Dr Rhys Francis
Rhys brings a wealth of experience in the strategic use of e-infrastructures and capabilities and the promotion of new e-capabilities, including authoring the NCRIS eResearch plan and working within government and the sector to propose and initiate much of Australia’s eResearch landscape, all of which continues today. Rhys has held a number of leadership roles including Executive Director of the Australian eResearch Council and directing CSIRO’s high performance computing group.
Over time, Rhys’ interests have steadily turned towards data as an ingredient in knowledge generation. He aims to make Australian BioCommons a flagship example of harnessing digital infrastructure for data driven knowledge creation.
Rhys' position is funded by Bioplatforms Australia and hosted by The University of Melbourne.