Date: Thursday 16 April 2020
Duration: 60 min
Summary
Globus is software-as-a-service for research data management. Our goal is to make it easy for researchers to manage their data throughout its lifecycle, using just a web browser to move, share, and publish data, directly from your own storage systems. Globus provides secure, reliable, high-performance file transfer, the ability to share files with collaborators, and flexible workflows for identifying, describing, curating,
and publishing data sets. Since its launch at SC10, the service has been deployed at hundreds of research institutions across the US and abroad. In this talk, Greg and Leroy provided an introductory overview and demonstration of Globus and described recent enhancements that bring additional capabilities to both researchers and research computing administrators.
Presenters
Greg Nawrocki -Director of Customer Engagement of the Globus Department at the University of Chicago. He is responsible for ensuring subscribers are getting the most value from Globus by promoting user adoption. His experience includes building controls and diagnostics for high energy physics experiments, software development in the television and consumer products industry, working with the Globus Toolkit in the early days of Grid Computing, and as the technical lead for a data analytics company he co-founded. Greg holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University and a M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He enjoys bridging the gap between science and technology and the marketing and business development worlds.
Leroy Mwanzia - Leroy works with Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT as a member of a team looking at organization-wide data governance, data and information management, and statistics services. One of the primary focuses of this team is how to organize and use data as a strategic asset in international agricultural research. Leroy is passionate about leveraging data and information technology not just to understand, but also to solve societal challenges. He has been instrumental in building data-based ICT solutions for the public and private sector, and international research organizations in various industries ranging from Agriculture, Health, Education, and Trade.
Globus: Simplifying Research Data Management via SaaS — Greg Nawrocki's PowerPoint presentation
Globus use cases for CGIAR — Leroy Mwanzia's PowerPoint presentation
Recording_Globus webinar_16APR2020 — Video recording of the webinar