More and more people in academia are speaking out about the eResearch capability gap. Many researchers do not know where to turn for help in managing, processing, and publishing large amounts of data and institutions as a whole are unsure of how to offer support that is both effective and scalable. The result is a demand for digital skills training much higher than our collective ability to deliver.
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Prior to this year's eResearch NZ conference, two new events were hosted the day before as kick-off workshops:Carpentry Connect and REANNZ Connect. Both were inaugural events and aimed to gather like-minded people either currently involved in the Carpentries or research network communities, or those who were keen to learn more. Both sessions were a great success, and were an excellent way to spark conversations and connections leading up to the main eResearch programme.
The keynotes are booked, preliminary programme is live, and pre-conference workshops are filling up for eResearch NZ 2020!
On January 30th Callum Walley, a member of NeSI’s Applications Support team, presented a webinar on troubleshooting. Having helped numerous people overcome job submission obstacles, Callum used this webinar to point out some common errors NeSI users face and tips on how to identify and solve them as an App Support professional would. This presentation highlighted a methodical approach to troubleshooting that, ideally, left attendees feeling curious and confident to find the root cause of the errors they encounter.
Last October, multiple NeSI team members travelled to Brisbane to participate in the 2019 eResearch Australasia conference programme, themed 'eResearch Diversity'.Since then, NeSI has participated in Trans-Tasman collaborations and conversations around building a community for women in high performance computing, and just recently NeSI learned of a grassroots effort to support more opportunities for people of colour in eResearch leadership positions.
Please join us in welcoming the newest member to the NeSI team!Attribution: Kim Frew
As part of the NeSI and Genomics Aotearoa partnership to build and diversify digital skill capabilities for genomics researchers across New Zealand, NeSI was pleased to support Genomics Aotearoa’s recent Metagenomics Summer School on 10-13 December.
NeSI has enhanced its High Performance Computing (HPC) platform to better support users running simulations with high memory demands.
Following the successful pilot of its ‘Quick Tips’ training webinar series from August - November 2019, NeSI is pleased to unveil a new programme of webinars for early 2020. 30 January - Got errors? Troubleshooting on high performance computers - Click here to watch the recording.
Following an excellent response to the Call for Submissions, eResearch NZ 2020 co-hosts NeSI, Genomics Aotearoa, and REANNZ are pleased to unveil the draft programme for next year's event, themed 'United in Data'.
