Governance Committees

LSCC Advisory Committee Members

The LSCC Advisory Committee is a superset of the LSCC Executive with the addition of a member from both the VLSCI SAC and VLSCI Steering Committee.  Project and (human) resource requests are considered by this Committee bi-annually, making recommendations to the Director on how LSCC resources should be spent.

  • Prof. Peter Taylor Director, VLSCI
  • Dr Andrew Lonie Head, LSCC
  • Prof. Justin Zobel Theme leader, Cancer Genomics
  • A/Prof. Brian Smith Theme leader, Molecular Dynamics
  • Prof. Gary Egan Theme leader, Computational Imaging
  • Prof. Terry Speed Laboratory Head, Bioinformatics Division, WEHI
  • Prof. Trevor Kilpatrick Director, Melbourne Neurosciences Institute; Director, Centre for Neurosciences Research, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, The University; Head MS Division, Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health

 

LSCC Executive Committee

The Life Sciences Computation Centre (LSCC) Executive is comprised of the LSCC Head, the VLSCI Director and the current LSCC Theme Leaders.  This guarantees representation for all hub institutions, as each will host at least one Theme Leader.  The role of the Executive is to provide tactical research management of the LSCC. The Executive convenes at least monthly.

  • Prof. Peter Taylor Director, VLSCI
  • A/Prof. Andrew Lonie Head, LSCC
  • Prof. Justin Zobel Head, Department of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
  • Prof. Gary Egan Director, Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University
  • Prof. Liam O’Connor Division Head, Systems Biology & Personalised Medicine, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)

 

PCF Advisory Committee

The PCF Advisory Committee provides advice to the PCF Manager on the operations and performance of the PCF.  Its membership reflects the major users of the PCF and organisations that provide support services to these users.  The Committee meets approximately every three months.

  • Dr Mike Kuiper Molecular Modelling Scientist, VLSCI
  • Dr Vera Hanpser( Chair) PCF Manager, VLSCI
  • Dr Jason Roberts Senior Medical Scientist, National Enterovirus Reference Laboratory, WHO Poliomyelitis Regional Reference LaboratoryVictorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
  • Ms Denise Wootten Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University
  • Ms Melissa Buskes Department of Chemistry, La Trobe University
  • Mr Colin Hales Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne
  • Mr Evan Thomas Computational neuroscientist, Florey Neuroscience Institutes

 

PCF Resource Allocation Committee

Applications to the Resource Allocation Scheme (RAS) are reviewed by the Resource Allocation Committee (RAC) which determines resource grants.
Acting on a request from the University, the Steering Committee accepted the responsibilities of controlling the establishment of the RAC and of the appointment of its members.  The Committee meets at least once a year in October to assess applications.

  • Prof. Lindsay Botten (Chair) NCI Director, Australian National University
  • Prof. David Abramson Science Director, Monash e-Research Centre, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University (to February 2013), Director, Research Computing Centre, The University of Queensland (from March 2013)
  • Prof. Ben Cocks Research Director, Biosciences, Victorian Department of Primary Industries
  • Prof. Richard Huggins Department of Mathematics & Statistics, UoM
  • Prof. Rao Kotagiri Department of Computing and Information Systems, The University
  • Prof. Salvy Russo Deputy Head (Research), School of Applied Sciences, RMIT
  • Prof Debra Bernhardt Group Leader, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland
  • A/Prof. Brian Smith Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering, La Trobe University
  • Dr Jing -jia Luo Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Bureau of Meteorology
  • Dr Vera Hansper PCF Manager and Secretary

 

Scientific Advisory Committee

The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) provides advice to the Director on the appropriate use of the Life Sciences Computation Centre (LSCC) and the Peak Computing Facility (PCF).  It also considers opportunities to initiate new research areas and collaborations to take advantage of these resources.  The Committee currently meets twice a year.

  • Prof. Robert Saint (Chair) Dean, Faculty of Science, The University (until April 2013)
  • Prof. Tony Bacic Director, Bio21 Institute
  • Prof. David Bowtell Head, Cancer Genomics and Genetics, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
  • Prof. Mark Ellisman Director, National Center for Microscopy & Imaging Research, Prof. Neurosciences & Bioengineering, Director, Center for Research in Biological Systems,  University of California, San Diego
  • Prof. John Hopper AM Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne
  • Prof. Mark Ragan Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
  • Prof. Terry Speed Laboratory Head, Bioinformatics, WEHI
  • Prof. James Whisstock Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University
  • Prof. Marc Wilkins Director, Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis, The University of New South Wales
  • Dr John A Taylor Leader, Computational and Simulation Sciences, CSIRO Division of Mathematics, Information and Statistics
  • Dr Ajay Royyuru Director, Computational Biology Center IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, NY, USA
  • Prof. Peter Taylor Director, VLSCI

 

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee advises the University regarding the overall initiative, especially the strategies, policies and performance of the VLSCI.  The University will consider changing the role of the Steering Committee if other research organisations make substantial commitments to the VLSCI in the future.  In this situation, the VLSCI would become a joint venture with responsibilities divided between the members of the committee who would be representative of the organisations making commitments to the initiative. The Committee currently meets twice a year.

  • Prof. John Zillman AO* CHAIR
  • Prof. Paul Bonnington* Director, eResearch Centre, Monash University
  • Prof. Trevor Kilpatrick* Director, Melbourne Neuroscience Institute, University of Melbourne
  • Dr Mark Kortsen* Director, eDrResearch, La Trobe University
  • Prof. Liam O'Connor Division Head, Systems Biology & Personalised Medicine, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)
  • Dr Ajay Royyuru Director, Computational Biology Centre IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center
  • Prof. Ian Smith Pro Vice Chancellor, Research & Research Infrastructure, Monash University
  • Prof. Robin Stanton Deputy Chair, National Computation Infrastructure (NCI) Steering Committee
  • Prof. Peter Taylor* Director, VLSCI
  • Prof. Ingrid Winship Executive Director of Research, Melbourne Health, Chair of Adult Clinical Genetics, The University of Melbourne
  • Prof. Justin Zobel Head, Department of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne

* Denotes membership of the Sustainability Subgroup

VLSCI Steering Committee Minutes - Oct 2010 File size (92KB)
VLSCI Steering Committee Minutes for meeting 1 2011 File size (380KB)
VLSCI Steering Committee Minutes for meeting 2 2011 File size (304KB)
VLSCI Steering Committee Minutes for meeting 3 2011 File size (319KB)
VLSCI Steering Committee Minutes for meeting 4 2011 File size (225KB)
VLSCI Steering Committee Minutes for meeting 1 2012 File size (227KB)
VLSCI Steering Committee Minutes for meeting 2 2012 File size (209KB)
VLSCI Steering Committee Minutes for meeting 3 2012 File size (205KB)
VLSCI Steering Committee Minutes for meeting 4 2012 File size (232KB)

 

University Reference Group

The University of Melbourne (UoM) formed the VLSCI Steering Group in August 2008 to direct the development of the VLSCI.  With the appointment of the VLSCI Steering Committee the group was transformed into a University Reference Group to provide advice to the University on recommendations of the Steering Committee. The group has reviewed the University’s responsibilities in the Grant Agreement particularly for the financial model and risk management plan.

  • Mr John Bruzzaniti Director, Major Projects 
  • Prof. James McCluskey Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
  • Prof. Liz Sonenberg Pro Vice-chancellor (Research Collaboration)
  • Prof. Peter Taylor Director VLSCI
  • Prof. John Zillman AO Chair, VLSCI Steering Committee

 

University – Victorian Government VLSCI Liaison

Representatives of the UoM and the Victorian Government regularly liaise to review progress with the implementation of the Business Plan, through the Victorian Government Department of Business and Innovation (DBI, formerly DIIRD). A formal meeting of the ‘seniors’ was held in August 2010 with the incoming Director participating via video link.

  • Mr Grantly Mailes Deputy Secretary, DSDBI
  • Ms Amelia King Senior Policy Officer,DSDBI
  • Ms Jane Gardam Manager, Policy & Programs, Innovation & Technology, DSDBI
  • Prof. James McCluskey Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), The University of Melbourne
  • Prof. Liz Sonenberg Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Collaboration), The University of Melbourne
  • Prof. Peter Taylor Director VLSCI