About
Background
DRI@UT was created at the University of Toronto by the Vice-President, Research & Innovation and Strategic Initiatives in 2021.
The University of Toronto seeks to enable the creation and sustainment of a coordinated, responsive and secure digital research infrastructure and services that are tailored to meet the diverse needs of our research community. This initiative is driven by the DRI Council and the DRI Advisory aligning with Canada’s Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Strategy and opportunities generated by governmental initiatives and strategic partners.
The key objectives of the DRI@UT Initiative include:
- enhance awareness of strengths and gaps in existing U of T digital research resources & services
- make recommendations on issues, directions and opportunities related to the University’s participation in digital research services
- share information to support coordination and alignment of divisional and central investments in DRI
- engage in and stay abreast of local, Provincial and National DRI initiatives
- provide resources that allows researchers to access, use, and share data, including with external partners
- advise on best practices in privacy and cybersecurity across all DRI domains at U of T
- coordinate internal communications on DRI resources and opportunities
- provide support and training opportunities in the use of DRI resources
- provide guidance and inform institutional advocacy on DRI matters.
DRI@UT Researcher Council
Mandate
- To advise on institutional decisions.
- Explicitly tasked with bringing an academic user lens to the identification of opportunities and challenges in the application of DRI across all fields of research, academic divisions and campuses.
- Members will be invited for staggered terms of up to three years.
Members
Timothy Chan
Chair, DRI Researcher Council, Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, Strategic Initiatives, & Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Gary Bader
Professor & Principal Investigator, Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Gustavo Bobonis
Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts & Science
Christopher Cochrane
Associate Professor, Political Science, UTSC
Anastasia Kuzminykh
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information
Azarakhsh Malekian
Associate Professor, Rotman School of Management
Michele Peterson-Badali
Professor & Associate Dean Research, International & Innovation, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
Laura Rosella
Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Chandra Veer Singh
Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Pekka Sinervo
Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts & Science
DRI@UT Advisory Committee
Mandate
- To support institutional planning and decision-making regarding digital research resources and services at the University of Toronto.
- Bring a strategic operations lens geared toward supporting identification and implementation of solutions that support the University’s research objectives. The Committee will also provide institutional oversight for SciNet.
- Members will be invited based on their DRI-related role within the University by the Vice-President Research & Innovation and Strategic Initiatives – either on an ex officio basis in relation to their role, or for time limited terms based on their expertise.
Members
Timothy Chan
Chair, DRI Advisory Committee, Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, Strategic Initiatives, & Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Larry Alford
Chief University Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries (UTL)
Dylanne Dearborn
Research Data Management Coordinator, University of Toronto Libraries (UTL)
Deyves Fonseca
Acting Chief Information Security Officer, Information Technology Services (ITS)
Daniel Gruner
Chief Technical Officer, SciNet High Performance Computing Consortium
Vinita Haroun
Director, Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS)
Avi Hyman
Director, Academic & Collaborative Technology (ACT)
Donna Kidwell
Acting Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Services (ITS)
Lisa Strug
Director, Data Sciences Institute, Professor Departments of Statistical Sciences, Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, and Senior Scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children
