Contact Details
| Organization: | Computing and Information Systems, Melbourne Research |
| Position: | Honorary (Senior Fellow), DIRECTOR, E-RESEARCH |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | http://www.eresearch.unimelb.edu.au/director_eresearch#Director%20eResearch |
| Work: | 9035 4531 |
| Room: | 322 |
| Level: | 03 |
| Building: | Doug Mcdonell Building |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Biography
Director of eResearch at the University of Melbourne since July 2010. In this role I am responsible for all aspects of eResearch at the University including provisioning of services and engagement with the wider research base.
Prior to this position I was Technical Director of the National e-Science Centre at the University of Glasgow, Scotland and Director of e-Science at Glasgow. In these roles I was responsible for organising and administrating both UK wide work and local Glasgow University activities associated with e-Science. Broadly, e-Science includes the application of next generation internet technologies often based around Grid middleware, to solve a wide variety of scientific problems from physical sciences (such as particle physics, astronomy and nano-engineering) through to life sciences (such as bioinformatics, medical/health sciences). I also held the position of Deputy Technical Director for the Bioinformatics Research Centre at the University of Glasgow and Technical Manager of the National Centre for e-Social Science (based in Manchester). I was involved in many applications-oriented projects applying a wide variety of Grid/eResearch based technologies (see below).
I have once upon a time, run my own software consultancy company in the area of real time telecommunication systems and been a senior research scientist for several years based in Berlin, Germany. I have been a lecturer in computing science. I was also editor of several international computing standards (ITU-T X904). I have over 150 publications covering all aspects of computing science: from theoretical computing science; real time systems; security and more recently in eResearch and its applications.
Prior to this position I was Technical Director of the National e-Science Centre at the University of Glasgow, Scotland and Director of e-Science at Glasgow. In these roles I was responsible for organising and administrating both UK wide work and local Glasgow University activities associated with e-Science. Broadly, e-Science includes the application of next generation internet technologies often based around Grid middleware, to solve a wide variety of scientific problems from physical sciences (such as particle physics, astronomy and nano-engineering) through to life sciences (such as bioinformatics, medical/health sciences). I also held the position of Deputy Technical Director for the Bioinformatics Research Centre at the University of Glasgow and Technical Manager of the National Centre for e-Social Science (based in Manchester). I was involved in many applications-oriented projects applying a wide variety of Grid/eResearch based technologies (see below).
I have once upon a time, run my own software consultancy company in the area of real time telecommunication systems and been a senior research scientist for several years based in Berlin, Germany. I have been a lecturer in computing science. I was also editor of several international computing standards (ITU-T X904). I have over 150 publications covering all aspects of computing science: from theoretical computing science; real time systems; security and more recently in eResearch and its applications.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Key Words | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| IT security | authentication, authorisation, auditing and accounting systems | United Kingdom |
| biomedical IT systems | bioinformatics, life science data management | United Kingdom |
| clinical IT systems | biobanking, clinical trials, epidemiology, disease registries | United Kingdom |
| eResearch across multiple application areas | security, HPC, data management, distributed systems | United Kingdom, Australia |
| engineering IT systems | large scale supercomputing / Grids | United Kingdom |
| public health IT systems | social, clinical, geospatial, environmental systems | United Kingdom |
| social science IT systems | social simulation, microdata | United Kingdom |
| software engineering | real time systems, formal methods, distributed systems | United Kingdom |
Languages
Languages
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| English | Speak, Read & Write |
| German | Speak, Read & Write |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Physics | University of East Anglia | 01-Jul-1988 | |
| Software Engineering | The University of Stirling | 01-Jul-1993 | |
| Computing Science | The University of Stirling | 01-Jul-1997 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Other Information, Computing and Communication Sciences (OTHER INFORMATION, COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES) (289999)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Scheme | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VERSI COLLABORATION VICTORIAN ERESEARCH STRATEGIC INITIATIVE PROJECT | Chief Investigator | UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, MULTIMEDIA VICTORIA |
Victorian e-Research Strategic Initiative Project (DEPT OF INFRASTRUCTURE) | 17/07/2006 |
| EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR THE STUDY OF ADRENAL TUMOURS - STRUCTURING CLINICAL RESEARCH ON ADRENAL CANCERS IN ADULTS | Chief Investigator | LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT | 7th Framework Programme (EUROPEAN COMMISSION) | 01/01/2011 |
| BROADBAND ENABLED INNOVATION PROGRAM (BEIP) - DEVELOPMENT OF A COST EFFECTIVE RAPID POLLUTION DIAGNOSTIC TOOL | Chief Investigator | DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & INNOVATION | Broadband Enabled Innovation Program | 01/10/2011 |
Additional Grant and Contract Information
Some of my recent grants include:- Diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease by neuromuscular function evaluation – DiPAR, EU Research for SME, total grant 1,776,226€, August 2010.
- A Proxy Credential Auditing Infrastructure for the UK e-Science National Grid Service, JISC, total grant £133,482, January 2010.
- European Network for Study of Adrenal Tumours for Cancer (ENSAT-CANCER), Virtual Research Environment for Cancer Research, European Science Foundation, 6,000,000€ (total grant), 513,496€ to NeSC Glasgow, February 2010 (starts January 2011).
- Enhancing Repositories for Language and Literature Researchers (ENROLLER), JISC, total grant £314,277, April 2009.
- E-Infrastructure for Social Simulation, JISC, total grant £1,349,371, April 2009.
- Pharming of Therapeutic siRNA, ITI-Techmedia, total grant £143,011.
- Scottish Health Informatics Platform for Research (SHIP), Wellcome Trust, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, total grant £3.5M, November 2008.
- ShinTau, JISC funded, £29,979k to Glasgow, November 2008.
- National e-Science Centre Research Platform Grant (NRP), EPSRC, total grant £787,175, August 2008.
- National e-Science Centre Information Networking Grant (NIN), EPSRC, £400,000, August 2008.
- Advanced Grid Authorisation through Semantic Technologies (AGAST), JISC total grant £132,637, March 2008.
- Data Management through e-Social Science: Case studies, Provision and Support, ESRC total grant £911k, January 2008.
- AVERT-IT, Advanced Arterial Hypotension Adverse Event prediction through a Novel Bayesian Neural Network, EU FW7 total grant 1.8M€, January 2008.
- EuroDSD: Investigation of the molecular pathogenesis and pathophysiology of Disorders of Sex Development, EU FW7 total grant of 2.9M€, January 2008.
- Integrating VOMS and PERMIS for Superior Grid Authorisation (VPman), JISC, total grant £165k, March 2007.
- OMII-Security Portlets funded by OMII-UK, total grant £102k, March 2007.
- Towards an e-Infrastructure for e-Science Digital Repositories, EU FW7 £80k, January 2007.
- OMII-RAVE visualisation demonstrator, funded by OMII (£105k), November 2006.
- OGC/Collision Course, funded by JISC, £99k, August 2006
- Meeting the Design Challenges of nanoCMOS Electronics, funded by EPSRC (£5.3M), October 2006.
- National e-Science Centre continuation grant, EPSRC £420k, August 2006;
- GLASgow University Early Adoption of Shibboleth (GLASS), JISC £51k, December 2005.
- Modelling, Inference and Analysis for Biological Systems up to the Cellular Level, BBSRC Research Equipment Grant £126k, December 2005.
- ESP-Grid, JISC, £32k, September 2005.
- ScotGrid, SHEFC, £800k, August 2005.
- Grid Enabled Microarray Profiles Expression Service (GEMEPS), BBSRC £62k, June 2005;
- Scottish Bioinformatics Research Network, SHEFC, SE, SEERAD, £2.5M, March 2005;
- Virtual Organisations for Trials and Epidemiological Studies (VOTES) project, MRC, total grant £2.8M, January 2005;
- Genetics and Healthcare Initiative (GHI) project, total grant value £4.6M, funded by CSO, SHEFC, SE, March 2005;
- National e-Science Centre continuation grant, total grant value £400k, funded by EPSRC, DTI, July 2004;
- Dynamic Virtual Organisations for e-Science Education (DyVOSE) project, total grant value £289k, funded by JISC, May 2004;
- E-Science Data Information and Knowledge Transformation (eDIKT) project, total grant value £2.3M, funded by SHEFC, June 2003;
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.