e-Research launch
The
Internet has already revolutionised the way business is done, services
are provided and goods are bought and sold. It is also revolutionising
research.
e-Research uses the Internet and other technologies to allow researchers scattered across different sites and organisations to perform large scale research collaboratively. Increasingly, it is becoming a very useful tool in the researcher’s kitbag.
UniSA last month launched an e-Research website, designed to showcase e-Research projects, expertise and new developments on campus, nationally and internationally and to provide information on e-Research opportunities.
Professor Andrew Parfitt, Director of UniSA’s Institute for Telecommunications Research, said e-Research has the potential to usher in a new era of innovation.
"It helps overcome the tyranny of distance by allowing our researchers to work more efficiently and to collaborate at the national and international level," he said.
"With the scale and size of the University’s collaborative research activities increasing rapidly both nationally and internationally, e-Research will enhance the opportunities to build our research profile substantially.
"e-Research related infrastructure also facilitates sharing of and access to large data sets or pieces of major research equipment, allowing significant cost benefits to be achieved."
UniSA staff wanting to engage in e-Research can already take advantage of the Access Grid, an advanced video conferencing system focused on group-to-group collaboration, at Mawson Lakes.
Visit www.unisa.edu.au/eresearch for more information about e-Research.