Five leading New Zealand academics/researchers have been confirmed as speakers in the eScience stream at APAN26.

eScience is computationally intensive science performed through distributed global collaborations enabled by the internet, using very large data collections, terascale  computing resources and high performance visualisations. The APAN26 eScience stream will feature presentations and demonstrations from e-Science leaders from across the Asia Pacific.

New Zealand eScience presentations

Current Research Activities in Next Generation Network Planning - Richard Harris, Massey University

Witness research in techniques for:

• measurement and forecasting of network service demand
• optimal routing
• network traffic management
• delay and jitter minimisation on real-time traffic streams

Graphical planning tools (that provide a platform for development of models, algorithms and simulation test beds) will also be shown to illustrate how the research is implemented in practical systems.

Developing eResearch: Challenges and possibilities for the Social Sciences - David Thorns, University of Canterbury

Hear about the role that Access Grid technology has played in the building of a national social science research network (BRCSS) and the key issues in developing both the technological platform for collaboration and a new culture and methodology of research practice.

Virtual Laboratories for Nanotechnology - Shaun Hendy, Industrial Research Ltd

Shaun will discuss both the role of virtual experiments in nanotechnology and the potential implications of virtual discovery for the development of intellectual property in nanotechnology.

Visualisation on the Grid: Helping with Sustainability - Stuart Charters, Lincoln University

This presentation will outline approaches taken to visualisation using grid computing techniques and examine how these approaches can help with sustainability through increased utilisation of resources, flexible collaboration models and by reducing the need for travel.

Advanced Networks & the Geospatial Domain: Novel Research, Commercial Opportunities, Sector Sustainability - David Park, Geospatial Research Centre

This paper will present case studies that demonstrate the benefits already being realised from advanced networking connectivity at the Geospatial Research Centre in:

• Facilitating global collaboration on world-leading research
• Supporting nascent global commercial opportunities
• Enabling the NZ geospatial sector itself to become sustainable

Further information 

Biographies of NZ APAN26 working group presenters

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