In this issue:
- eResearch Australasia Nov 9-13
- VeRSI Annual Survey
- AARNet releases pilot "CloudStor" service – Large File Transfer platform
- Underworld of Monash Sun Grid now on ARCS Grid
- Call for papers: Workshop on Visualization in Computational Science
- The University of Melbourne seeks Director, eResearch
- Round 2 of AAF mini-grant scheme now open
- AAF Inc. Operator(s) Request for Information
- About this newsletter
eResearch Australasia Nov 9-13
eResearch Australasia is next week! It's a full and rich programme. Have you registered? http://www.eresearch.edu.au.
Patricia McMillan
eResearch Australasia conference
VeRSI Annual Survey
VeRSI are again conducting their Annual Survey, throughout November. The survey collects information about awareness of VeRSI activities but also information about eResearch more generally. The survey is anonymous and all feedback is appreciated.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=QHxSI_2fK5EnC68GotLUjLNw_3d_3d
Gaby Bright
eResearch Communications, VeRSI
AARNet releases pilot "CloudStor" service – Large File Transfer platform
Following interest from our members, AARNet in collaboration with UniNett and HEANet (the Norwegian and Irish research networks) have developed a large file transfer service. These large files might be large datasets generated in a research workflow, or they might be a hefty PowerPoint full of pictures and animations that you want to share with a program committee at another uni. Most email systems limit attachment sizes to a few megabytes making it impossible to send large files through them. Also, increasingly many firewalls restrict "traditional" file transfer methods such as FTP. Security might be an issue for you as well, making you wary of putting the file on public webspace.
CloudStor is hosted on AARNet natively, and allows the user to securely upload files to a central storage point. They can then distribute via email a unique URL to a list of recipients to allow the download of their file. So far, testing has confirmed the ability to upload files of up to 30 Gbytes and potentially greater, and there is of course no limitation on how small the files can be.
All file transfers are done over HTTP so there is no need to open additional ports on your firewall. Right now we are looking for interested individuals who would be willing to test the capabilities of the pilot service. They will be given a personal logon to the service allowing them to upload files themselves and issue upload vouchers to others. If you are interested, please get in touch with guido.aben@aarnet.edu.au
Should the service prove to be robust and meeting the needs of those who participate in the pilot, it will be made more broadly available to the Research and Education Community before the end of 2009.
Guido Aben
Director eResearch, AARNet
Underworld of Monash Sun Grid now on ARCS Grid
AuScope 'Simulation, Analysis, Modelling' Victoria (AuScope SAM Vic) (http://www.auscope.monash.edu.au/) , the Monash e-Research Centre (MeRC) (http://www.monash.edu.au/eresearch/) and the Australian Research Collaboration Service (ARCS) (http://www.arcs.org.au/) have worked together to make the Monash Sun Grid (MSG) facility and its latest Underworld installation accessible on the ARCS Grid. Underworld (http://www.underworldproject.org/) geodynamics software is under collaborative development by Monash University (http://www.monash.edu.au/) and the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (http://www.vpac.org/) as part of AuScope SAM Vic. Monash Underworld users, including those arising from the ‘Underworld Grid Workshop’ in June, can now submit compute jobs to the MSG using the ARCS Grid submission client Grisu. This enhances the already strong grid presence held by Monash University through the Monash eScience and Grid Engineering (MeSsAGE) Laboratory (http://www.messagelab.monash.edu.au/), which performs research and development on software tools and techniques for programming e-Science applications. Users of other codes at Monash University are invited to contact MeRC to discuss grid-enabling their code.
Enquiries can be made to:
AuScope ‘Simulation, Analysis, Modelling’ Victoria: Steve Quenette, Project Director, steve@vpac.org (0438 558 275), or Wendy Mason, Underworld e-Research Officer, wendy.mason@sci.monash.edu.au (03 9905 1120)
Monash e-Research Centre: Prof. Paul Bonnington, Director, Paul.Bonnington@adm.monash.edu.au (03 9902 0711)
Australian Research Collaboration Service: Prof. Anthony Williams, ARCS Executive Director, anthony.williams@arcs.org.au (08 8303 3546)
Call for papers: Workshop on Visualization in Computational Science
http://uva.computationalscience.nl/events/ViCS-at-ICCS2010/
at the 10th International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS2010) http://www.iccs-meeting.org/ May 31st – June 2nd, 2010, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The goal of this workshop is to bring together visualization researchers and end-users to illustrate the state of the art and advance potential areas of common interest. Full papers (at most 10 pages) are due December 20th, 2009.
For questions, contact Robert Belleman (R.G.Belleman@uva.nl). Please prefix your subject line with “ICCS2010”.
The University of Melbourne seeks Director, eResearch
The University of Melbourne is seeking a new Director, eResearch as the inaugural Director, Professor Leon Sterling, is leaving the University at the end of the year to become Dean, ICT Faculty at Swinburne University of Technology. The job description can be found at the link below and applications close on 18 November 2009.
Kirsty Harris
Assistant to Professor Leon Sterling, The University of Melbourne
Round 2 of AAF mini-grant scheme now open
At the close of Round 1 of the Mini-grant Scheme on 30 October 2009, the AAF received a number of applications for consideration. Successful applicants will be notified shortly.
Round 2 is now open and closes on 27 November 2009. The purpose of the Mini-grant scheme is to assist current and potential Service Providers with the deployment of their service(s) to the Federation. Up to $40,000 will be made available through an application process as outlined in the AAF Enabled Services Mini-Grant Application Package and AAF Enabled Services Mini-Grant Proposal Application Form.
For more information on the Mini-grant scheme, go to http://www.aaf.edu.au/index.php/mini-grants/. Follow the AAF on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ausaccessfed or search for Australian Access Federation on Facebook.
We encourage your organisation to apply for a Mini-grant now!
Glenys Kranz
Change and Communication Manager, Australian Access Federation Inc
AAF Inc. Operator(s) Request for Information
The Australian Access Federation Inc. invites responses for Operators to deliver many of the AAF services to Federation participants on its behalf. Respondents are urged to register their organisation’s interest by submitting the RFI Response Form which can be accessed at http://www.aaf.edu.au/index.php/request-for-information/. Applications Close at 18:00 (AEST ) 30 November 2009.
Glenys Kranz
Change and Communication Manager, Australian Access Federation Inc
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