop

Workshop 3: Open Research in the New Zealand Context

For further details about each workshop please see here: http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nzers2012-presentations#Workshops

Keynote Speakers

The following keynote speakers have been confirmed:

  • Dr Cameron Neylon
  • Sayeed Choudhury
  • Simon Burrows
  • Nicole Coleman

For further details about each speaker please see here: http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nzers2012-keynotes

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eResearch Symposium: Contributions deadline extended

The organisers of the 2011 eResearch Symposium have received many requests for leniency! So they’ve agreed, in fairness to all, to extend the deadline for contributions to Thursday 21 April 2011.

Call for contributions

The organisers are still accepting submissions of descriptions for presentations, posters, workshops and demonstrations. Descriptions will be final, with no additional articles required. Submissions should address any aspect of eResearch, including the infrastructure, platforms, middleware, services; and use-cases from the sciences, humanities, engineering, social sciences and medical fields.

Full details are online at http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nzers2011-call

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Call for contributions for the eResearch Symposium 2011

The submission of descriptions for presentations, posters, workshops and demonstrations for the 2nd New Zealand eResearch Symposium are now welcome.

Call for contributions for the eResearch Symposium 2011

The eResearch Symposium team are welcoming submission of descriptions for presentations, posters, workshops and demonstrations. Descriptions will be final, with no additional articles required. Submissions should address any aspect of eResearch, including the infrastructure, platforms, middleware, services; and use-cases from the sciences, humanities, engineering, social sciences and medical fields. The submission deadline is 29 March 2011.

This event, being held at the University of Otago, Dunedin, on Thursday 30 June – Friday 1 July, 2011, will bring together the New Zealand eResearch community, and is also an opportunity to meet some of the leaders of eResearch initiatives within NZ and internationally, and to hear about best-practice and to share understanding and experiences.

See more details on the call for papers page on the eResearch Symposium website (http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nzers2011-call)

About eResearch

eResearch encompasses all of the information technology infrastructure and software that supports a research community. This includes the computing platforms, the software platforms that connect equipment, data, and other computing resources with people, along with collections management, platforms to run experiments, and advanced collaboration tools. eResearch communities thrive on deep engagement with researchers, supporting the formation and operation of effective digitally supported research communities.

More information

Visit the NZ eResearch Symposium 2011 website (http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nzers2011) for more information and to get involved.

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NZ eResearch Symposium 2011- Date and Location announced

NZ eResearch Symposium 2011 will be held at The University of Otago, Dunedin on Thursday 30 June and Friday 1 July 2011. Please mark these dates in your calendar and start making arrangements.

About eResearch

eResearch encompasses all of the research computing that supports a research community. It crosses research disciplines, from the humanities and social sciences, physical and biological sciences, to math and engineering. It includes the computing and software platforms that connect equipment, data, and other computing resources with people, along with collections management, platforms to run experiments, and advanced collaboration tools.  eResearch communities thrive on deep engagement with researchers, and aim to support the formation and operation of effective digitally-supported research communities.

NZ eResearch Symposium 2011

Thursday 30 June – Friday 1 July
University of Otago, Dunedin
http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nzers2011

Our NZ eResearch Symposium is a broad forum for NZ’s research sector and nascent eResearch community. This is an opportunity to meet leaders of eResearch initiatives within NZ and internationally, and to hear about emerging practice, and to share experiences.

Further details including a call for contributors will be available shortly.

Forward to a Friend

If you know of anyone that may be interested in the NZ eResearch Symposium, please feel free to forward this information.

Organisers

General Chair: Nick Jones, University of Auckland
Programme Chair: Mik Black, University of Otago
Host: Russell Butson, University of Otago

Conference organisers of the eResearch Symposium

If you would like more information on any aspect of this conference, please contact the Conference Organiser:

Paardekooper and Associates
phone: +64 4 562 8259
fax: +64 4 562 8269
email: eresearch@paardekooper.co.nz
www: http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nzers2011

More information

Visit the NZ eResearch Symposium 2011 website (http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nzers2011) for more information and to get involved.

This event is supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation eResearch programme and our Members https://www.bestgrid.org/members

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NZ eResearch Symposium – programme published

The jam-packed programme for the NZ eResearch Symposium 2010 is online now for your perusal. Only 8 days to go until this important research event.

NZ eResearch Symposium 2010 programme

The greatly anticipated programme for the NZ eResearch Symposium 2010, 26-27 October 2010, is now available. Here are a few choice features:

  • Research data
  • Personalised medical genomics
  • 4 paper session on computational bioscience
  • eResearch management and outreach

See the full eResearch Symposium programme for all the details (http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nz-eresearch-symposium-2010-programme)

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NZ eResearch Symposium Programme Announced

Programme details for the NZ eResearch Symposium are now available. The programme includes a fantastic lineup of NZ and international presenters, covering biomedical systems research, social science data, remote control of the Australian Synchrotron and much, much more…

Dates: Tuesday 26 – Wednesday 27 October 2010
Venue: Owen G Glenn Building and the Fale Pasifika, at The University of Auckland

Early Bird Registration extended until Wednesday 13 October

We’re pleased to announce programme details. To give you time to view this information before registering, the early bird registration has been extended until Wednesday 13 October.

Register online at www.eresearch.org.nz

Programme details

Paper presentations

  • Remote research environment – Chris Myers
  • Novel computational approaches to understanding tumour biology – Cristin Print
  • Computer aided drug design. Defining known drug space from first principles – Johannes Reynisson
  • Using High-Performance Computing with Census Microdata – Lyndon Walker
  • Challenges, successes, and prospects in developing open-access global biodiversity databases – Mark Costello
  • Leveraging BeSTGRID to power biomedical systems research – Mike Cooling
  • Coordinated Services Initiative (CSI) for (e)Research: Bridging the inch wide mile deep gap – Kate Nolan
  • Building e-Research Services, Data Capture and Metadata Storage – Russell Sim
  • SKA and Trans-Tasman eResearch collaboration in radio astronomy – Sergei Gulyaev
  • Computing to stimulate academic drug discovery – Jack Flanagan

Poster presentations

  • A web-based interactive, flexible translation service for classification systems and taxonomies – Tawan Banchuen
  • Talking to researchers about their information and technology needs – Alison Stevenson
  • R for the Grid – Stuart Charters
  • A comparison of distribution schemes and computation times for embarrassingly parallel jobs in a grid computing – Stuart Charters
  • Promoting the eResearch Agenda: What the New Zealand Social Science Data Service has to offer – Gerard Cotterell
  • eResearch Directions in Processing Accelerators – Martin Johnson
  • Earthquake Data Shared Over BeSTGRID DataFabric – Vladimir Mencl
  • MataNui Building a Grid Data Infrastructure that doesn’t suck!” – Guy Kloss
  • Developing for Grisu – Markus Binsteiner
  • Using Grisu – Markus Binsteiner
  • Remote Visualisation using a grid based cloud infrastructure – Johari Abdullah
  • Directions for eResearch – Massey University New Zealand – Kate Nolan
  • Getting Started with BeSTGRID – Aaron Hicks
  • The Worldís Southernmost Grid Site for CMS – Philip Allfrey
  • Tuakiri: the New Zealand Research Access Federation – Johanneke Siljee
  • Linking your HPC resources into BeSTGRID – Vladimir Mencl

Demo presentations

  • Virtual Beamline Demonstration – Chris Myers

Biology – NZ eResearch Pioneers

Biology has been a major driver of eResearch in New Zealand. The Symposium programme has received a large number of submissions related to biological sciences. Come to the NZ eResearch Symposium, and share in the ongoing development of applications and services to support Biologists.

For more information visit: http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nz-eresearch-symposium-biology

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Early Bird Registration for NZ eResearch Symposium closes in hours

The early bird registration deal for the NZ eResearch Symposium 2010 – NZ’s biggest eResearch event for the year – is closing at 11:59pm tonight (to be exact). Book your spot now to participate in this important event.

Register now for the NZ eResearch Symposium 2010

Registration for the NZ eResearch Symposium can be done online at www.eresearch.org.nz. Save $100 on the ticket price by registering before the clock strikes midnight tonight (30 September 2010).

New keynote speaker in genomics

The organising committee recently announced the addition of Dr Nicole Cloonan to the keynote speaker line up. Dr Cloonan is Senior Research Officer, Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland http://www.qcmg.org/

Visit www.eresearch.org.nz for the low down on all keynote speakers.

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NZ eResearch Symposium: Keynotes Announced

Three initial keynote presenters at the NZ eResearch Symposium have been announced. Also remember that paper submissions for the event are due on 15 September. Further announcements on keynote presenters will be made soon.

Registration Reminder

Registration for the 1st NZ eResearch Symposium can be done online at www.eresearch.org.nz

Keynote speakers at the NZ eResearch Symposium 2010

Dr. Shaun Hendy

Shaun Hendy is a Distinguished Scientist at IRL, and Deputy Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, hosted by Victoria University of Wellington.

Prof. William (Bill) Michener

William Michener is Professor and Director of e-Science Initiatives for University Libraries at the University of New Mexico.

Dr. Andrew Treloar

Dr Andrew Treloar is the Director of Technology for the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) (http://ands.org.au/), with particular responsibility for the Data Capture and Metadata Stores programs.

Visit the eResearch Symposium website for more information on the keynote speakers.

Call for Contributions – Deadline Wednesday 15 September

Your abstracts for technical and position papers are still welcome. These can address any aspect of eResearch, across sciences, humanities, engineering, social sciences and medical fields, and the infrastructure, platforms, middleware, services.

For full details see the Call for Contributions on the eResearch website

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