KAREN

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KAREN

• Building New Zealand Capability!

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Todays Plan

• Introduction
• Collaboration now and in the future
• Lunch
• Tools
• Capability Development
• Wrap up

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What do we mean by capability?

• One definition
• The appropriate combination of competent people,
  knowledge, money, technology, physical assets,
  systems and structures necessary to deliver a
  specified level of performance in pursuit of the
  organisations objectives, now and/or in the
  future.

Department of Conservation (NZ). Appendix 5.
Glossary. Statement of Intent 20042007.
http//www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocument
Page.aspx?id41244.
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KAREN Capability Development

• Advanced Network Capability Building Advisory
  Panel advises REANNZ on capability development
  issues
• Representatives from KAREN members and leaders
  from wider community (e.g. schools, libraries)
• Current CRI reps from AgResearch, NIWA

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Capability Build Fund

• NZ5M over 2006-2009
• Goals
• 1. Establish awareness
• 2. Enable effective use of KAREN
• 3. Promote the use of KAREN
• 4. Create a community ethos of sharing knowledge
  and resources

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CBF Travel Support

• Participate in NZ and overseas activities, e.g.
  conferences, workshops, training courses,
  meetings
• Invite international experts to NZ to participate
  in local activities
• Inwards and outwards internships and exchanges

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Examples of travel funded by CBF

• Argonne National Laboratory in the US hosted a
  VUW PhD student for 3 months to work on a grid
  computing project with world expert and NZ ex-pat
  Prof Ian Foster.
• University of Auckland invited Australian experts
  to consult on the development of the NZ-BioGrid
  portal.
• Canterbury researchers will train in simulation,
  reconstruction analysis at an overseas neutrino
  telescope institute.
• Executive Officer of NZ Council for the
  Humanities attended eResearch Australasia 2007
  conference and met with Australian Academy of the
  Humanities to discuss common issues and potential
  collaborations.

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CBF Event Support

• Organise and host NZ events, subsidise attendance
• Examples
• HIT Lab NZ (Univ of Canterbury) ran two
  educational workshops on Next Generation
  Teleconferencing for current and new Access Grid
  users.
• High Performance Computing workshop held at
  Auckland University of Technology
• Wellington summer school on grid computing

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CBF Project Support

• Goal develop expertise and produce success
  stories.
• Research or education should focus on capability
  building aspects.
• Not intended as a substitute for other
  competitive research funds.
• Not intended for capital purchases and normal
  operational costs.

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Projects funded by CBF
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Targeted CBF Projects

• Identity and Access Management
• Stocktake of current capability and systems
• Raise awareness of shared need
• Advanced Video Conferencing and Collaboration
  draft
• Establish policy and standards working group
• National operations centre

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The Roadmap

• A national framework for activities needed to
  foster KAREN uptake and develop NZ e-research
• Can be adapted by individual organisations for
  local strategies
• A conversation starter for policy and funding
  agencies, e.g. MoRST, FRST
• Released 13 August 2007 a living document
• http//www.karen.net.nz/roadmap-released/

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Roadmap overview
Sector
Workforce Professional development Postgraduate
support Awards recognition
eResearch awareness Funding sources criteria
Policy agendas
Exemplar projects
Technology Middleware Real-time
collaboration Data storage and management Data
collection and analysis
Growing advanced network membership Governance
and support structures
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Technological capability

• Roadmap identifies some key technologies that
  need to be deployed within 2-3 years.
• In some cases, tools are available but support
  services are needed to make best use of them
  booking systems, technical support, training etc.
• In other cases, tools will be adopted and
  adapted emphasis on technology transfer and not
  re-inventing the wheel.

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Workforce development

• Having the basic fabric, structures and
  strategies in place for e-Research will not in
  itself guarantee a full return on those
  investments. To move forward, these initiatives
  must be accompanied by investments in
  people-oriented strategies that more effectively
  engage and support researchers in changing their
  practices and cultures.
• South Australian Department of
• Further Education, Employment, Science and
  Technology

Credit e-Research SA South Australian Response
to the National e-Research Strategic Framework,
6. http//www.innovation.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/p
df_file/0010/4600/eRSA_Preliminary_Statement_v1.pd
f.
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Workforce development

• Coordinated programme of professional development
  activities, including
• A range of events at different centres and in the
  workplace conferences, workshops, roadshows,
  online tutorials
• Visitor programme
• Support for postgraduates and new researchers
• Exemplar projects
• Real research needs knowledge can be embedded in
  the workplace

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What do researchers need to know?

• E-research basics
• Exposure to exemplar projects
• Training for new tools and resources
• Online communication and facilitation
• Data/information management
• As projects get bigger and more complex project
  management, communication, team-building are also
  important

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Skills development other specialists

• IT specialists
• Identity and access management
• Grid services management
• Building e-research applications (e.g. web
  services)
• Technicians
• Installing and configuring new applications
• Audiovisual production techniques
• Other support specialists

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The wider sector what is required?

• Increased awareness of KAREN and e-research
  amongst policy makers and funding agencies
• Governance structures that provide leadership and
  coordination
• Better relationships between KAREN members and
  also with industry, schools and the cultural
  sector

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More information

• Advanced Network Capability Building Advisory
  Panel Role and List of Members
• http//karen.net.nz/assets/Uploads/Documents/Advis
  ory-Panel-Role.pdf
• Capability Build Fund Criteria and Goals
• http//karen.net.nz/assets/Uploads/pdfcriteriaandg
  oals.PDF
• Advanced Network Capability Building Roadmap
  2007-2009
• http//www.karen.net.nz/roadmap-released/