UQ group develops tech to speed up pathology workflows
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 A University of Queensland research group is addressing the pressing issue of Australia’s pathologist shortage in the face of an ageing population. Researchers in UQ’s Data Science Research Group, within the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, are developing technologies to make pathology workflows much faster, more efficient and more cost-effective. The researchers are using UQ’s newest high-performance computer, Wiener, built for imaging-intensive science, to conduct the work. Read more
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RCC to present paper at SC18
In high competition, RCC is one of the chosen ones to present a paper next month in Dallas, Texas at SC18, the world’s largest and most prestigious supercomputing conference. “It’s a big deal to get into SC,” said RCC Director Prof. David Abramson. Read more
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RCC seminar: UQ, IBM and what's next for Spectrum Scale
IBM's Andrew Beattie will present the IBM Spectrum Scale technology that underpins MeDiCI, UQ's data storage fabric.This seminar on Tuesday, 27 November, is an opportunity to discuss ways the technology can be leveraged for future needs at UQ. Read more
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RCC and the Brisbane Digital Humanities Pathways Forum
RCC's Marco Fahmi is on the organising committee of the free Brisbane Digital Humanities Pathways Forum, being held on Friday, 26 October at QUT. More than 100 people have registered to attend the day-long event. Read more
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Tech Talk: Environmental Sensor Data with U.S. speakers
The topic for the Tech Talk on Friday, 2 November, is environmental sensor data, featuring speakers from the USA. QCIF will host the Tech Talk in RCC's seminar room at UQ St Lucia, or join online. Read more
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UCSC Genome Browser workshop and webinars
EMBL-ABR and ARDC will host a series of free training events about the UCSC Genome Browser during October and November, including two webinars and one hands-on workshop on Thursday, 8 November at UQ. Read more
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Intro to Galaxy Australia: Metagenomics
Melbourne Bioinformatics' Dr Anna Syme will lead this hands-on metagenomics workshop on Wednesday, 14 November, with trained facilitators on hand at a number of venues, including UQ, to assist participants locally. Read more
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UQ Graduate Digital Research Fellow wins US student talk competition
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Robyn Gulliver, one of UQ’s inaugural Graduate Digital Research Fellows, won a student talk competition at a US conference earlier this month.
PhD student Ms Gulliver won $US500 at the GIS-Pro & CalGIS 2018 conference, a geospatial event, held 9–12 October in Palm Springs, California. She spoke about her research on spatial visualisation and analysis of Australia’s environmental movement. Specifically, as part of her fellowship, she is researching the social ties in Australian environmental organisations’ campaigns using social media analysis.
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L–R: Lujain Shafeeq, Katy McHugh, Marco Fahmi, Umme Salma, Sunny Kim and Robyn Gulliver. (Photo: Lujain Shafeeq.)
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Meanwhile, UQ’s four inaugural Graduate Digital Research Fellows, under the guidance of RCC’s Marco Fahmi and research assistant Katy McHugh, met for the last time this year, on Monday, 22 October, before the summer break. They presented their prototypes of digital artefacts they plan to create by the end of the fellowship in mid-2019. They will meet again in early March 2019. Read more about the fellowship.
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RCC shared QCIF's exhibition booth at eResearch Australasia 2018 in Melbourne, 16–19 October. Pictured above (back, L–R): Gavin Kennedy of QCIF, Oliver Cairncross of RCC and Dr Gareth Price of QFAB, discussing amongst themselves a question posed by a booth visitor. Read more about RCC's contribution to the conference. (Photo: Shannon Lindsay, RCC.)
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DDN's Chief Technology Officer, Bret Weber, presented a seminar at RCC on Thursday, 25 October, about the company's high-performance storage solutions for data-intensive computing. (Photo: Dr Nick Hamilton, RCC.)
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It may be exam time, but Hacky Hour UQ will still operate for the next month or so. Hacky Hour is held most Tuesdays (unless it's raining or staff are unavailable), 3pm–4pm at Cafe Nano. IT experts help researchers with their research-related IT issues, such as HPC, data storage and coding (e.g. Python and R.) Check @HackyHourStLuc on Twitter for updates. (Photo taken Tuesday, 2 October 2018 by Dr Nick Hamilton, RCC.)
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Hacky Hour, each Tuesday, 3–4pm, Cafe Nano, UQ St Lucia. More info
Digital Humanities Pathways Forum, 26 October, Brisbane. More info
Brisbane Microscope Facility Forum, 26 October, UQ St Lucia. More info
eScience 2018, 29 October–1 November, Amsterdam. More info
Tech Talk: Environmental Sensor Data, 2 November, UQ St Lucia & online. More info
UCSC Genome Browser workshop, 8 November: various locations. More info
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SC18, 11–16 November, Dallas, U.S. More info
Intro to Galaxy Australia: Metagenomics, 14 November. UQ St Lucia. More info
Exploring & Predicting using Linear Regression in R, 14 November. UQ St Lucia. More info
UQ, IBM and What's Next for Spectrum Scale, 27 November. UQ St Lucia. More info
International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology 2019, 27–31 May 2019, Sydney. More info
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Research Data Management at UQ
NHMRC’s National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research
The NHMRC’s National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research has recently been updated. The new statement will apply to all researchers from 1 January 2019. It addresses a number of issues related to data management, including developing a data management plan, ensuring sensitive data is properly stored and managed, and that research data should be made available for future use.
UQ Library has tools and services that can assist you with meeting these requirements, including UQRDM, training on managing and sharing sensitive data, and advice on creating data management plans.
Contact data@library.uq.edu.au for more information or to arrange a training session.
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