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Australia’s e-Research Infrastructure

IGRID - 27 September 2005George McLaughlinInternational Developments, AARNet

Enhancing Global Collaboration

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Positioning Australia for Global Collaboration

TEIN2eVLBI

EXPReSMauna Kea

Virtual Critical Care Emerging InfectionsGlobal Digital Divide

Large Hadron Collider Square Kilometre ArrayTransLight Pacific Wave

Southern Ocean Sciences Immersive Multimedia for Collaboration

Asia Pacific making steady progress

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Au Govt initiatives to foster e-Research

Backing Australia’s Ability (BAA)

BAA1, $3.0billion over 5 years from 2000/1

BAA2, $5.3billion over 7 years from 2004/5

BAA includes the Systemic Infrastructure Initiative (SII) to upgrade research infrastructure at Australian universities and research organisations

$246million from BAA1

$542million from BAA2

significant move away from competitive bidding towards collaborative development of strategic plan and making grants against that plan

http://backingaus.innovation.gov.au

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Strands of Systemic Infrastructure Initiative

With the Australian Research and Education Network (AREN) initiative plan in place the Au Govt contributed towards acquiring national fibre and toward the cost of 10Gbps international links

Networks

- Higher Education Broadband Advisory Committee (HEBAC-2002) – identified national needs and developed high level plan

- Australian Research and Education Network Initiative (AREN 2003 on) considered funding proposals against the plan

http://www.dest.gov.au/highered/research/pdf/aren.pdf

http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/programmes_funding/programme_categories/key_research_priorities/australian_research_and_education_network/arenac.htm

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National Research Infrastructure DevelopmentNRIT (National Research Infrastructure Task Force) 2003-4 http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/policies_issues_reviews/reviews/previous_reviews/national_research_infrastructure_taskforce_framework/default.htm

NCRIS (National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy) 2004-5http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/policies_issues_reviews/key_issues/ncris/default.htm

eResearch Coordinating Committee 2005http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/policies_issues_reviews/key_issues/e_research_consult/default.htm

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Elements of NCRISInfrastructure

• Accessible, robust high bandwidth communication network for research and education

• Distributed high performance computing capacity

• Accessible data and information repositories

• Accessible research instruments and facilities

• Agreed ICT standards and coordinated middleware development

• Standardised measurement systems

• Australian participation in international collaborative e-research activities and access to collaborative partners' networks, facilities/instruments and repositories, to support activities under NRPs

National Research Priorities (topics identified)

Strategic Roadmap (prioritised shortlist by early 2006)

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Australian involvement in Global Middleware activities

Europe- Close co-operation with JISC, TERENA and European NRENs on eduroam and middleware activities.

Americas- Working on eduroam and shibboleth activities, - Participation in educause workshops on identity and access management.

APAN-APAN 2005 middleware breakfast meeting-APAN middleware mailing list-APAN Middleware stream for Jan 2006 APAN meeting in Tokyo

Global-Middleware catalysis (Slaughter meeting)-Eduroam global working group

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Australian eduroam developments• Deploying eduroam in AARNet offices

throughout Australia• Encouraging interest in take-up by Australian

universities• Writing and seeking endorsement for

national eduroam policies• Promoting and participating in eduroam

developments within the APAN region• Participating in eduroam global working

group• See www.eduroam.edu.au

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Regional and Global Perspective• Even the largest countries/economies

don’t have the resources to fund the infrastructure and knowledge development that will lead to new creation and discoveries in every field of endeavour

• Even the smallest countries/economies can make unique contributions to new creation and discoveries in specific fields of endeavour

• How do we optimally leverage each country/economy’s potential contribution to advance global creation and discovery in all relevant fields of endeavour?

Collaboration vs competition

is there an optimal balance for virtual organisations?