EResearch Coordinating Committee report to CAUL

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E-Research Coordinating Committee report to CAUL

• April 2006
• Cathrine Harboe-Ree

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e-Research Coordinating Committee

• Data management
• Whole of research cycle perspective
• Discovery ? research activity ? dissemination
• Benefit to wider community

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Entire E-Science Cycle (EBank)
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Report summary

• An Australian e-Research Strategy and
  Implementation Framework
• The critical importance of e-Research
• Strategic framework
• Leadership and coordination
• Skills development
• Research, development and deployment
• Skills transfer

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Report summary - cont

• An Australian e-Research Strategy and
  Implementation Framework
• Access
• e-Research Fabric
• Managing data
• Coordination, oversight and resources

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Critical importance

• Consolidating current experience
• Catalytic change
• NCRIS findings (SII requirements)

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Leadership

• A champion (eg Tony Hey)
• Encouraging leadership within government and
  institutions
• CAUL leadership?

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R, D D

• Supporting Australias strengths
• Drawing on OS developments
• High performance computing and infrastructure
  middleware RD ? production versions
• Ad hoc ? coordinated

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Skills acquisition

• Investment in education
• Honours scholarships (50pa x 5)
• Postgraduate scholarships (35pa x 5)
• Post-doctoral Fellowships (7pa x 5)
• Professional development
• Encourage institutions to provide opportunities
• CAUL? CAUDIT?

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Skills transfer e-Research Centre

• One Centre, 7 nodes
• Coordination of e-research development
• Support services
• Outreach awareness raising
• Skills development
• Coordination of RDD
• 0.5 million pa x 5
• Specialisation?

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Access

• Access to repositories, facilities and networks
• Access for researchers and wider community
• Authentication and authorisation

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e-Research fabric

• Network and computing structures, middleware and
  collaboration tools
• National Data Architecture
• Emphasis on interoperability
• Services and support
• NOT networks, bandwidth, etc (funding from
  elsewhere for these)
• NOT published resources

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Managing data

• Data collection and generation
• Data storage and physical management
• Standards
• Access
• Archiving and preservation
• Whole of research cycle approach
• Australian Research Data Strategy
• National Digitisation Strategy

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Coordination, oversight resources

• 20 mill pa x 5
• E-Research Coordinating Committee
• Data strategy sub-committee?
• SII with NCRIS (16th Capability)

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CAUL response - issues

• Capabilities required
• Technical, information management, policy and
  advocacy
• Institutional leadership role
• Library as centre of expertise
• Involve records and archives

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CAUL strategies and actions

• Policy and advocacy skills
• CAUL/CAUDIT collaboration
• CAUL to recommend participation in all relevant
  national committees
• EDUCAUSE theme
• CAUL meetings

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CAUL strategies and actions - cont

• Data management
• Data management plan guidelines, through national
  committees
• Lobby for access to national data (eg ABS)

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CAUL strategies and actions - cont

• Training
• E-Research 101
• Short courses
• CAUL/CAUDIT workshops, institutes

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CAUL strategies and actions - cont

• Enabling collaboration
• Deploying skills in national and institutional
  processes
• CAUL strategic planning
• Working Group
• Inclusion in Strategic Plan
• CAUL forum?

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Priorities for CAUL

• National and institutional representation
• Skills development
• Data management