eResearch Newsletter August 2022

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National eResearch Newsletter - August 2022

Message from AeRO:

Expectations are building for the first face-face eResearch Australasia Conference for 3 years. Clearly, everyone can’t wait to meet up again, as a record number of submissions for Oral presentations and Birds-of-Feather sessions have been received. The Program Committee is currently reviewing these submissions, and it is feared some hard decisions will have to be made - from the samples I have seen, they are probably nearly all going to be of a high standard, which makes rejecting some very painful. We are looking already at 5 parallel streams, and really can’t countenance any more. We are hopeful of issuing a draft timetable around 26-Aug, and may have to extend Early-Bird registration (currently due to end on 1-Sep).

In the meantime, there’s lots happening in the sector, as can be seen form this month’s bumper issue of the Newsletter.

Alex Reid, eResAU2022 PC Co-Chair, Newsletter Editor (editor@aero.edu.au).

CONTENTS:
* Virtual Tour: Pawsey Supercomputing: 17-Aug.
* Using Supercomputers – Part 1 (Online): 22-Aug.
* NCI Supporting the OpenACC Summit: starts 23-Aug.
* Digital Humanities: Intro to Jupyter Notebooks: 24-Aug.
* TechTalk Making AuScope's Portal Play FAIR: 25-Aug.
* Pawsey Internships: Call for Students: by 29-Aug.
* ARDC Digital Research Skills Summit: 29 to 30-Aug.
* Acacia Object Storage Workshop (in-person): 29-Aug.
* Data Reduction/Refactoring: 30-Aug.
* Exascale Data Management with ADIOS: 31-Aug.
* NCI-NVIDIA GPU Hackathon: closes 31-Aug.
* eResearch Aust Conference: EarlyBird Closes 1-Sep.
* 2022 Perth Research Bazaar: 6 to 8-Sep.
* Data in Drug Design and Delivery Course – starts 6-Sep.
* Digital Humanities: Care Planning for Data: 7-Sep.
* Improving Multi-Omics Research Infrastructure: by 7-Sep.
* NCI Courses: CUDA Bootcamp and Intro to MPI: 7-Sep.
* RSE Asia-AustNZ Unconference: 14-Sep.
* Closing the Digital Research Skills Gap: 14-Sep.
* NCMAS Allocation Scheme now Open: closes 19-Sep.
* Shaping Research Software: An Interview.
* International Galaxy Conference in Brisbane: July 2023.
* Galaxy Australia’s Core Services Move to AARNet.
* 2022 ARDC Impact Booklet Launched.
* A Look at NCI’s Homegrown Training Program.
* Valuable Data Collections Get $2 million Boost.
* FAIR Research Platforms – Podcast.

Virtual Tour: Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre: 17-Aug

For National Science Week, join us virtually to tour the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre and meet our newest, FRIENDLIEST (you’ll learn why on the tour!) supercomputer, Setonix.

When/Where: 17 August 2022 9:30am - 10:30am (AWST), Online, Virtual.

Pawsey is proud to be a facility that enables and accelerates Australian science and pushes the boundaries of discovery. We know that can’t be achieved without YOU – our young scientists and next generation of Australian researchers.

Register here: https://pawsey.org.au/event/virtual-tour-pawsey-supercomputing-research-centre/.

Using Supercomputers – Part 1 (Online): 22-Aug

Join Pawsey Specialists for this workshop, learning not only how to use supercomputers but also how to apply best practices:

List and describe the major parts of a supercomputer
Log into a supercomputer
Find and use available software on a supercomputer
Explain how a supercomputer is shared among researchers
Submit a job to a supercomputer queue
Define key supercomputer terms, including SLURM, partitions, nodes, schedulers, and data movers.

When/Where: 22 August 2022 10:00am - 1:00pm (AWST), Online, Virtual.

Register here: https://pawsey.org.au/event/using-supercomputers-part-1-online/.

NCI Supporting the OpenACC Summit: starts 23-Aug

NCI is pleased to be able to support the upcoming OpenACC and Hackathons Asia-Pacific Summit. This is the first OpenACC Summit for the Asia-Pacific region, growing out of the annual Summit that has become an important forum focusing on scientific and technical topics including AI-enabled physics, porting scientific applications and the development of modern software architectures and frameworks for High-Performance Computing.

To find out more and register for the event, visit the event portal. https://events.zoom.us/ev/AtUv8-XKwEsi-G5HCALJOi-_wIrpbJwisnrhGA03tArEhD4Akyxy~AggLXsr32QYFjq8BlYLZ5I06Dg?utm_source=social%20media&utm_medium=twitter%2C%20linkedin%2C%20FB&utm_campaign=APAC%20Summit.

Digital Humanities: Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks: 24-Aug

An introductory online workshop is being run by the Federation for Advancement of Victorian eResearch for those who are brand new, have little or no knowledge of coding and computational methods in research.

When/Where: August 24 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEST Online.

By the end of the workshop, you will have a good understanding of what Notebooks can do, how to open one up, perform some basic tasks and save it for later. It includes a hands-on component, using basic programming commands, but requires no previous knowledge of programming.

For more information and to register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/391507097267.

TechTalk 16 - Making AuScope's Portal Play FAIR: 25-Aug

In this talk Vincent Fazio, Senior Engineer, CSIRO Minerals, will describe the steps being taken to improve the conformance of the datasets displayed on AuScope Portal to the FAIR Data Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). This spans a range of actions including:

augmenting the display of metadata on the Portal,
upgrading geonetwork records to a newer standard, and
maintaining a high standard of metadata in a geonetwork catalogue while minimising the maintenance burden.

When/Where: 25 August 2022, 2.00pm AEST, Online (Zoom address will be mailed to you when you sign-up).

Sign Up to Tech Talk Series here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12XlnPgo9sijFoZXL_9T2Dc5LwMkuZP5twX9-l8QgPng/edit.

Pawsey Internships: Call for Students 2022/2023: by 29-Aug

The call for 2022/23 Pawsey Summer Interns is now OPEN! We invite talented students ready to challenge themselves to apply to the 2022/2023 Pawsey Summer Internship Program, by 29-Aug.

This Program offers students a paid internship focused on building skills and experience in computational science and research projects.

During the Program, interns work alongside national and/or international supervisors and collaborators. Interns will also learn from Pawsey staff about good practices of using Pawsey resources, good practices for video and poster creation & presentation, techniques for scientific communication, and more.

Learn more and apply for the program here: https://pawsey.org.au/supercomputing/training/pawsey-internships-call-for-students-2021-2022/.

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.

Acacia Object Storage Workshop: Conduct 3 (in-person): 29-Aug

Join Pawsey specialists for a workshop on using the Acacia object store. This 5-hour workshop introduces the Acacia object store and discusses how to use it from Setonix and your computer.

When/Where: 29 August 2022 9:30am - 3:00pm (AWST); ARRC Boardroom, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington.

Workshop syllabus:

Introduction: Object storage and how it differs from file-systems
Tutorial 1 – Access keys for your connection to Acacia
Tutorial 2 – Acacia from the command line
LUNCH
Tutorial 3 – Using Acacia in HPC workflows

Data Reduction/Refactoring: 30-Aug

New technologies allow data to be generated at unprecedented rates and scales in fields ranging from high energy physics and nuclear physics to radio astronomy and photon sciences. The resulting data streams are scientifically rich; however, it is becoming increasingly impractical to store them in their entirety. And, while great strides have been made in data reduction in fields such as digital media, scientific data presents unique challenges.

When/Where: 30 August 2022 9:30am - 11:00am (AWST); ARRC Auditorium, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington.

Join Oak Ridge National Labs Specialists to learn about data reduction/refactoring using ADIOS.

Register here: https://pawsey.org.au/event/data-reduction-with-adios/.

Exascale Data Management with ADIOS: 31-Aug

ADIOS is a high performance publish/subscribe I/O framework which has been designed and developed for the exascale computing era.

When/Where: 31 August - 1 September 2022 9:00am - 1:00pm (AWST); ARRC Auditorium, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington.

In this interactive 2-day tutorial, Dr Scott Klasky and Dr Norbert Podhorszki, introduce the ADIOS I/O framework and describe how it is being used, including:

In data intensive supercomputing simulations,
In coupled simulations with analysis and visualisation,
In AI applications for collecting training data, and
In collaborations between experimental facilities and HPC centres.

Call for Participants for NCI-NVIDIA GPU Hackathon: closes 31-Aug

Do you have an application running on Gadi and are thinking about porting it to GPUs to increase its speed? Is your AI/ML application already using GPUs and could use a helping hand getting it to that next level of performance? Consider applying to participate in the NCI-NVIDIA HPC-AI Hackathon. NCI and NVIDIA experts will help you run your code directly on NCI’s GPU hardware and work with you to improve its performance and functionality.

Submit an Expression of Interest before 31-Aug at this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeumRhToIdfPhTaKUjjK18zAH8ATPYO4VawUN_OAuF1aiqZaw/viewform.

eResearch Australasia Conference: EarlyBird Closes 1-Sep

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 (and possibly Friday), with the main Conference running Tuesday to Thursday.

There has been a record number of submissions (we all want to meet again!), which are currently being reviewed – a draft Program is expected to be published by about 26-Aug.

Further information, and to register: https://conference.eresearch.edu.au/.

2022 Perth Research Bazaar: 6 to 8-Sep

Perth's ResBaz is a 3-day intensive festival where researchers come together to up-skill in next generation digital research tools.

When/Where: 9am to 4:30pm, 6 to 8 September, Curtin University.

This is a high participatory event where researchers from many different disciplines can learn, share their knowledge & skills, and have fun.

Program and register: https://curtinic.github.io/ResBazPerth2022/.

HPC and Data in Drug Design and Delivery Course – 6-Sep to 1-Dec

Are you an HDR student or ECR based in an Australia university / research organization, pursuing research in computational drug design and delivery? Are you seeking a comprehensive course with tutorial experience to boost your research capability? This course designed by leading academics is something you cannot miss out on in 2022!
The curriculum is based on extensive community consultation, delivered by internationally renowned scientists from academia and industry.

Teaching Team listed here: https://intersect.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Teaching-Team_22_08_01_A3.pdf.

Course flyer: https://inter.fyi/CIUAJ.

Register here: https://lnkd.in/dUeuyKSc.

This community-centred collaborative course is supported by Intersect and NCI Australia.

Digital Humanities for Researchers: Care Planning for Data: 7-Sep

Sometimes research projects can feel never ending, but in fact most projects do have a finish point (such as submitting a thesis). What then happens to the data collected in the project? This online workshop run by the Federation for Advancement of Victorian eResearch starts from that question, invites participants to consider possible answers and then to think about the implications for their current data management practices. We consider the practical, ethical, and technical dimensions of managing research data.

When/Where: September 7 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm AEST Online.

More information and register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/398791465007.

Improving Multi-Omics Research Infrastructure Survey: by 7-Sep

Australian BioCommons is providing a focal point for Australian life science researchers and bioinformaticians undertaking multi-omics analysis to voice their requirements and challenges. A range of community consultations will inform a roadmap describing what new computational infrastructure or services are needed.

Take the 10 min survey and share (before an online meeting on 7-Sep): https://tinyurl.com/multi-omics-survey.

Upcoming NCI Collaborative Courses: CUDA Bootcamp and Introduction to MPI: 7-Sep

NCI is working with our partner facilities to bring users training sessions to improve their high-performance computing skills.

Current and prospective NCI, Pawsey and NeSI users are invited to the CUDA GPU Bootcamp on 7-9 September to improve GPU codes and their parallel performance. Register at https://www.openhackathons.org/s/siteevent/a0C5e000005UNudEAG/se000140.

Current and prospective NCI and NSCC users are invited to the joint Introduction to MPI workshop on 21-22 September. Register at https://anu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9W_J1i6LSbuSd09WoiMGjw.

RSE Asia-AustNZ Unconference: 14-Sep

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 is now available until the 7th of September and there are 50 scholarships for staff or students to participate for free, as well as funding for $50 AUD accessibility micro-grants.

See: https://rse-aunz.github.io/2022-Asia-Australia-unconference/.

ARDC Leadership Series: Closing the Digital Research Skills Gap: 14-Sep

There is an emerging need for the research sector to explore new methods, technologies and forge new skills in the process. At the forum, we'll look at drivers & barriers to a skilled workforce and help mitigate a widening research skills gap.

When: 14 September, 1pm (AEST)
Where: Online
Run by: ARDC
Register now: https://bit.ly/ARDCLeadership2.

NCMAS Allocation Scheme now Open for Application: closes 19-Sep

The 2023 call for the National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme is now live. NCMAS provides hundreds of millions of hours of computing time on NCI’s Gadi and Pawsey’s Setonix supercomputers. All information about the call, eligibility, how to apply, proposal requirements and more are available in the application portal at ncmas.nci.org.au. The deadline for applications is the 19th of September.

Go to: https://my.nci.org.au/mancini/ncmas/2023/.

Shaping Research Software: An Interview with Lydia Lucchesi and Sam Nelson

Meet research software engineers Lydia Lucchesi (ANU) and Sam Nelson (CSIRO Data 61), who created Vizumap, a tool for visualising uncertainty in spatial data. The team won the inaugural Venables Award from the Statistical Society of Australia.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3w0UXW1.

International Galaxy Community Conference comes to Brisbane: July 2023

After years of campaigning, the Galaxy Community Conference will come to Brisbane in July 2023. GCC2023 will bring together hundreds of researchers, trainers, tool developers, software engineers, and computational infrastructure providers, from all over the world. This friendly meeting will showcase the wide range of data intensive sciences now using the data integration and analysis platform.

Find out more and sign up for updates: https://www.biocommons.org.au/news/gcc2023-announcement.

Popularity Prompts Move of Galaxy Australia’s Core Services to AARNet

Galaxy Australia has moved its head node and associated services to the Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) to allow increased on-demand support for more users. This move provides a long-term, high-performing and reliable hosting environment for Galaxy Australia infrastructure.

Read more about the move to AARNet: https://www.biocommons.org.au/news/galaxy-au-aarnet.

2022 ARDC Impact Booklet Launched

The newly released ARDC impact booklet: ‘Accelerating Research and Innovation Through Data’ is a handbook for finding digital research infrastructure services alongside thought-provoking impact stories.

Free download here: http://bit.ly/ARDC-impact-2022.

A Look at NCI’s Homegrown Training Program

When NCI conducted stakeholder consultations and a survey of our users in early 2021, the demand for training was clear. Since then, our training program has grown into a comprehensive set of courses for new and existing researchers – those getting started on their journey into high-performance computing (HPC), and those looking for the advanced skills that can take their science to the next level.

To find out more about our training program, read the story on the NCI website: https://nci.org.au/news-events/news/a-look-ncis-homegrown-training-program.

Valuable Data Collections Retained With $2 million Boost

Data collections of national significance held at universities, research institutions and national research infrastructure facilities across Australia have been secured for future research, thanks to a $2 million co-investment by the ARDC.

Read more: https://ardc.edu.au/news/valuable-data-collections-retained-with-2-million-boost/.

FAIR Research Platforms – Podcast

In this episode, Dr Andrew Treloar, Director of Platforms and Software at the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) and Rory from FAIR Data Podcast, spoke about the reusability of research platforms, ARDC innovation for improving research data infrastructure, and Andrew's inquisitive mind in keeping his passion for research data management alive.

Tune in now: https://spoti.fi/3SG5cZD.

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