Current e-Research development activities at Monash

e-Research Collaborations

• ARCHER Project
  Australian Research Enabling Environment.  A collaboration between Monash University, the University of Queensland and James Cook University.
   
• ARROW Project
  Australian Research Repositories Online to the World.  A collaboration between Monash University, National Library of Australia, the University of New South Wales and Swinburne University of Technology.
     
• NCRIS Activities
  National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy. Monash is involved in a range of NCRIS activities, in particular ANDS and AuScope.
    
• Oxford-Monash e-Research Collaboration
  The Oxford and Monash e-Research centres are exploring a range of collaborative activities. 
    
• VeRSI Project
  Victorian e-Research Strategic Initiative.  A collaboration between Monash University, The University of Melbourne and LaTrobe University.  Funded by the State Government of Victoria.
    

Monash e-Research Infrastructure Projects

• Monash Campus Grid (MCG) Programme
  A programme of activities to build a comprehensive and integrated set of central and devolved facilities. Major components of the Monash Campus Grid include:
  • Monash Sun Grid (MSG) – central compute facility
  • Large Research Data Store (LaRDS) – central storage facility
  • Various faculty-based compute grid clusters
  • Harvesting Spare CPU cycles - The Monash SPONGE Facility
  • A comprehensive Grid Middleware suite

• Clayton Precinct High Performance Computing (HPC) Planning Project
  A 2008 project to plan a major refit of Monash's central high performance computing (HPC) facilities in 2009.
     
• Monash Large Research Data Store (LaRDS) Project
  A number of enhancements to Monash's petabyte research data storage services are planned for this year.
       
• Monash e-Research Portal (MeRP) Project
  The Monash e-Research Portal (MeRP) project will provide a single integrated and tailored web environment for researchers. It will provide a range of functionality including:
  • Collaboration tools
  • Research data management systems
  • Discipline specific and custom tools and advice
  • Workflow systems and grid tools
  • Discovery tools - What's happening at Monash
  • Administrative systems

• Australian Access Federation (AAF) Implementation Project
  A planned 2009 project to deploy Australian Access Federation (AAF) technologies and services into production at Monash and to integrate into e-Research services and applications.

Monash ITS Projects

• Integrated Collaboration Environment (ICE) Programme
  A Monash-wide programme of activities to upgrade and integrate its email, calendar, telephone, desktop video conferencing, workgroup collaboration and information management services.
   
• Research Administration Information Systems (RaIS) Project
  ITS and Research Officer continue to upgrade the functionality of Monash's Research Administration and management information systems.