Leaping Hurdles: Planning IT Provision for Researchers - Edinburgh event

What do researchers want from ICT? The JISC-funded Community Engagement projects set out to answer this question. Aimed paticularly at research computing services, IT directors and others planning research computing provision, this event will present some of their findings and stimulate debate on what needs to happen next.

Lessons from the Jisc community engagement and virtual research environment projects

What do researchers want from ICT? The Jisc-funded Community Engagement projects set out to answer this question. Aimed paticularly at research computing services, IT directors and others planning research computing provision, this event will present some of their findings and stimulate debate on what needs to happen next.

Examples will be presented where innovative ICT techniques have been successfully incorporated into research processes. Barriers to success will be highlighted followed by solutions developed under the ENGAGE and Jisc Virtual Research Environment projects. The debate will then be opened up to arrive at the next steps in ensuring that researchers have access to the ICT provision they need.

This event follows the same format as the event in London on 18 June 2009.

Programme

Time   

Activity

09.00 - 09.10

Welcome and introduction
Chair: Jeff Haywood, University of Edinburgh

Community Engagement projects

09.10 - 09.30

eIUS - A real use for e-Infrastructure: the multimedia edition
Mike Fraser, University of Oxford

09.30 - 09.50
e-Uptake - Barriers and enablers for the wider adoption of e-Infrastructure
Rob Procter, National Centre for e-Social Science, University of Manchester

09.50 - 10.10
ENGAGE - Engaging researchers: developing different ways to utilise e-Infrastructure
Neil Chue Hong, OMII-UK, University of Edinburgh

10.10 - 10.20
Questions

The Virtual Research Environment projects

10.20 - 10.35

myExperiment - Social networking and workflows in research
Dave de Roure, University of Southampton, Jiten Bhagat, University of Manchester

10.35 - 10.50
VERA - Virtual research in achaeology
Mark Baker and Michael Fulford, University of Reading

10.50 - 11.05
SDM VRE - Study of classics, English and ancient manuscripts
Ruth Kirkham and John Pybus, University of Oxford

11.05 - 11.20
CREW - Collaborative research events on the Web
Martin Turner, University of Manchester

11.20 - 11.25
Questions

11.25 - 11.45

Coffee

11.45 - 12.00

Introduction to break-out discussions

12.00 - 13.00    
Break-out sessions

13.00 - 14.00

Lunch (a video and demonstrations will be shown over lunch)

14.00 - 14.30

Report back from break-out groups

14.30 - 15.00
Panel discussion: 'Who plans IT provision for research?'

15.10

Close

Videos and presentations from the day are available to download here