How new technologies can enhance research and collaboration

This JISC-sponsored roadshow for researchers and those providing IT support, will introduce some of the infrastructure and Web 2.0 tools available to help researchers collaborate in teams spanning disciplinary, institutional and/or national boundaries. We will hear about the development of Virtual Research Environments to support all stages of the research lifecycle and from researchers at Liverpool John Moores University about their experiences using, developing or evaluating some of these tools or techniques.

Advances in networks and new ways to access services and data are having a profound effect on the research that can be done and the way researchers work across all disciplines.

This Jisc-sponsored roadshow for researchers and those providing IT support, will introduce some of the infrastructure and Web 2.0 tools available to help researchers collaborate in teams spanning disciplinary, institutional and/or national boundaries.  We will hear about the development of Virtual Research Environments to support all stages of the research lifecycle and from researchers at Liverpool John Moores University about their experiences using, developing or evaluating some of these tools or techniques.
 
Speakers include Dr David Fergusson, Deputy Director, Training, Outreach and Education, the National e-Science Centre and Professors Patrick Carmichael and Iain Steele who will present the work at LJMU.  

Demonstrations and videos over lunch will showcase local initiatives and examples of the use of e-infrastructure and Virtual Research Environments across different disciplines. 

The day will end with a panel discussion on how to take advantage of new technologies to enhance research.

Register your place online

Programme

Time
Activity

09:30 - 10:00
Arrival and refreshments

10:00 - 10:10
Welcome
 Professor Andy Young, Director of Research, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)

10:10 - 10:40

Introduction to e-Research and overview of the e-Infrastructure for large-scale collaborations
Dr David Fergusson, National e-Science Centre, University of Edinburgh
View presentation (Powerpoint)

10:40 - 11:00

Virtual Research Environments: overview and benefits for researchers
Dr Annamaria Carusi, University of Oxford
View presentation (Powerpoint)

11:00 - 11:10
Questions

11:10 - 11:30
Break

11:30 - 12:20

Academic Networking:  How can Web 2.0 technologies enhance Virtual Research Environments?
Professor Patrick Carmichael, LJMU
View presentation (Powerpoint)

12:20 - 12:40

MyExperiment: a social VRE
Mr Jiten Bhagat, University of Manchester
View presentation (Powerpoint)

12:40 - 12:45
Introduction to the lunchtime demonstrations

12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
Demonstrations: Symplectic software (LJMU Research Publications database), Jisc videos on Virtual Research Environments and e-infrastructure use cases

14:00 - 14:30

eStar (e-Science Telescopes for Astronomical Research)
Professor Iain Steele, LJMU
View presentation (Powerpoint)

14:30 - 15:00
Semantic Technologies for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Professor Patrick Carmichael, LJMU
View presentation (Powerpoint)

15:00 - 15:30
Panel discussion
How can early career researchers take advantage of new technologies to enhance research?

15:30
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