The National Research Network Project
The National Research Network (NRN) Project is a $37 million Commonwealth-funded program of extensions and enhancements to the Australian Research and Education Network (AREN). The Project adresses the network-related components of the Government’s Super Science initiative. The project is being led by the University of South Australia and comprises eight component sub-projects.
This presentation will answer the following questions:
- Why? What problems does the NRN Project solve?
- What are the Government’s policy objectives for the Project?
- What are the technical objectives of the Project?
- What is the scope of the project? Where the money going?
- Who will benefit?
- What is the current status of the component sub-projects?
- What’s next? What is the roadmap for future Government network funding at the national scale?
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Nick Tate's Biography
Dr Nick Tate is Director of the Australian Government's Research Data Storage Infrastructure (RDSI) project which is based at the University of Queensland (UQ). RDSI is a $50m project funded under the Super Science initiative which aims to transform the storage of research data throughout Australian Universities and Research Institutions.Prior to this role, he was Associate Director of the Australian Research Collaboration Service (ARCS) which developed and deployed cloud computing and cloud storage services for researchers across Australia. In this role, he was based at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).He was previously both IT Director at UQ and the Director of AusCERT. He is also a Director of Higher Ed Systems Pty Ltd, National Treasurer of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), Chair of the eResearch Australasia conference and was Chair of the World Computer Congress in 2010. He is currently Chair of the ICT Industry Workgroup representing the ICT industry to the Queensland Government.
Prior to UQ, Nick worked on the development of anti-missile missile systems for Royal Navy Warships, before spending twenty years working for investment banks, eighteen years in London and then two years with Macquarie Bank in Sydney. He was Head of IT for the United Bank of Kuwait in London during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the first Gulf war when there was a run on the bank and many strange requests from Baghdad!
Nick holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, a Master's degree in Computer Science and a PhD in IT security. He is also a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered IT Professional, a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a Fellow of the ACS. |
