The deadline for submitting a paper abstract for consideration at the NZ eResearch Symposium has been extended until Wednesday 15 September.

The deadline for paper submissions for the NZ eResearch Symposium 2010 on 26 - 27 October closes next Wednesday 1 September.

Registration is now open for the inaugural NZ eResearch Symposium, 26-27 October at the University of Auckland. eResearch is about the information technology infrastructure and software that supports a research community. This national event will showcase eResearch across the humanities and social sciences, physical and biological sciences, math and engineering.

Recordings from the Wellington eResearch Symposium in June are now available for you to view - a great opportunity for you to familiarise yourself with eResearch before the inaugural NZ eResearch Symposium in October.

eResearch communities thrive on deep engagement with researchers, and aim to support the formation and operation of effective digitally-supported research communities.

Announcing the BlueFern® HPC Grand Challenge

New Zealand researchers are invited to apply for the BlueFern High Performance Computing (HPC) Grand Challenge. BlueFern is making available one million CPU hours on up to 4096 CPU cores, to challenge New Zealand Researchers to scale up their HPC applications to tackle some of the largest scientific problems in areas such as biochemistry, climate simulation, machine intelligence, molecular dynamics, etc.

GNS Science eResearch Event in Lower Hutt

25 August 9am - 1pm

GNS Science is hosting an eResearch Event featuring Dr. Robert Woodcock from AuScope who will introduce one of Australia's most exciting GeoScience projects. Auscope aims to establish a world class research infrastructure to characterise the structure and evolution of the Australian continent in a global context from surface to core in space and time. Visit AuScope here

Can't make the Wellington eResearch Symposium today in person? For your reviewing pleasure, you can watch the live stream of the event from the comfort of your own office....

The full programme and abstracts for the 8 June Wellington eResearch Symposium is now available.

Following a successful event in Wellington in April, the 'eResearch and the role of the research manager' seminar is coming to Hamilton.

Registrations are now open for the Wellington eResearch Symposium, Tuesday 8 June. Come along to see eResearch technologies in action, how people are benefitting from it, and learn of ways you may be able to use eResearch technologies to enhance your own research.

The AUT radio telescope at Warkworth is now connected to KAREN. This will allow New Zealand to demonstrate its capability in radio astronomy, and could enable New Zealand to take part in the global radio astronomy project, the Square Kilometre Array.

The road to eResearch Australasia has begun with the issuing of a call for papers. If you're keen to participate in this year's event, the KAREN Capability Build Fund could help you get there.

eResearch SA, the South Australian provider of high performance computing, data management and storage, research collaboration, and visualisation services for researchers in SA, are looking for a Director for their eResearch Group.

KAREN members from around Wellington are invited to attend the 2010 Wellington eResearch Symposium on 8 June.

The NZ Chapter of the Australasian Research Management Society is hosting a networking event on 15 April on 'eResearch and the role of the Research Manager'.

Tomorrow's Network Symposium brings together active researchers to showcase their use of KAREN and other networking technologies for research and collaboration. This event will be held via Access Grid and is led by BRCSS.

KAREN members are invited to an open virtual seminar with Gordon Cook on Tuesday 23 February. Gordon will share with us key findings from a recent study he conducted into eScience and advanced networking in the Netherlands and discuss what New Zealand can learn from them.

A Birds of a Feather meeting at the Linux conference in Wellington this week brought together like minded people to talk open source science and research.

KAREN wiki highlights, recent updates and cool stuff you should know about for November 2009.

KAREN wiki highlights, recent updates and cool stuff you should know about for October 2009.

Tune in this coming Tuesday to watch the live stream of the eResearch@Otago seminar.

KAREN wiki highlights, recent updates and cool stuff you should know about for September 2009.

Registrations are now open for the 2009 eResearch@Otago seminar.

Issue 9 of hyphen, KAREN's newsletter, is out now. hyphen brings you the latest information on KAREN, services and the successes of our members.

Are you interested in new ways to do science and based in Canterbury? Then come along to the eResearch@Lincoln seminar at Lincoln on 22 September.

The KAREN wiki is a collaborative space where members of the KAREN community share ideas and resources that help them to make the most of their access to KAREN.

The KAREN wiki is a collaborative space where members of the KAREN community share ideas and resources that help them to make the most of their access to KAREN.

Free virtual seminar on Wednesday 29 July on KAREN-optimised tools and services for bioinformatics in NZ.

QUESTnet 2009 lets you join the discussions on networks for education and research through their virtual conference space. Register now to participate in the event.

The BRCSS seminar - Social science and environmental applications of satellite remote sensing - has been rescheduled from Friday 19 to Wednesday 24 June.

The BRCSS Network invite you to participate in a seminar via the Access Grid on social science and environmental applications of remote sensing on Friday 19 June from 9 - 11am Wednesday 24 June from 1 - 3pm.

Free virtual seminar on Wednesday 27 May on KAREN-enabled infrastructure for genomics researchers in New Zealand.

Prime Minister John Key and a troop of VIPs were dazzled by high definition video conferencing over KAREN last Thursday during the opening of the new national ICT Innovation Institute, NZi3.

MoRST is seeking proposals for a semantic data modelling project.

Open virtual seminar on grid and web technologies for microbiology, biosecurity and geoscience.

Are you from a University or CRI and have a workshop or project in mind that could help increase your use or promotion of KAREN? Then you should consider making an application to the 2009 round of the Capability Build Fund.

2009 Capability Build Fund

REANNZ is now accepting applications for the balance of the Capability Build Fund (CBF). $380,000 is now available to support travel, event or project proposals. The CBF Advisory Panel expects to fund between four and five projects from the available funds.

The Ministry of Research, Science and Technology has just released an online survey to assess the needs of New Zealand researchers for High Performance Computing and eResearch.

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If you're in Wellington tomorrow evening and active in the e-content and creativity arena, then you're invited to be present at the announcement of the New Zealand nominees for the World Summit Awards.

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Join us this Wednesday for a rundown from Peter Helms on the eResearch and supercomputing services available at BlueFern to support your research activities.

We are excited to bring you Peter Helms from BlueFern at the University of Canterbury. Advanced computing and networking are natural companions in the global age of eResearch.

The Ministry of Research, Science and Technology is requesting proposals on the distribution of $840,000 to support a grid computing and middleware initiative.

The Government Budget 2008 allocated funding to develop capability around the use of KAREN. $840,000 (plus GST) of this funding was tagged to establish a national grid infrastructure and middleware tool initiative.

BeSTGRID is about making eResearch work. BeSTGRID delivers mechanisms, methods and tools that facilitate collaboration on shared information, sharing of computational resources and online visualisation of instruments and experiments.

Join us tomorrow to hear Julia Charity, Scion's KAREN champion, share her strategies for increasing video conference usage among Scion's research community.

Video conferencing is an easy and effective tool for supporting research collaboration and outreach.

The Social Science Research Centre would like to thank those of you who completed the online survey about use of video conferencing technology. The results so far have been very interesting. For those who did not get a chance to fill it out, the survey is still open, if you would like to express your views.

David Thorns and his team at the University of Canterbury invite KAREN members to participate in an online survey on the user experience of video conferencing.

Missed out on eResearch Australasia? This video conference is your chance to hear highlights of the event from New Zealand researchers.

On Tuesday 21 October, Stuart Charters from Lincoln University and Nicky Gardner from ESR will present highlights from their attendance at eResearch Australasia 2008 conference. Stuart will also share highlights from the GPU (graphics processing unit) Computing workshop.

eResearch Australasia attendees (or any other KAREN members who happen to be in Melbourne next week) are invited to attend this event that will explore opportunities for eResearch collaborations across the Tasman.

Check out the latest edition of EDUCAUSE Review for enlightening articles on the use of cyberinfrastructure (high performance computing, data, visualisation, virtual organisations and advanced networks) for research and education.

A call for papers has been issued for the 7th Australasian Symposium on Grid Computing and e-Research  (AusGrid 2009).

Pete Beckman and Jim Basney join other trail-blazers in eresearch as speakers at the High Performance Research Symposium.

Cheaper standard registration rates for APAN26 end on 15 May, so make your booking now to enjoy our diverse programme.

Further speakers confirmed for the High Performance Research Symposium (HPRS)

Three speakers have been confirmed to speak alongside Ian Foster at HPRS:

The Arts and Humanities e-Science Support Centre (AHeSSC) at King’s College London has published a report entitled Text and Grid: Research Questions for the Humanities, Sciences and Industry.

ResearchChannel has invited New Zealand researchers to take part in the public beta test of Research1.

Members of the international research and higher education community are invited to participate in eResearch Australasia 2008, to be held 28 Sep - 3 Oct 2008 at the Sebel and Citigate Hotels, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia.

Is the internet changing science? Yes, according to Ben Shneiderman, a University of Maryland computer science professor. It's time for science to incorporate social networking and collaboration too.

REANNZ and BlueFern^TM at the University of Canterbury has joined forces to bring you two fantastic events in August 2008 - APAN26 Sustainable Networking and the High Performance Research Symposium.

The University of Canterbury's High Performance Research Symposium - 4 August 2008, Queenstown - will set the scene for APAN26, showcasing best practice e-Research projects, programmes and tools.

Book your place now at APAN 26 - Registrations are now open for the APAN 26 Sustainable Networking conference, 4-8 August 2008, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Experience first-hand how ICT developments and advanced networks are changing the look and feel of research and collaboration in the Asia Pacific region and are contributing towards environmental, regional and operational sustainability; participate in demonstrations of applications and services that are only possible over advanced networks like KAREN.

26-28 November, University of Auckland

Research coordination and collaboration for geoscience in New Zealand is leaping forward with the recent initiation of the SCENZ-GRID project to establish a grid infrastructure for geoscientists in New Zealand and the larger scale NCRIS funded AuScope project in Australia.

In the spirit of shared knowledge, three reports from KAREN community members on Capability Build Fund supported travel and event activities have recently been added to our website.

Visit Computerworld online to check out Ian Foster's visionary and strategic statements about service-orientated science - the future of science.

A new mailing list has been established by the organising committee of the eResearch Australia 2007 conference to announce eResearch related activities and events of interest to the education and research community.

Presentations from the International Workshop on Virtual Research Environments and Collaborative Work Environments are now available online.

A blog entry from Bill St. Arnaud highlighted the use of Amazon's web services to run bioinformatics supercomuting applications.

The annual conference of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) was held in Birmingham on 13 March. JISC funds a range of ICT services and programmes to support education and research, including JANET, the UK equivalent of KAREN.

Does all of the jargon that comes with eResearch confuse you?