Oxford e-Science Centre• Distributed virtual research centre• Domain, Computer Science and IT services

Oxford Interdisciplinary e-Research Centre• Physical research centre with Vice Chancellor support

for start-up• Sited outside university structure to be truly

interdisciplinary

Oxford e-Research Centre• Physical research centre with new building• Part of the regular university• Research only – no student admissions i.e. teaching

History

Innovativedigital methods transforming researchA

collaborative research hub

for Digital Oxford

Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests

Research Methodology

Research Problem

Application modelled

Create or adapt

technology

Disseminate and reuse

Key areas of activity:• Data capture & curation• Database development• Data publication• Data provenance • Open, community

ontologies and standards• Semantic web• Software development• Training

Communities we work with/for:• Curators• Data producers • Data consumers • Developers• Pre-competitive informatics

initiative• Policy makers• Publishers • Researchers• Service providers• Standardization initiatives

Our network includes:

Big Data

Organisation

VisualisationAnalysis

www.oerc.ox.ac.ukEnergy and Environmental Informatics

Advanced e-Infrastructure and Cloud Computingdavid.wallom@oerc.ox.ac.uk

Scientific ComputingWes.armour@oerc.ox.ac.uk

Life and Bio Sciences Data Managementsusanna-assunta.sansone@oerc.ox.ac.uk

Visual Computingmin.chen@oerc.ox.ac.uk

Digital Humanities and Social Sciencesdavid.deroure@oerc.ox.ac.uk

Computational Linguisticsjanet.pierrehumbert@oerc.ox.ac.uk