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Enabling and Improving Research Output : e-Infrastructure and services for African research communities

11 March 2016
Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC)
Africa/Lagos timezone

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  1. 7. Welcome Address
    Prof. Charles Uwadia (Chair, Board of Trustees, Eko-Konnect)
    11/03/2016, 09:00
  2. 2. A Federated Platform For Open Science
    Dr Bruce Becker (Meraka Institute, CSIR for Sci-GaIA project)
    11/03/2016, 09:20
    Access to relevant services is crucial to the smooth execution of collaborative research. This presentation will provide an overview of a model of these services and how, using identity federations and service interoperability, research communities can access, exploit and collaborate around a wide set of services necessary for the smooth execution of their research programme. We show how...
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  3. 6. Large data and biomedical computational pipelines for complex diseases
    Prof. Ezekiel Adebiyi (The Covenant University Bioinformatics Research Group (CUBRe))
    11/03/2016, 09:55
  4. 3. Statistical Kinetic Data Analysis and Scientific Graphing
    Dr Chukwuemeka Isanbor (University of Lagos)
    11/03/2016, 11:00
  5. 0. e-infrastructure as a rescue for the atmospheric sciences
    Prof. Gbenga Jegede (Atmospheric Physics Research Group: Obafemi Awolowo University)
    11/03/2016, 11:30
    How e-infrastructure addresses some of issues facing atmospheric science research.
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  6. 1. Fostering Identity Federations in West and Central Africa - WACREN EduID
    Mr Omo Oaiya (CTO. WACREN)
    11/03/2016, 12:00
    WACREN EduID is infrastructure for federated authentication and authorisation among participating organisations to promote the use and adoption of Identity Federations and shared e-Research services. The presentation will include a demonstration of existing infrastructure in WACREN including the Catch-all Identity Provider of the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN)
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  7. 4. NRENs : tying together communities
    Mr Owen Iyoha (General Manager, Eko-Konnect)
    11/03/2016, 13:30
    An NREN is more than just a provider of connectivity : by design, it reaches the largest possible technical and scientific communities. The services needed by research communities are often varied and complex, and providing them at scale is where an NREN usually proves it's worth. We will discuss the value proposition of the NREN in taking ownership and curating community participation on...
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  8. 5. Roundtable Discussion
    11/03/2016, 14:00
    Opening the floor to discussion and ideas (all)
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