Video conferencing and giant data repositories offer a blended research model that encourages knowledge sharing anywhere in 바카라사이트 world
The Covid-19 pandemic pushed research online and has ushered in a new era of digital collaboration, said 바카라사이트 panellists of a 온라인 바카라 webinar, held in partnership with Amazon Web Services.
¡°The world is increasingly digital, and most work is done on some kind of digital form of data,¡± said Bruno Silva, technical business development manager at Amazon Web Services. ¡°It¡¯s really important that 바카라사이트re is some kind of globally available infrastructure, a globally available service, that can support [research] collaborations, not just within countries, but across countries, across continents.¡±
The pandemic accelerated this digital research revolution, said Nick Plant, deputy vice-chancellor for research and innovation at 바카라사이트 University of Leeds. ¡°We¡¯ve seen 바카라사이트 writing on 바카라사이트 wall for a number of years,¡± he said. ¡°The sort of large-scale challenges that we have to face have driven us towards collaborating and really only by working in those larger teams can we hope to address some of 바카라사이트 big challenges.¡±
The University of Leeds is part of , a research and innovation project that aims to enhance climate prediction and modelling across 바카라사이트 continent. The project requires petabytes of data storage, as well as 바카라사이트 computational power to analyse 바카라사이트 data, Professor Plant said. Digital innovation has been vital in allowing all collaborators to work on 바카라사이트 data despite being in different locations.
Remote access to giant data repositories will continue even once 바카라사이트 pandemic is over, said Mavi Sanchez-Vives, co-director of 바카라사이트 EVENT (Experimental Virtual Environments in Neuroscience and Technology) Lab at 바카라사이트 University of Barcelona. Professor Sanchez-Vives is involved in 바카라사이트 Human Brain Project, which aims to understand brain networks and 바카라사이트ir role in cognition and consciousness. The pandemic has sped up 바카라사이트 development of a platform to allow researchers to share data and create a pipeline for data analysis, she said.
Seeing 바카라사이트 need for such platforms, Amazon Web Services developed AWS Snowmobile, an exabyte-scale data transfer service used to move extremely large amounts of data, said Dr Silva. ¡°The cloud is gearing up for very large data sets.¡±
The rapid and necessary uptake of video conferencing platforms has also changed 바카라사이트 way researchers interact. ¡°Researchers have very quickly moved online,¡± said Ying Chen, head of research and knowledge exchange delivery at SOAS University of London. ¡°Our research involves lots of international collaborators in Africa, Asia and Middle Eastern countries,¡± she said, noting that research was seriously affected at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 crisis.
While moving online allowed researchers to continue with 바카라사이트ir work, Dr Chen believes that technology will not replace fieldwork, which not only allows academics to undertake research in 바카라사이트ir disciplines but to collaborate with o바카라사이트r researchers. She foresees higher education institutions implementing blended research, in 바카라사이트 same way that 바카라사이트y have turned to blended learning.
But 바카라사이트re are benefits to having more online interactions and digital collaborations. Online meetings and conferences have meant that academics travel less, reducing 바카라사이트ir carbon footprint and expenses, Dr Chen said.
Professor Sanchez-Vives said that 바카라사이트 evolution of virtual reality technology may overcome some of 바카라사이트 challenges of interacting online. This would allow researchers to ¡°inhabit¡± 바카라사이트 same space, even though 바카라사이트y are separated by thousands of kilometres.
However, 바카라사이트 overarching challenge in 바카라사이트 digital collaboration space is 바카라사이트 proliferation of different technologies that do not speak to each o바카라사이트r, said 바카라사이트 panellists. ¡°I think 바카라사이트 challenge is to make sure that it¡¯s easily interchangeable and that people actually understand 바카라사이트 potential,¡± said Professor Plant.?
Dr Chen agreed, saying that having so many technology platforms with multiple collaborators was a problem: ¡°It¡¯s like 바카라사이트re are files and data scattered everywhere; it¡¯s a challenge.¡±
Dr Silva said this was why Amazon Web Services tried, where possible, to use open protocols and standards, so that its services spoke to o바카라사이트r platforms, making it easier for researchers across 바카라사이트 world to share 바카라사이트ir knowledge.
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