ON DEMAND

Growing instrument and simulation resolution is driving a deluge in research data, and the demand for researchers to share their data has increased dramatically. To move large amounts of complex research data from instruments to a workspace or between collaborators has not been simple until now.

In this webinar, Arcitecta's Chief Technology Officer, Jason Lohrey, is joined by Andy Tseng and Neil Killeen from The University of Melbourne. Together they will discuss how Mediaflux's robust and scalable data transfer tool, Data Mover, empowers the research institutions of Australia's leading university to take charge of its data explosion, including the ability to:

• Move hundreds of terabytes of data per week to a central storage location in a straightforward manner that ensures the data is visible, managed, discoverable, and looked after correctly.
• Handle the dispatch of research data to the end-users with an intuitive and simple interface. Any entity or person that the organization may interact with can upload or download data without requiring a user account.
• Efficiently manage transiently held data and its long-term repository archive.

PRESENTATION SPEAKERS:

JASON LOHREY Chief Technology Officer, Arcitecta NEIL KILLEEN Research Data Solutions, The University of Melbourne ANDY TSENG Head of Data Solutions, University of Melbourne

Jason is a world leader in complex data management. He conceived of and is the primary architect of the distributed data management platform, Mediaflux, and Arcitecta’s high-performance binary object database engine XODB. Jason draws on his more than 20 years of experience in all facets of IT systems provision, including conception, contracts, R&D, manufacture, delivery, and support. Arcitecta shares partnerships with some of the world’s top scientific research organizations such as Novartis, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, University of Cambridge, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, the University of Melbourne, the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, and the University of New South Wales.

Neil Killeen is a member of the Data Solutions Team (DST) in the Research Computing Services (RCS) department at the University of Melbourne (UoM). The DST works very broadly across the entire University, supplying data handling capabilities to 100's of researchers. Neil developed and leads DST's Mediaflux data management service operations and focuses on instrument integration with data management.

Previously, Neil led the development of a neuroimaging computational facility at the Melbourne Brain Centre Imaging Unit (MBCIU) and jointly developed a Mediaflux-based bio-medical imaging data management capability. Subsequently, Neil created a fully integrated and automated data handling workflow for the 7T MR and PET/CT scanners. In this period, he also undertook the role of Informatics Officer for the National Imaging Facility, an Australian national imaging facility network.

Neil completed his PhD in Astrophysics from the Australian National University in 1984.

Dr Andy Tseng is currently the Head of Data Solutions in the Research Computing Services at the University of Melbourne.

Andy collaborates with key stakeholders from different research disciplines across the University of Melbourne and affiliates to assist researchers in developing bespoke data solutions and services to manage and analyse their research data more effectively. He also leads the operation of the University’s research data management platforms and data storage infrastructure.

Previously, Andy managed and annotated large multimedia data collections for a major EU project at Grenoble Informatics Laboratory in France. He was actively engaged in several UK nationally funded Life Science projects at the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre in the UK to curate complex biochemical and instrumental data together with their associated metadata in the field of Metabolomics.

Andy completed his PhD in Computer Sciences from the University of Manchester in 2005.