ARDC QLD Statewide Consultation
Channel: Australian Research Data Commons - ARDC
Date: 06/12/2018

Background:

The 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap recommended the integration of three NCRIS eResearch capabilities: The Australian National Data Service (ANDS), National eResearch Collaborative Tools and Resources (Nectar), and Research Data Services (RDS). This integration has been initiated through the establishment of the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC).

Description:

The ARDC is currently developing its five year strategy and capital plans. As part of the strategic planning cycle ARDC wishes to engage with a range of resource providers, institutions and research organisations, e-infrastructure providers, peak bodies and government.

Amongst the ARDC’s partner organisations in the delivery of national eResearch capability are providers including Australia’s high performance computing facilities (Pawsey and the National Computational Infrastructure), Australia’s academic network provider (AARNet), and the provider of Australia’s research sector identity services (the Australian Access Federation). We anticipate these organisations will also be represented at these meetings in order to enable a rich, broad, and comprehensive discussion.

These statewide events are an opportunity to provide input into the ARDC’s long term planning and will guide the development of the ARDC strategy and capital plan exposure drafts, to be circulated around the middle of December 2018.