eResearch Newsletter September 2023

Dear Alex, here is the Australasian eResearch Newsletter.

Australasian eResearch Newsletter - September 2023

Message from AeRO:

The eResAU2023 conference is shaping up really well - there's a fantastic line-up of local and international keynote speakers and a full schedule of workshops and presentations including last year’s popular DDeRP panel session. Check out the draft program at https://conference.eresearch.edu.au/. With Earlybird registration closing Friday 15th Sep, now’s the time to register and save $100.

Organisations that send 3+ attendees to the conference also quality for fee-free AeRO membership https://aero.edu.au/join/ - I look forward to seeing you at the conference!

Loretta Davis, AeRO Executive Officer.

CONTENTS:
* eResearch Australasia Conference EarlyBird Closes Today: 15-Sep.
* NZ Research Software Engineering Conference: 18 to 19-Sep.
* ARDC Stakeholder Survey: by 29-Sep.
* Pawsey Work Experience Call for Students: 27-Sep and 22-Nov.
* CloudStor Decommission Clinics: next on 30-Oct.
* Workshop on Accelerator Programming & Directives: 12 to 17-Nov.
* Winners of Inaugural ARDC Eureka Prize for Research Software.
* Help Shape a National PID Strategy for Better Research.
* Secure Data Analytics Platform, ERICA, Brings Better Health Outcomes.
* AARNet Train-The-Trainer Workshops.
* QCIF and UQ in iAwards National Final.
* UQ Supercomputer Featured in iTnews.
* NCI Training: Gridap: Simulating PDEs Using Finite Elements in Julia.
* NCMAS Applications Now Open!
* Registration for Supercomputing Asia 2024 Now Open!

eResearch Australasia Conference EarlyBird Closes Today: 15-Sep

The annual highlight of the Aus/NZ eResearch calendar, the Australasian eResearch Conference, will take place this year (in person and online) in Brisbane from Monday 16-Oct to Friday 20-Oct-23.

Check out the full Program at: https://conference.eresearch.edu.au/program/

Register at: https://conference.eresearch.edu.au/home/2023-registration/

EarlyBird discounts finish today!

NZ Research Software Engineering Conference: 18 to 19-Sep

Now in its fourth year, NeSI’s annual New Zealand Research Software Engineering (NZ RSE) Conference continues to support and grow the community of those who write code and develop applications that enable research. This year’s event will be held online from 18-19 September 2023 and themed: Responsible Research in a Shifting World: Balancing Opportunities and Challenges.

Read more and to register: https://www.rseconference.nz/.

ARDC Stakeholder Survey: by 29-Sep

The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) invites the Australian research community, including researchers, infrastructure providers, co-investment partners and stakeholders, to participate in a short survey about your interaction with the ARDC and use of our national research infrastructure and services.

The survey will take approximately 5 minutes and is anonymous.

For more information, and to take the survey, go to: https://ardc.edu.au/article/ardc-stakeholder-survey-2023/.

Pawsey Work Experience Call for Students: 27-Sep and 22-Nov

Year 10, 11 and 12 Students are invited to Pawsey on September 27th or on November 22nd to hear all about how they could do work experience with us! There are two opportunities for students to attend, with the highlights for the day including:

Learning about the research being done at Pawsey – which includes a tour of Pawsey’s new Visualisation Lab.
Participating in workshops, activities and challenges.
Learning about different career paths and opportunities.
Mapping your interests and aspirations.

Link: https://pawsey.org.au/event/pawsey-work-experience-call-for-students-27-september-2023/. Or
Link: https://pawsey.org.au/event/pawsey-work-experience-call-for-students-22-november-2023/.

CloudStor Decommission Clinics: next on 30-Oct

AARNet is hosting monthly clinics to help CloudStor users with issues they may be having downloading or migrating data from their CloudStor drives ahead of the CloudStor decommission on 15 December 2023.

Staff from the AARNet eResearch, CloudStor and Support teams will be present to answer your questions and provide information.

CloudStor Clinics are open to everyone – CloudStor users, IT staff, research support staff and institution/tenant admins, and anyone else who is interested.

These clinics will be run monthly, with the next session to be held on 30 October 2023 at 1 pm AEDT.

Find out more or register at: https://www.aarnet.edu.au/cloudstor-decommission-clinics.

Workshop on Accelerator Programming and Directives: 12 to 17-Nov

Hosted by Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre’s Marciej Cytowski, the aim of the 10th WACCPD 2023 workshop is to share methods and case studies that demonstrate programmability, performance, and performance portability across architectures for various distributed HPC, data, and AI workloads.

As part of SC23, this workshop will be part of an unparalleled mix of thousands of scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, programmers, developers, and system administrators who intermingle to learn, share, and grow. Each year, SC provides the leading technical program for the HPC community, which is designed to share best practices in all areas of HPC.

Link: https://pawsey.org.au/event/tenth-workshop-on-accelerator-programming-and-directives-waccpd-2023/.

Winners of Inaugural ARDC Eureka Prize for Research Software

ARDC is delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural ARDC Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research Software, Dr Minh Bui and Professor Robert Lanfear from The Australian National University (ANU).

Dr Bui and Professor Lanfear combined their computer science and biology expertise to develop IQ-TREE2 – free, open-source software that turns DNA data into crucial evolutionary insights by quickly estimating the phylogenetic tree of any group of organisms. Used to investigate everything from the evolution of life on earth to the spread COVID-19 virus, this user-friendly tool has become a staple for life scientists worldwide.

More information: https://ardc.edu.au/article/dr-minh-bui-and-prof-robert-lanfear-win-inaugural-ardc-eureka-prize-for-research-software/.

Help Shape a National Persistent Identifier Strategy for Better Research

The ARDC has coordinated a draft national strategy for persistent identifiers (PIDs), a core component of word-class information infrastructure for research and innovation. Help further develop it by sharing your feedback, submitting a use case, and taking part in our community engagement events.

Read more, and provide feedback at: https://ardc.edu.au/article/help-shape-a-national-pid-strategy-for-better-research/.

Secure Data Analytics Platform, ERICA, Brings Better Health Outcomes

To get to the bottom of why women do not recover as well as men after a stroke, health researchers at The George Institute for Global Health in Sydney (https://www.georgeinstitute.org.au/) used the new, secure and powerful cloud-based platform, ERICA. ERICA stands for E-Research Institutional Cloud Architecture, and enables researchers to analyse huge datasets while adhering to strict ethics guidelines.

The ERICA Platform is a fully scalable and secure online environment, created to enable people to analyse health related and other highly sensitive data.

Read more at: https://ardc.edu.au/case-study/secure-data-analytics-platform-erica-brings-better-health-outcomes/.

AARNet Train-The-Trainer Workshops

AARNet is running workshops covering the services it offers, targeted to research support staff in a train-the-trainer style so participants such as librarians, eResearch analysts or faculty research support staff can reuse the open source content to train researchers.

The workshops provide participants with more confidence in giving advice to researchers about the options available to them and are tailored for those with little to no technical knowledge, including hands-on components.

These sessions cover topics on network know-how and data handling, and are open and free to all AARNet member universities, and delivered via Zoom on demand.

Read more and to request a course: https://www.aarnet.edu.au/aarnet-trainer-workshops.

QCIF and UQ in iAwards National Final

QCIF and The University of Queensland were a finalist in the Australian Information Industry Association’s national iAwards after placing in the state competition.

QCIF and UQ were a Merit Recipient in the Technology Platform Solution category in the Queensland iAwards in July this year. 

The recognition was for KeyPoint, an eResearch platform that revolutionises the way data stewards manage and share sensitive research data for analysis by approved researchers, with strict governance controls at scale. 

Although KeyPoint did not win a national iAward, announced on 31 August, the team is incredibly proud to have been a finalist.

Read more: https://www.qcif.edu.au/news/qcif-and-uq-head-to-iawards-national-final/.

UQ Supercomputer Featured in iTnews

Technology news website iTnews has featured The University of Queensland’s new supercomputer, Bunya, twice in the last two months.

An article published last month discusses UQ’s sustainability push for its supercomputing capabilities. While an article published in July talks about how UQ’s Research Computing Centre is adding new GPUs and thousands more CPU cores to Bunya.

Read more:
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/university-of-queensland-tackles-sustainability-of-hpc-operations-599725
and
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/uq-adding-gpus-cpus-to-bunya-supercomputer-598497.

NCI Training: Introduction to Gridap: Simulating PDEs Using Finite Elements in Julia

Join us for an exclusive two-day tutorial on Gridap, a state-of-the-art finite element software framework, written entirely in the Julia programming language. Cohosted by its main developers (Prof Santiago Badia, Monash University, and Dr Alberto F. Martín, ANU) and the National Computational Infrastructure, the tutorial welcomes everyone to join, whether you’re an experienced programmer, intrigued by Julia, or just keen to explore finite elements. Funding is available to cover the accommodation and travel expenses of research students. Please see the link below for event details and applications.

More details and application form: https://forms.gle/KEG4vva165xKo1c5A.

NCMAS Applications Now Open!

The National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme is now accepting application submissions. Unlock unparalleled opportunities with Australia's leading grant scheme for accessing HPC resources.

Find out more about NCMAS and how to apply here: https://bit.ly/NCMAS2024.

Registration for Supercomputing Asia 2024 Now Open!

Supercomputing Asia 2024 aims to promote a vibrant and shared high-performance computing and Artificial Intelligence ecosystem, for both the public and private sectors, in Asia.

With the theme of Exascale readiness in AI, HPC and Quantum, join us in Sydney on 19-22 February 2024!

Registrations are now open at: https://sca24.sc-asia.org.

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