Tuesday 16 October 2018 at eResearch Australiasia 2018
Workshop Schedule
Research data management platforms aim meet the challenges of capturing and managing large volumes of research data, while ensuring that the data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR). One such platform is MyTardis (https://www.mytardis.org), an open source research data management platform that was initially establish to handle and store macromolecular crystallography data {Meyer:2014ub, Androulakis:2008ku}. Through several national projects like the NeCTAR Characterisation Virtual Laboratory (https://www.massive.org.au/cvl), ImageTrove (http://projects.ands.org.au/id/ERIC08) and the ANDS Trusted Data projects (https://projects.ands.org.au/id/GFA16), MyTardis has evolved into a general purpose research data management system, with a focus on integrating scientific instruments and instrument facilities. It is used across light microscopy, electron microscopy, proteomics, cytometry, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and other scientific techniques. It integrates over 100 Australian instruments across Monash University, University of Queensland, University of Newcastle, University of New South Wales, RMIT, and University of Western Australia.
In this workshop, representatives from the Characterisation community will share their experience in developing and operating large deployments of MyTardis. We will emphasise how MyTardis helps to securely store and manage data from a variety of different instruments. We will also outline the short- to medium-term roadmap for MyTardis development and our plan to engage the wider community to help us build the next-generation platform for instrument data management. Finally, we will run a hands-on workshop on best-practices for deploying and operating MyTardis, specifically targeted at developers and system administrators.
Workshop Contents:
Overview of MyTardis and its deployments
Overview of MyTardis
Developing and operating MyTardis at Monash University
NIF Trusted Data Repositories
Developing and operating MyTardis at the University of Queensland and NIF
Developing and operating MyTardis at the University of Western Australia
Developing and operating MyTardis at the University of Newcastle
MyTardis features for instrument facilities
Future Roadmap
The Future of MyTardis
Requirements from instrument facilities
Addressing FAIR by integrating with the experiment, trusted data repositories.
Panel Discussion / BOF- Next-generation Instrument data Future and challenges
Hands On
Hands on session on deployment of MyTardis
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Instrument facility managers
Data Managers
IT Managers & Directors
Professionals in associated disciplines
Research Computing Specialists
Research Managers
University Representatives
Researchers
Librarians
Software & App engineers
WHAT TO BRING
Attendees need to bring a laptop.