Jane Hunter was the interim Director of the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN). She has held roles such as the Director of
University of Queensland's e-Research Lab and Chair of the
Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Data in Science; Vice-President of the National Executive Committee for
Digital Humanities; and Member of Scientific Committee of the
ICSU World Data System
The International Council for Science (ICSU, after its former name, International Council of Scientific Unions) was an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the advancement of science. Its members ...
.
E-research
The term e-Research (alternately spelled eResearch) refers to the use of information technology to support existing and new forms of research. This extends cyber-infrastructure practices established in STEM fields such as e-Science to cover othe ...
has emerged through the exponential expansion of information technologies. New online tools, networks, data capture, management and visualisation techniques are needed to enhance collaboration and data sharing between researchers who need access to very large data collections, high-performance analysis and modelling particularly across disciplines.
Her research projects cover a wide range of topics and include the OzTrack Project looking at how to store, analyse and visualise animal tracking data; The Twentieth Century in Paint a multidisciplinary project to inform the preservation of
modern art
Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradi ...
; HuNI - Humanities Networked Infrastructure applying new data tools to integrate
Australia's most significant cultural datasets for humanities researchers. In speaking of a joint project on Queensland's waterways, Hunter notes, 'There is a massive amount of monitoring data being collected, and Health-e-Waterways provides a high-tech approach to turning that data into meaningful information".
References
External links
AURIN. Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network – Australia's Urban Intelligence NetworkData Science - School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering - The University of Queensland, AustraliaAcademic Programslist of Professor Hunter's publications
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Women data scientists
Data scientists
Australian women scientists
21st-century women scientists
People in digital humanities
Academic staff of the University of Queensland
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)