ICT for research: wishes of usersSaskia Haitjema, MDPhD candidates.haitjema@umcutrecht.nl

Disclaimer

I’m just one example

What does a researcher look like?

1. Hardware

16 gb RAM(extendable)

Bring your own device

Wide screen (DVI connector)

SSD

2. Software

User-driveninstallation

Regularlyupdated

Open-source solutions e.g. Mendeley

reference manager

3. Network

Fast

Bring your own device

Direct connection between different serverse.g. between bulk storage and HPC

4. Availability

From home

Bring yourown device

Data sharingsolutions

e.g. WeTransfer, Dropbox, GoogleDrive, sFTP

5. Custom support

Applicationsupport

BYODsupport

Rapidcommunication

6. Attitude

Don’t

reinvent

the wheel

Can do mentality

Create your own workspace

Standard virtual workspace

Modified virtual workspace

Access via (bring your own) device

Crash

Take home messages: wishes of users • Can do mentality• Can do mentality• Can do mentality• …• …• …• …• Support• Availability • Hardware/Software/Network