Got Data? Building a Sustainable Ecosystem for Data-Driven Research
Channel: UQ Research Computing Centre
Date: 2016-06-07

This is a RCC seminar held on Friday, 27 May 2016 at The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia.

SPEAKER: 
Professor Francine Berman, Chair of Research Data Alliance, USA and Edward P Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

ABSTRACT:
Innovation in a digital world presupposes that the data will be there when you need it, but will it? 

Without sufficient data infrastructure and attention to the stewardship and preservation of digital data, data may become inaccessible or lost. This is particularly problematic for data generated by sponsored research projects where the focus is on innovation rather than infrastructure, and support for stewardship and preservation may be short-term. 

In this presentation, Prof Fran Berman discusses sustainability, infrastructure and data, and explores the opportunities and challenges of creating a viable ecosystem for the data on which current and future research and innovation increasingly depend.