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Background
DRI@UT was created at the University of Toronto by the Vice-President, Research & Innovation and Strategic Initiatives in 2021.
Through two standing groups a Researcher Council and an Advisory Committee – the U of T seeks to enable the creation and sustainment of a coordinated, agile, rich, diverse, effective, efficient, and secure collection of digital research infrastructure and services that meet the complex and varied needs of our research community and that is aligned with and leverages opportunities created by governments, including Canada’s Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Strategy, and other partners.
For the purpose of these advisory groups, “digital research infrastructure” (DRI) includes:
- Advanced research computing (ARC) infrastructure and operating costs, support personnel, space.
- Research data management (RDM) resources that allow our researchers to find and access data.
- Research software (RS) resources that allow our researchers to access and use data.
- Privacy and cybersecurity considerations across all DRI domains at U of T.
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
Professor & Academic Director, Data Sciences Institute, Faculty of Arts & Science, Chair, DRI Researcher Council
Vice-President, Research Innovation & Strategic Initiatives, Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Chair, DRI Advisory Committee
Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Professor, Operations Management and Statistics and Sydney C. Cooper Chair in Business and Technology, Rotman School of Management
Professor & Associate Vice Principal Research, Historical Studies – History, U of T Mississauga
Professor & Principal Investigator, Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Professor, Curriculum, Teaching & Learning, Ontario Institute for Student in Education (OISE)
Assistant Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and the Faculty of Information (iSchool)
Director, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
Assistant Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Director, Data Science & Associate Professor, Department of Medical Imaging, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Associate Professor, Faculty of Information and Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
Professor, Department of Physics
Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences, U of T Mississauga
Director, Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Physiology
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Assistant Professor, Media Studies (Digital Media Cultures), Department of Arts, Culture and Media , U of T Scarborough and the Faculty of Information (iSchool)
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
Research Innovation & Strategic Initiatives, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Data Sciences Institute, Faculty of Arts & Science
Information Technology Services
Information Technology Services
University of Toronto Libraries
SciNet High Performance Computing Consortium
Toronto Region Statistics Canada Research Data Centre
Research Services, Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation
SOSCIP
Centre for Research & Innovation Support
2022 Priorities
The following working groups have been established and are focusing on key initiatives for 2022:
Advanced Research Computing (ARC)
Transition to the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and support plans for renewal
Privacy Compliant Proof of Concept
Hosting and service strategy
Research Software (RS)
Increasing awareness of and access to research software
Research Data Management (RDM)
Prepare institutional RDM strategy
Develop national platforms and provide leadership amongst peer-institutions and external entities
Cybersecurity
Design, implement and communicate on information security supports in concert with external entities (CanSSOC, Alliance, etc.)
Negotiate a research appropriate security framework
Cross-Cutting Initiatives
Outreach, Consultation and Communication
DRI Portal Website
Resources, Education and Training
Advocacy