eResearch Newsletter February 2023

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National eResearch Newsletter - February 2023

Message from AeRO:

We’re excited to announce that AeRO is in the process of revising its membership model to make membership more accessible and affordable to organisations across the sector. We’ll be announcing more information over the coming weeks, and look forward to welcoming you as AeRO members this year.

Following on from the success of last year’s eResearch Conference, planning is already well underway for eRes2023 in October. We’ll be releasing details of the dates and location shortly.

We're also seeking input from the sector regarding the theme for this year's National AeRO Forum – see https://aero.edu.au/forum/ – AI and ChatGPT are hot topics – but we’d love to receive your suggestions via email to loretta@aero.edu.au.

Loretta Davis - AeRO Executive Officer.

CONTENTS:

* Institutional RDM Framework Showcase: 21-Feb.
* Data in the Time of Covid Tech Talk: 23-Feb.
* Supercomputing Asia 2023 Singapore: 27-Feb to 2-Mar.
* Data Management Plans Interest Group: 28-Feb.
* Digital Science APAC Showcase 2023: 28-Feb to 2-Mar.
* Careers Fair @Pawsey for International Women’s Day: 8-Mar.
* Evaluate Application Performance using TAU and E4S: 4-Apr.
* Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research Software: Closes 14-Apr.
* Intersect Launches Advanced Analytics & AI Platform!
* NCI Signs MoU with Top Japanese Supercomputing Facility.
* NCI User Survey Now Open!
* NCI 2023 Training Calendar.
* Digital Science Appoints its First VP of Research Integrity.
* Shaping Research Software: Interview with Michael Roach.

Institutional Research Data Management Framework Showcase: 21-Feb

When: 21 February 2023, 2-4 pm AEDT
Where: In-person at many locations & online

25 Australian universities, led by the ARDC, jointly developed a nationally agreed framework for RDM to guide institutions’ design of policies, procedures, infrastructure and services, bringing consistency to the management of research data across the university sector.

The main launch event will be in Canberra, with in-person satellite events happening in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Toowoomba, and other locations, where attendees can watch the live launch presentation and hear from local participants in the institutional underpinnings program.

Check out the keynote speakers and register now: https://bit.ly/ARDCRDMShowcase.

Data in the Time of Covid Tech Talk: 23-Feb

When: 23 Feb 2023, 2.00pm AEDT
Where: Online
What: The talk is about data engineering for Covid tracking, which focuses on using the R Targets package to manage massive continuous data linkage.

Who should attend: research scientists, data scientists, research software engineers, and other interested parties.

Speaker: Dennis Wollersheim, Principal Analyst at DHHS Victoria.

Who would have predicted that a global pandemic would supercharge health data analysis? The talk will describe this transition at the Victorian Department of Health, focusing on the use of data pipelines using R and the Targets package.

More info and to sign up: https://sites.google.com/ardc.edu.au/techtalk2020/talks.

Supercomputing Asia 2023 Singapore: 27-Feb to 2-Mar

Co-organised by supercomputing centres from Australia, Japan, Singapore and Thailand and anchored by the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore, SupercomputingAsia (SCA) incorporates a number of important supercomputing and allied events that together aim to promote a vibrant and shared high-performance computing (HPC) ecosystem, for both the public and private sectors, in Asia.

Find out more at: https://www.sc-asia.org/.

Data Management Plans Interest Group: 28-Feb

We are an Australasian interest group for people interested in discussing, building and improving Data Management Plans (DMPs). The first meeting for 2023 will be held online as follows.

Date: Tue, 28 February 2023
Time: 2pm to 3pm AEST

Invited speakers:

RDA DMP Common Standards - Peter Neish, University of Melbourne
FAIR and CARE Principles and their application for Data Management Plans - Robin Burgess, ARDC

For further information and to register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/data-management-plans-interest-group-1-2023-tickets-531219611157.

Digital Science APAC Showcase 2023: 28-Feb to 2-Mar

Virtual registrations are now open for Digital Science’s Asia-Pacific Showcase (28 February to 2 March) in Melbourne and online.

This free hybrid event kicks off with a spotlight on research integrity issues, including presentations from Dr Leslie McIntosh, VP Research Integrity, and Simon Porter, VP Research Futures, about addressing fake science and distrust in science.

The full program includes members of the Australian and New Zealand research communities, as well as updates from Altmetric, Dimensions, Symplectic, and Figshare.

See the program: https://www.digital-science.com/apac-showcase-2023-programme/.

Register to attend online or in person: https://www.digital-science.com/events/ds-apac-showcase-2023/.

Careers Fair @Pawsey for International Women’s Day: 8-Mar

What do you want to do “when you grow up”? Join Pawsey and others at our Careers Fair Plus on March 8! See https://pawsey.org.au/event/careers-fair-pawsey-for-international-womens-day-march-8/.

Where: Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, 1 Bryce Avenue, Kensington, WA
When: 9:30-2:30pm AWST, with a BYOL (Bring Your Own Lunch) break from 11:30-12:30

Are you interested in maths, space, engineering, computing, radio astronomy, chemistry, quantum, something else? Maybe you’re unsure?

Join specialists from Pawsey, CSIRO, and other leading Perth organisations to ask questions and learn more. Participate in activities and meet Setonix, the 15th most powerful supercomputer in the world!

Register by emailing: training@pawsey.org.au.

Evaluate Application Performance using TAU and E4S: 4-Apr

This workshop is for computational scientists who want to evaluate the performance of their parallel, scientific applications.

When/Where: 4 April 2023, 9:00am - 3:00pm AWST | Hybrid

In this workshop, you will learn about the Extreme-scale Scientific Software Stack (https://e4s.io/) and the TAU Performance System (http://tau.uoregon.edu/) and its interfaces to other tools and libraries.

During the hands-on portion of the workshop, the instructor will attempt to collect and analyse performance data for additional user codes. Attendees are welcome to contact the instructor ahead of time to begin collecting data to discuss at the workshop. (Contact training@pawsey.org.au).

More information and register: https://pawsey.org.au/event/evaluate-application-performance-using-tau-and-e4s-april-4-5/.

The ARDC Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research Software: Closes 14-Apr

Recognising the invisible: The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Eureka Prize for Excellence in research software will recognise the invisible yet critical role that software plays in modern research.

In this interview, ARDC CEO Rosie Hicks spoke with the Australian Museum about the exciting new addition to the Eureka Prizes, the country's most comprehensive national science awards, which recognise excellence in research and innovation, leadership, science engagement, and school science.

Entries opened on 13 Feb, and close on 14 April. Go to: https://australian.museum/blog/science/excellence-in-research-software/.

Intersect has now launched the Advanced Analytics & AI Platform!

Managing, processing and analysing big and complex data are becoming more critical and valuable for research. However, many researchers do not have sufficient data skills and expertise and thus face many challenges throughout the research workflow.

The Advanced Analytics & AI Platform was designed as a solution to this problem. The new service provides access to a team of experts in advanced analytics, data science, and AI methodologies combined with cutting-edge digital tools and technologies to give researchers full end-to-end support for data-intensive research across critical areas of the research workflow.

Please click here to learn more: https://intersect.org.au/analytics/.

NCI Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Top Japanese Supercomputing Facility

Australia’s national high performance computing and data analytics facility, the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), and the RIKEN Centre for Computational Science (R-CCS) in Kobe, Japan, have signed an MoU to support world-leading computational science.

Through this MoU, Australian researchers will have access to the second most powerful supercomputer in the world, R-CCS's Fugaku.

Find out more at: https://bit.ly/NCIRIKENMoU.

NCI User Survey Now Open!

The NCI User Survey is an annual survey of our user community, allowing us to understand the needs of NCI users. Your responses are crucial in helping us know the direction that we need to go to support your research as best we can.

Take part in the survey here: https://bit.ly/2023UserSurvey.

NCI 2023 Training Calendar

NCI’s monthly introductory level programing courses will continue in 2023 in collaboration with Intersect. These courses are perfect for people who are new to programing, and will prepare you for more advanced topics NCI will have on offer soon. If you are looking for the monthly Introduction to Gadi and Gadi Support Session, stay tuned they will be back in March to help new NCI users.

Reserve your spot for the NCI-Intersect Skill Sharpening courses at: https://bit.ly/NCItrainingcalendar.

Digital Science Appoints its first VP of Research Integrity

Digital Science has appointed Dr Leslie McIntosh as its first Vice President, Research Integrity.

Dr McIntosh will lead Digital Science’s commitment to increasing public confidence in research at a pivotal time for issues of trust and integrity. Dr McIntosh will strengthen the company’s focus on providing solutions to researchers, institutions, governments, funding agencies, publishers and industry, to enhance responsible and ethical practices in research.

On 28 February, Dr McIntosh will discuss research integrity issues at Digital Science’s Asia-Pacific Showcase (28 February to 2 March 2023) in Melbourne and online.

See Digital Science’s announcement: https://www.digital-science.com/news/digital-science-appoints-first-vp-research-integrity/.

Shaping Research Software: An Interview with Michael Roach

As part of our Research Software Agenda for Australia, the ARDC is working with the research community to recognise research software as a first-class output of research. Each month we talk to a leading research software engineer about their experiences and best-practice tips in creating, sustaining and improving software for research.

Continuing the series, we spoke with the winner of The Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society (ABACBS) who won the ‘Torsten Seemann’ award for an Outstanding Bioinformatics Software Developer. This award is sponsored by the ARDC to promote the development and sharing of bioinformatics methodologies broadly.

See: https://ardc.edu.au/article/shaping-research-software-an-interview-with-michael-roach/.

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