February 2020 National eResearch Newsletter

We are delighted to report that two of our number have been recognised in the recent Australia Day honours list, as follows:.

Geoff Huston, Member (AM) in the General Division:  For significant service to science, and through pioneering roles with the internet.
Network Technical Manager, AARNet, 1989-2005;  Chief Internet Scientist, Telstra, 1995-2004;  Chief Scientist, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, since 2004.
Biographical information:  https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-01/ad2020_media_notes_-_am_a-l.pdf.

Emeritus Professor John O’Callaghan, Member (AM) in the General Division:  For significant service to information technology, and to education.
Chief, CSIRO Division of Information Technology, 1988-1996;  Inaugural Executive  Director,  Australian  Partnership  for  Advanced  Computing (APAC), 1999-2007.
Biographical information:  https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-01/ad2020_media_notes_-_am_m-z.pdf

Thu 20 Feb, 12:00 – 13:00 AEDT
Join in with the community of people who work with geospatial data and make it available for broader use.  The group is intended as a forum for sharing knowledge and experiences with finding, accessing, transforming, using and making available geospatial data.

More information and registration at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/geospatial-capabilities-community-of-practice-third-meeting-tickets-86060490243.

Open Data Day is a global annual celebration of open data, held this year on Saturday, 7-March.  For the tenth time, groups from around the world will create local events using open data in their communities.  It is an opportunity to show the benefits of open data and encourage the adoption of open data policies in government, business and civil society.

Mini-grants are on offer for the following key areas:

• Environmental data
• Tracking pubic money flows
• Open mapping; and
• Data for equal development

To register an event or apply for a mini-grant https://opendataday.org/.

Keynote Speakers:

• Annie Burgess, Lab Director – Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP).
• Christine Kirkpatrick, Head of Research Data Services Division – San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC).
• David Abramson, Director – UQ Research Computing Centre.
• Milan Petkovic, Head of the Data Science department – Philips Healthcare.
• Matthew Harrison, Science Director Informatics – British Geological Survey.
• Ivy Wong, Science Leader, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science.
• Mark J. Kiemele, President and CEO, Air Academy Associates.

Speaker Bios at http://www.c3dis.com/2020-invited-speakers.
Register now at http://www.c3dis.com/registration.

If you are still unsure about attending watch this highlights video (https://youtu.be/Xplae800pLM) from the last plenary in Helsinki and check out this infographic (https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/rda-australia/wiki/road-melbourne-how-get-most-out-plenary) to help you prepare for what is sure to be an amazing meeting.

Register today at https://www.rd-alliance.org/15th-plenary-registration.

The Centre for Advance Imaging (CAI) Symposium 2020 – from microstructure to function, will be held on the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland from 27 to 29 April 2020.  See https://cai.centre.uq.edu.au/cai-symposium-2020.

Direct enquiries to  viktor.vegh@cai.uq.edu.au.

The cost is free, but places are limited.  Register online by Friday 3 April at https://www.vision6.com.au/ch/54009/17yv4/2817541/boUYU7bgWm_xh55saitJae.OoW6L1Lx8mBtkLzjN-1.html.

On 28 January the project passed a major milestone when a user triggered an analysis of their sequencing data – using deeptools_bam_coverage – to become the one millionth job run on this national service.

Late in 2019, funding for the expansion of Galaxy Australia was secured from the ARDC through the BioCommons Bring Your Own Data Expansion Project (https://ardc.edu.au/news/our-platforms-investment/).

To use Galaxy Australia go to:  https://usegalaxy.org.au/.

Pilot website at:  https://data.soilcrc.com.au/map/about.

Further information:
http://www.cerdi.edu.au/cb_pages/visualising_australasias_soils.php.

AeRO provides details of the latest eResearch job opportunities in the sector.  Jobs are posted immediately to https://twitter.com/AeRO_eResearch, and the website at http://aero.edu.au/jobs/ is also updated.

This is a free service for the whole eResearch community – to advertise a position, simply email loretta@aero.edu.au.

Here’s a sample of current vacancies: Data Scientist Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Lecturer, Programmer/Analyst, Data Librarian, eResearch Analyst, eResearch Information Analyst, AURIN Outreach Manager, ARDC Outreach Director, Carpentries Executive Director, Biostatistician Research Officer, AAF Software Developer.