Data science and visualisations for researchers

Nowadays researchers from all fields are collecting huge amounts of data and it is more important than ever that their data analysis and results can be reproduced and shared.

In this presentation I will talk about the work we are doing at the Curtin Institute for Computation (CIC) to support researchers with their data analysis and research projects. I will then focus more specifically on the Renewable Energy and Water (RENeW) Nexus project, which was funded under the Australian Smart Cities and Suburbs scheme. RENeW Nexus explores renewable energy and water usage and the potential for "trading" renewables between peers. As part of this project I am working on creating visualisations that can be used for sharing data and results with other researchers as well as the public. I will show and share my initial workflow for putting together a dashboard as well as work to animate the data using R.

Bio - Rebecca completed her PhD in astronomy at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research at the University of Western Australia. During her PhD she studied the mass-size relation of galaxies, for which she analysed images from several ground- and space-based telescopes and also accessed, cross matched and analysed other relevant data for over 10000 galaxies in the GAMA survey database.

Before Rebecca moved to Perth she studied Astronomy and Physics at Nottingham Trent University where she also worked as a research assistant in scientific imaging for art conservation and archaeology. Her work there included the development and testing of instruments and software for imaging and spectroscopy as well as the organisation and supervision of field trips, which often required liaising with art curators and conservators.

Throughout her studies and research work she has gained extensive programming as well as data analytics and visualisation experience in various programming languages.
Rebecca is particularly interested in applying her technical skills to support and train researchers in the digital humanities.