The Technical Leadership Advisory Council provides expert technical advice, support, guidance and recommendations related to Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) to the Compute Ontario (CO) management and other stakeholders. The primary focus of the group will be to identify, understand, and respond to challenges and opportunities related to the technical and operational DRI needs of Ontario researchers. This will include supporting the development and updating of Compute Ontario’s Technology Strategy as well as considering needs related to data centers, computing, data management and software.

Members:

Danny Gruner, SciNet

Francis Jeanson, Ontario Brain Institute (OBI)

John Morton, SHARCNET

Lincoln Stein, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)

Amaz Taufique, Scholars Portal

The Training Advisory Committee provides expert technical advice, support, guidance and recommendations concerning training in the Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) ecosystem to the Compute Ontario (CO) management and other stakeholders. The primary focus of the Committee will be to identify, understand, and respond to challenges and opportunities related to the DRI training needs of Ontario researchers. The Committee reports to the Technical Leadership Advisory Council (TLAC).

Members:

Sergey Mashchenko, SHARCNET

Andrei Turinsky, Sick Kids

Ramses van Zon, SciNet

Elise Degen, CAC

Christina DeRoche, Canadore College

Michelle Edwards, University of Guelph

Meghan Goodchild, Queen’s University and Scholars Portal

Berenica Vejvoda, University of Windsor

Danica Evering, McMaster University

Jane Fry, Carleton University

Amal Khalil, Queen's University/CAC

The Research Data Management Advisory Committee (RDMAC) provides expert technical advice, support, guidance and recommendations concerning research data management (RDM) to Compute Ontario (CO) management and other stakeholders. RDM is a key part of the broader Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) ecosystem; as such, the primary focus of the Committee will be to identify, understand, and respond to challenges and opportunities related to both RDM itself, and RDM as it intersects with advanced research computing (ARC) and research software (RS) to meet the DRI needs of Ontario researchers.

Members:

Nasser Abukhdeir, University of Waterloo

Brendan Behan, Ontario Brain Institute

Alexandra Cooper, Queen's University

Kate Davis, University of Toronto and Ontario Council of University Libraries Scholars Portal

Dylanne Dearborn, University of Toronto

Rose-Marie Dolinar, Humber College

Oliver Goodison-Powell, Conestoga College

Jean-Pierre Hickey, University of Waterloo

Ping Liang, Brock University

Isaac Pratt, McMaster University