The Digital Regional Economy, the NBN and James Cook University
The NBN project promises the near ubiquitous access to broadband communications within Australia. While the level of speed that the NBN will offer to consumers does not approach that provided to AARNet to its member institutions it is a quantum shift for domestic consumers – including university staff and students.
JCU is fortunate that its Townsville campus is adjacent to an NBN first and second release site. Since the announcement of the trial sites JCU has been working with the NBN and other parties to explore the consequences of the NBN in Tropical Queensland and Australia.
This talk will discuss the anticipated benefits and risks associated with the NBN roll out and ways that Universities can assist in transitioning Australia into the Digital Economy.
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Ian Atkinson's Biography
Ian Atkinson’s research interests are broadly within the rubric of e-Research and High-Performance Computing – in particular the development of advanced computing environments that provide for the analysis and interpretation of large volumes of computed and measured data. Within JCU his group is building expertise and mass in the area of distributed data grids, mass data processing, digital curation and sensor network projects.
He is a participant in a number of international e-science linkage programs (PRAGMA, CIMA) and frequently present invited presentations to Australian and International Conferences/Workshops. He was Deputy-CEO of the Queensland CyberInfrastructure Foundation from 2003-2010 and holds a number of board and advisory positions.
For more information on his research group, projects and collaborations see the JCU eResearch Centre web site: http://eresearch.jcu.edu.au. |
