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Abstract

A key competitive advantage for the Australian research community lies in developing an ability to conduct multidisciplinary and collaborative science projects that are focussed on solving problems of national and international significance. e-Research tools and techniques are increasingly recognised as an essential capability needed to support research into these grand challenges. CSIRO has an active and ongoing interest in developing and applying e-Research. CSIRO is also currently working on a comprehensive e-Research strategy outlining the organisations capability development plans for e-Research for the next 5 years. The CSIRO e-Research strategy will align with the strategic goals and directions of NCRIS in developing the e-Research infrastructure within Australia.

About the speaker

John Taylor is currently Leader, Computational and Simulation Sciences, at the CSIRO Division of Mathematical and Information Sciences. John has more than 20 years experience in the area of computational and simulation science applied to modeling environmental systems from the local to the global scale. John has written more than 140 articles and books on computational and simulation science, climate change, global biogeochemical cycles, air quality and environmental policy, spanning science, 71 impacts and environmental policy. Articles have appeared in all the leading Journals in the field including for example Nature. John has served on numerous advisory panels including the Scientific Computing Division of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research and the US DOE National Energy Research Scientific Computing Facility. He has also held appointments as Senior Fellow in the both the Computation Institute and at the Environment Center at the University of Chicago. John is currently a Fellow of the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand, and is a founding Associate Editor of Environmental Modeling and Assessment.