Take Charge of Your Data

VIDaaS (Virtual Infrastructure with Database as a Service) is developing software that enables researchers to build, edit, search and share databases online, within a cloud computing environment.

DataFlow is creating a two-stage data management infrastructure that makes it easy for you and your research group to manage you research data.  You manage this locally using your own instance of DataStage, and keep the best data in a long-term repository with DataBank. These software packages are now available to anyone to use within their own environment.

 

Researchers, departmental IT staff, software developers, system administrators, industry partners and funders with an interest in data management and cloud computing are invited to find out about these and related data management projects in Oxford.

 

In addition to presentations and demos by the two projects there will be two breakout sessions which will focus on specific issues relevant to academic users and a more technical audience, respectively.

 

The workshop will be held on 2 March 2012, 10.00am - 5.00pm, at Said Business School in Oxford. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

 

 

10:00 - 10:30 Registration 

10:30 - 11:30 Morning sessions 

 

14:00 - 15:00 Afternoon break-out sessions 

16:30 - 17:00 Plenary Discussion

 

 

For more information or if you have any questions, please email us. 

 

A number of nice hotels are available in Oxford, some of which are listed below:

Linton Lodge Hotel

Best Western hotel.  One mile from central Oxford, free onsite parking, directly on bus route to city centre.  Bus + walk to workshop location: 20 minutes (or £6 taxi).  £84-£100/night if booked individually, or £79.50/night with breakfast (£89.50 for double occupancy) if booked via the workshop organisers.  Child-friendly.  Wifi access.

Bath Place Hotel

17th century building. Four poster rooms. Limited parking (additional charge). Continental breakfast (cooked breakfast available at additional charge). £85 - £140. Independently owned. Special diets catered for with prior notice. Car park. Child-friendly. Pets welcome. Wheelchair friendly. Wifi access.

The Buttery Hotel

4* hotel in Broad St, set above shops including The Buttery cafe. No designated parking, but it is as central as you can get. Broadband cables available on request. £55 - £120. Independently owned. Vegetarian. Room Service. Child-friendly. Cooked breakfast available. Wifi access.

Malmaison

Stylish luxury conversion of the former Oxford Prison, in the city's most recently refurbished old quarter. All mod cons plus excellent restaurant. 94 rooms. £150 - £385. Special diets catered for. Room service. Conference facilities. Garden. Child-friendly. Cooked breakfast available. Pets welcome. Wheelchair friendly. Wifi access.

The Randolph

Spa in the basement, featuring Thermal Suite: rock sauna, bio sauna, aroma steam therapy room, steam room, ice room, and hydrotherapy. Plus 4 treatment rooms. £100 - £700. Special diets catered for. Room service. Conference facilities. Car park. Child-friendly. Cooked breakfast available. Pets welcome. Wheelchair friendly. Wifi access. Hotel parking, for residents only, must be pre-booked. £20 per 24 hours.

Cotswold Lodge Hotel

49 rooms; 1 mile to Oxford centre. £65 - £260. Independently owned. Special diets catered for. Room service. Conference facilities. Garden. Car park. Child-friendly. Cooked breakfast available. Wifi access.

The Old Parsonage Hotel

30 rooms in luxury small hotel hidden in central Oxford. Excellent restaurant sources ingredients locally where possible. £135 - £200. Special diets catered for. Room service. Conference facilities. Garden. Car park. Child-friendly. Cooked breakfast available. Pets welcome.

For more affordable accommodation, a room at one of the colleges can be booked online via Oxford Rooms. If the cost of the accommodation makes it difficult for you to attend, please get in touch by 23 February the latest.