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National eResearch Newsletter - June 2022
Message from AeRO:
 
We are excited to announce that the 12th AeRO Forum “eResearch and Artificial Intelligence” will be held in Sydney as an in-person event on 26th July.
 
The annual AeRO National Forum is a one-day event, which attracts senior staff from its members as well as eResearch leads from institutions, NCRIS capabilities, discipline communities, research centres, funding bodies, government and other agencies.
 
The Australasian eResearch sector is continually evolving and increasingly complex.  Increased focus on collaboration, leveraging existing investments and emerging technologies pose challenges for all organisations.  Join sector leaders to openly discuss these important issues and foster a cohesive and sustainable future for Australasian eResearch.  Further details below and as firmed up.
 
Loretta Davis, AeRO Executive Officer.
CONTENTS:
* RDA 19th Plenary:  starts 20-Jun.
* ARDC Stakeholder Survey Closes 24-Jun.
* CloudStor Clinic Online:  1-Jul.
* Pawsey is Calling for Internship Projects:  by 8-Jul.
* eRA2022:  Call for Papers Extended to 15-Jul.
* Data Management Planning Interest Group:  19-Jul.
* National eResearch Forum – eResearch and AI:  26-Jul.
* ARDC Digital Research Skills Summit:  29 to 30-Aug.
* RSE Asia-AustNZ Unconference:  14-Sep.
* Nectar Goes Elastic.
* Shaping Research Software:  Interview with Dr Emily Kahl.
* FAIR Data in the Field:  Conversation with Prof Shawn Ross.
* Introducing ARCOS.
* Call for Members:  RSE Association of Australia and NZ.
* New Name, New Role for the IGSN Organization and Identifier.
* First Quantum Computer in a Supercomputing Centre.
* EcoCommons Australia Update.
* eResearch Job Vacancies.
RDA 19th Plenary:  starts 20-Jun
The 19th RDA Plenary Meeting will be held from 20 to 23-Jun-22.  This is the biannual meeting of this international member organization, working to develop and support global infrastructure facilitating data sharing and reuse.  This will be a hybrid event, with both in-person (in Seoul, South Korea) and online attendance.
 
It is being run in conjunction with International Data Week (IDW 2022 - https://internationaldataweek.org/), “Data to Improve Our World”.  Related events are being held before and after the main conference.
 
Register:  https://www.rd-alliance.org/plenary-meetings/next-plenary.
 
Run by:  RDA.
Have Your Say:  ARDC Stakeholder Survey Closes 24-Jun
We invite members of the research community to take a quick survey on your interactions with the ARDC and use of our national research infrastructure services.  Your feedback will help improve the services we deliver to the Australian research community.
 
Take the anonymous 4-min survey now:  https://surveymonkey.com/r/2022ARDC.
 
Tweet to share:  https://twitter.com/ARDC_AU/status/1533999700923269121.
 
Linked-in post to share:  https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6939765394266042368/.
CloudStor Clinic Online:  1-Jul
AARNet is running CloudStor Clinics in July and August, to help researchers and CloudStor users get the most out of CloudStor.  The sessions cater for absolute beginners through to advanced users from all areas of research.  Participants can drop in any time to discuss problems they are trying to solve or issues they would like to address relating to CloudStor.  AARNet staff from the eResearch, CloudStor and Service Desk teams will be available to share knowledge and help users.
 
The next Clinic will be held online at 1pm AEST, Friday 1-July-22.
 
Find out more:  https://www.aarnet.edu.au/cloudstor-clinics.
Pawsey is Calling for Internship Projects:  by 8-Jul
Every year the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre leads a 10-week, national Summer Internship Program. Interns work with project supervisors from universities and institutions across Australia, using Pawsey compute and data storage resources.  This year’s Program will target the following key areas of research and/or technology:
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (ML & AI);
  • Code optimisation;
  • Data management and complex workflows using Acacia, Pawsey’s new object storage service;
  • Computational domain variety (including, but not limited to computational humanities, medicine, bioinformatics, etc.);
  • Quantum computing.
Submissions close July 8, 2022 so apply soon at:  https://pawsey.org.au/supercomputing/training/summer-internships/.
eResearch Australasia Conference:  Call for Papers Extended to 15-Jul
The eResearch Australasia Conference will take place this year from 17 to 21 October 2022, located in Brisbane, but will offer an online enrolment (speakers must be present in Brisbane).  Workshops will take place on the Monday, with the main Conference running Tuesday to Thursday.
 
The call for Oral Presentations, Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions, Lightning Talks, and Posters, as well as Workshops has now been extended to 15-July, with Posters closing on 15-August.
 
Registrations are now open (in-person and online), with Early-Bird closing on 1-Sep-22.

Further information, and to make a submission or to register:  https://conference.eresearch.edu.au/.
Data Management Planning Interest Group Meeting:  19-Jul
Data Management Planning Interest Group Meeting:  19-Jul.
A free online meeting for everyone interested in discussing, developing and improving Data Management Plans (DMPs)
 
When:  19 July, 2-3 pm (AEST)
Run by:  ARDC.

Register Now:  https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/data-management-planning-interest-group-2-tickets-344459205757.
National eResearch Forum – eResearch and AI:  26-Jul
This Forum will be held at the UNSW Kensington Campus in Sydney from 9am to 4pm on Tuesday, 26-July.  The Forum will address the 3 themes of AI and eResearch, Ethics and AI Futures:
  • AI and ML and the impact on eResearch technologies and solutions;
  • Creating positive impacts, and evaluating and positioning “good” and “bad” AI;
  • Expectations, advancements, developments and safeguards.
Register ASAP to secure your spot!  AeRO members are entitled to 2 free tickets per organisation.  Additional tickets for AeRO members are $149, and general attendee tickets are $199.
 
Bookings essential – visit https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/12th-national-aero-forum-2022-eresearch-and-artificial-intelligence-tickets-357676769847.
 
Additional information soon on the AeRO website:  https://aero.edu.au/forum-2022/.
ARDC Digital Research Skills Summit:  29 to 30-Aug
The annual skills summit provides a vibrant forum for eResearch skills communities to network, exchange information, share new initiatives and tackle complex, national scale skills challenges.  We invite eResearch infrastructure providers, trainers, training program managers, researchers who train and other interested parties to join the summit, shaping the development of a national data and digital research skills strategy together. 
 
When:  29 - 30 August
Where:  Sydney
Run by:  ARDC Skills and Workforce Development Team.

Register Now:  https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ardc-digital-research-skills-summit-2022-tickets-353456366507.
RSE Asia-AustNZ Unconference:  14-Sep
We invite you to join us for the first online Research Software Engineer (RSE) Asia Australia Unconference from the 14th to the 16th of September 2022.  This is a joint partnership between the newly formed RSE Asia Association and the RSE Australia New Zealand Association.
 
Research Software Engineer is a broad term for people who combine programming and research skills that have trouble defining their role and value within academia.
 
Registration details will be announced on the 27th of June.
 
More information:  https://rse-aunz.github.io/2022-Asia-Australia-unconference/.
Nectar Goes Elastic
More flexibility, visibility and services for Nectar users.  Australian researchers using the ARDC Nectar Research Cloud now have more flexibility and access to new services thanks to a change in the way compute resources are allocated.
 
Read more:  https://bit.ly/NectarGoesElastic.
 
Tweet to share:  https://twitter.com/ARDC_AU/status/1533962070840033281.
Shaping Research Software:  An Interview with Dr Emily Kahl
The ARDC is working with the research community to better recognise research software as a first-class output of research.  We sat down with Dr Emily Kahl, a Scientific Programmer and research software engineer at the University of Queensland.  Emily shared with us her experiences and best-practice tips in creating, sustaining and improving software for research.
 
Read the story:  https://bit.ly/InterviewwithEmily.
 
Tweet to share:  https://twitter.com/ARDC_AU/status/1534294286757507073.
FAIR Data in the Field:  A Conversation with Prof Shawn Ross
Professor Shawn Ross from Macquarie University, who is now on secondment at the ARDC, discusses FAIMS (a state-of-the-art field data collection platform), commercialising research software, the state of field data collection and management.
 
Play the podcast:  https://spoti.fi/3GYLYIY.
Introducing ARCOS
The ARDC-led Australian Research Container Orchestration Services (ARCOS) is developing best-practice and standards for using Containers and Kubernetes in research. Containers facilitate the sharing and deployment of research workflows & software across various compute platforms, boosting research reproducibility.
 
To broaden the community's knowledge and expertise, the ACROS team has recently offered Kubernetes training and certification courses to 88 research support professionals.
 
Join the ARCOS Technical Working Group:  https://bit.ly/JoinARCOS%20.
Call for Members:  RSE Association of Australia and New Zealand
The Research Software Engineer Association of Australia and New Zealand (RSE-AUNZ) Community of Practice aims for a more efficient and reproducible research ecosystem by representing the best interests of researchers who code, software engineers who work in research, and anyone who maintains research systems.  You are invited to become a member of the RSE-AUNZ group to contribute and keep up to date with advancements in the research software space.  Membership is free and open to all, irrespective of where you live.
 
Join the community now:  https://rse-aunz.github.io/.
A New Name, a New Role for the IGSN Organization and Identifier
The IGSN e.V. Executive Committee announces the new name of the association: International Generic Sample Number Organization e.V., as approved by the IGSN e.V. General Assembly.  The IGSN ID will now be called the International Generic Sample Number to reflect its expanding scope and utilisation.  Through the partnership between the IGSN e.V. and DataCite, IGSN IDs can now be used in any discipline to identify physical objects.
 
The mission of the IGSN e.V. is to provide guidance on best practice and standards for making samples findable and accessible across disciplines.
 
Read more:  https://www.igsn.org/about/.
Pawsey Installs First Quantum Computer in a Supercomputing Centre
A field trial of a quantum ‘accelerator’ is now underway at the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre.  Developed by German-Australian start-up Quantum Brilliance, the rack-mounted quantum “accelerator” leverages synthetic diamonds to run at room temperature in any environment.
 
The installation represents the first integration of quantum computing systems in a supercomputing centre, and will be used to demonstrate and test hybrid models of quantum and classical computing, by pairing the quantum accelerator with Setonix, Pawsey’s new state-of-the-art HPE Cray Ex supercomputer.  This represents a critical step in Australia’s goal to accelerate quantum research and achieve real-world value.
 
Read more here:  https://pawsey.org.au/pawsey-installs-first-room-temperature-on-premises-quantum-computer-in-a-supercomputing-centre/.
EcoCommons Australia Update
The recent EcoCommons Australia newsletter highlights:  the building excitement around the planned release of this ecological modelling platform in late November, the growing functionality and access to data, and some remarkable coding tips from NASA.
 
Read all about it here:  https://tinyurl.com/4zse34x4.
eResearch Job Vacancies
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.
 
There are other job vacancies listed at https://ardc.edu.au/category/news/job-opportunities/.
 
Here’s a sample of current vacancies:  Education and Training Specialist, IT Helpdesk Officer, Research Associate / Research Fellow, Development Engineer, QCIF CEO, Senior Developer / Data Scientist, Senior Development Engineer, Manager, Library Research Services.
Contributions
This newsletter is based on contributions from members of the eResearch community, and draws on news articles and newsletters published across the sector. The Newsletter is published around the 16th of each month. Please send all contributions (max. 100 words + link + image) or pointers to any other relevant articles or newsletters to editor@aero.edu.au.
Newsletter archives are available at http://aero.edu.au/newsletters/.
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Thanks, Alex Reid, AeRO Newsletter Editor.
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