National eresearch Collaboration Tools and Resources nectar.org.au

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1 National eresearch Collaboration Tools and Resources nectar.org.au NeCTAR is an Australian Government project conducted as part of the Super Science initiative and financed by the Education Investment Fund. The University of Melbourne has been appointed the lead agent by the Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. Objectives: to enhance research collaboration through the development of eresearch infrastructure.

2 NeCTAR Funding Context National eresearch Collaboration Tools and Resources Funded through the Australian Government Super Science Initiative The University of Melbourne is Lead Agent for the Project. Objectives Enhance research collaboration through the development of eresearch infrastructure. Virtual Laboratories eresearch Tools Research Cloud and National Servers Program

3 NeCTAR. a point of engagement for researchers Tools and Services to support Research Communities Collaboration, Innovation, Capability building, Leveraging existing investments Sector Driven Connecting researchers to Underlying capabilities Research Facilities, Instruments, Laboratories, Collections, Applications, Sensor networks, Repositories, Data, Computing, Remote Access, Research Workflows RDSI, NCI, Pawsey, ANDS, NCRIS, State and Institutional infrastructure Each other Collaborative environments, Improving Access, Communications

4 NeCTAR Virtual Laboratories Formed around engaged Research Communities Approaching national in scale Delivering a transformative research impact Exemplars for sector adoption of capability Building on existing research capabilities Instruments and Data, Compute and Tools, Modelling, Analytics Leveraging national and institutional research infrastructure:» Research Facilities, Instruments, Laboratories, Collections, Applications, Sensor networks, Repositories, Data, Computing, Remote Access, Research Workflows» NeCTAR Research Cloud, Single Signon, Data Storage, High Performance Computing Supporting research workflows Automating and sharing research methodologies Across institutional and discipline boundaries

5 NeCTAR Virtual Laboratories.. are research discipline oriented infrastructure which build on existing research infrastructure: Leveraging national and institutional research infrastructure: Instruments, Modelling, Compute, Laboratories, Collections, Applications, Sensor networks, Repositories, Data, Computing, Remote Access, Research Workflows NCRIS Capability infrastructure Leveraging existing and new eresearch infrastructure: RDSI - Data Storage and Data Collections services ANDS - infrastructure for Data Discovery and Management AAF - for single-signon authentication NeCTAR Research Cloud for hosting and information computing NCI and Pawsey High Performance Computing Adding value to underlying investments

6 NeCTAR Virtual Laboratories Genomics Virtual Laboratory University of Queensland Collaborative genomics workflows in the cloud Virtual Geophysics Laboratory - CSIRO Workflows and access to geophysical tools, data and resources Marine Virtual Laboratory (MARVL) University of Tasmania Virtual environments to unify marine modelling and observation All Sky Virtual Observatory - ANU Federating astronomy data: SkyMapper and the Theoretical Astronomical Observatory Climate and Weather Science Laboratory Bureau of Meteorology Integrated environment for climate and weather science modelling and data Humanities Networked Infrastructure Deakin University Unlocking and uniting Australia s cultural data Characterisation Virtual Laboratory Monash University Research environments for exploring inner space More details at:

7 NeCTAR Virtual Laboratories Human Communications Science University of Western Sydney Above and beyond Speech, Language and Music: A national collaborative environment for HCS research. Endocrine Genomics VL University of Melbourne Integrating omics capabilities to realise personalised e-health in a translational researcher-oriented environment Biodiversity and Climate Change Griffith University Understanding Biodiversity response to climate change through integrated observation and modelling Marine Virtual Laboratory (MARVL) University of Tasmania Virtual environments to unify marine modelling and observation Industrial Ecology Virtual Laboratory Sydney University Supporting comprehensive environmental footprinting and sustainability assessments and 16 Research Tool Projects across broad research disciplines More details at:

8 VLs leverage the Research Cloud a robust, scalable national platform for deploying research applications and workflows. Fund Cloud Nodes to form a National Research Cloud Based on Open Calls for Node hosts Universities, eresearch providers, Research Organisations, Support co-location of Cloud Nodes with Data Storage Nodes (RDSI). Based on maturing, open-source cloud middleware OpenStack: from collaboration between: RackSpace s Swift Object Storage Cloud an enterprise data cloud provider NASA s Nova Compute Cloud Very large scale deployments Major commitment from large technology enterprises Ongoing participation by research 8

9 VLs leverage the Research Cloud Moving beyond Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Ride the Wave of the Global OpenStack Community Ensure required capabilities are delivered through partnership with international OpenStack community NeCTAR as a User Story at OpenStack Design Forum (April/October 2012) NeCTAR will consult with Stakeholders to identify priorities for higher level research services on cloud This means You!!! Accelerate the ecosystem of research applications, platforms, environments and services on the cloud Work with service providers and research communities to bring research applications into the cloud

10 NeCTAR Virtual Laboratories The Facts of Life. Virtual Laboratories are: Generating excitement Engaging researchers Adding Value And Have complex dependencies and challenges Birds of a Feather Session

11 We are from NeCTAR. And we are here to help This Birds of a Feather Session aims to: Foster a conversation between the Virtual Laboratories to Identify common approaches and technologies shared development Improve technology re-use Identify common challenges NeCTAR can help Tell us how we can better support your endeavours Facilitate and support collaboration between Projects Support resolution of common challenges and risks Provide improved services to use the Research Cloud? Advocate on your behalf? What else should we be doing?

12 Where to from here? How to continue the conversation? NeCTAR Projects Workshop? Virtual Laboratories and eresearch Tools Social media Blogging? Fostering a community of research software developers..