Event Report
Report author:
Sharon Lloyd
Event organiser(s):
Sharon Lloyd
Title of event:
NeuroGrid Annual Workshop for project collaborators
Date of event:
30 November 2006 (1 day)
Target Audience:
Members of the NeuroGrid project only.
Objectives:
To bring together the technical development teams and clinical science collaborators to share their
progress to date and their plans for the remaining 15 months of the project.
Chronology of Event:
Welcome and housekeeping
Sharon Lloyd
Introduction and PI Update
John Geddes
Administration/Project Management Update
Sharon Lloyd
Grid Connectivity Update and Demonstration
Katzarova
Andrew Simpson/David Power/ Mila
Toolkit Development and Portal update and Demonstration
Khanbhan
Yu Chen, Kashif Saleem and Ali
QA Box Update
Gianlorenzo Fagiolo
Ontology development and clinical data management
Jenny Ure
Stroke Exemplar Update and Demonstration
Jeb Palmer and Graham Watson
Dementia Exemplar Update and Demonstration
Jonathan Kennedy
Psychosis Exemplar Update and Demonstration
Stephen Lawrie
Frank Rakebrandt, Dominic and
Summary and Close
John Geddes
Event Achievements:
This meeting was the second of our project annual workshops aimed at consolidating ideas from the
any disparate partners on the project who are spread across the UK (Oxford, UCL, Imperial College,
Hammersmith, Newcastle, Cambridge, Nottingham, and three centres in Edinburgh). We have regular
AccessGrid meetings, but it is important to bring the groups together to demonstrate progress, discuss
ideas for future work and to socialise. The workshop achieved these goals, and Edinburgh and eSI
were perfect for this activity.
The presentations showed that there has been considerable progress since the previous year’s
workshop, with NeuroGrid now moving from being a research and development activity into becoming
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a core resource. Two major issues which emerged for future work are data upload and security: it is
important to establish control over data quality, to avoid the creation of a large shared repository that
is not trusted, and the diverse security needs of users have to be addressed in order that they are all
comfortable with using the technology. The NeuroGrid model does have the flexibility to achieve this,
but work still remains to be done on implementation in the remaining 15 months of the project.
Any Other Observations:
The facilities were very good, including audio/visual as well as network capabilities, good catering and
easy access. The staff at eSI also made the project team’s involvement less onerous, as they handled
the registration and organisation superbly. We were able to present work and perform demonstrations
from eSI utilising facilities at other institutions in Edinburgh and Oxford.
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