Authors
Chris Myers (VeRSI), Michael D'Silva (VeRSI) and Richard Farnsworth (Australian Synchrotron Facility)
Abstract
VeRSI’s Virtual Beamline (VBL) demonstration project at the Australian Synchrotron is a remote collaboration environment designed to enable researchers to interact with the Protein Crystallography 1 beamline (PX1) and Powder Diffraction beamline (PD). The Remote Instrumentation demonstration project is a remote collaboration environment designed to enable researchers to interact with the XPS instrument at La Trobe University.
This presentation will demonstrate these projects, focusing on remote interaction and collaboration via web 2.0 portal implementations and HD videoconferencing. It will also demonstrate the use of high bandwidth networking in the movement of large data sets from scientific facilities to Grid, SRB and iROD SLCS (ARCS Data Fabric) data solutions, or to lower bandwidth personal computing solutions. Remote instrument access and large-scale data movements have implications for eResearch and associated middleware requirements.
The presentation will also explore research and teaching mode outcomes as a direct result of these projects and how open source software from this project can be used for other instrumentation or collaboration projects.
About the speaker
Chris Myers is the Chief Infrastructure Architect for VeRSI.His duties include delivery of a collaborative communication environment that allows researchers to remotely interact with the Protein Crystallography 1 beamline (PX1) and Powder Diffraction beamline (PD) at the Australian Synchrotron. He is managing the construction of a remote VBL environment at La Trobe University as well as an integrated instrumentation environment for materials and surface scientists.
Formerly, Chris was the Advanced Communication Services Coordinator at GrangeNet, located in Canberra, where he encouraged local and international collaborative research in advanced networking and delivered training and training resources in advanced networking.