宅男导航

A distinguished national e-research leader has been appointed Director of 宅男导航鈥檚 new Research Computing Centre.

Professor David Abramson will take up duties in early 2013.

宅男导航 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Max Lu said the University was fortunate to have attracted a researcher of Professor Abramson鈥檚 calibre and experience to the role.

鈥溦�男导航 has assembled some of the best research computing and data resources in Australia, and hosts prominent research groups requiring such infrastructure,鈥� Professor Lu said.

鈥淭he 宅男导航 Research Computing Centre (RCC) will provide coordinated management and support of the University鈥檚 sustained and substantial investment in supercomputers, tera-scale data archives, and network connections, together with coordinated research user support.

鈥淭he Centre鈥檚 goal is to ensure that 宅男导航's research computing infrastructure is 'research led', 'research engaged', usable, and delivers value to researchers.鈥�

Professor Lu said under Professor Abramson鈥檚 stewardship, the 宅男导航 Research Computing Centre would bring critical mass and focus to currently dispersed support activities.

It would ensure that research computing infrastructure was fully engaged with world-class research across a wide range of disciplines at 宅男导航; and position 宅男导航 for prospective funding opportunities in this domain.

Professor Abramson has held a number of leadership roles in education and research over the past 30 years, having been a program leader at CSIRO; Associate Dean (Research) at Griffith University; and Head of the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Monash.

Most recently he has served as Science Director Monash e-Research Centre and the Director of the Monash e-Education Centre.

He has been involved in almost all aspects of the national e-Research agenda, assisting in the formulation of policy, and serving on a number of implementation committees.

As a member of the ARC College of Experts, he chaired a Special Research Initiative on e-Research, and has served on the committees that established and operated many of the national bodies.

He maintains active links to the Oxford e-Research Centre (OeRC) and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CalIT2), an organisation with common goals to the 宅男导航 Research Computing Centre.

Professor Abramson鈥檚 own research in computer science has been 鈥渁pplications driven鈥�, using real world case studies to determine the types of software tools and techniques that are required.

He has a significant research track record, having attracted funding from various national and international government and industry bodies, and in applying and commercialising IT.

鈥淚 am passionate about the adoption of advanced information technology in the research process, and am delighted to lead the Research Computing Centre at the University,鈥� Professor Abramson said.

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