Instrument Data Management and Automation (virtual event in partnership with Globus)
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Rachana Ananthakrishnan,
Executive Director and Head of Products
Instrument Data Management and Automation
October 7, 2025 • 2:00 – 2:45 PM (ET)
Managing research data and compute tasks is increasingly complex and time-consuming, especially with the scale of modern instruments and collaborative projects. This session offers a practical overview of how Globus services enable the automation of research data and compute management, and thus eliminates repetitive manual steps and accelerates progress across every stage of the research data lifecycle.
We will present an overview of capabilities in the Globus platform for automation use cases, including routine data backup and integrity checks, end-to-end management of data from instruments such as cryoEM, next-generation sequencers, and fMRI. The presentation will share case studies where these services are used to support instrument data processing at scale from acquisition, to analysis and publication, and for cases where automation is used to enforce best practices and secure policies.
Pre-requisites: Some knowledge of Globus
Target Audience: Researchers, IT professionals, Developers, Instrument facility managers
About the Presenter: Rachana Ananthakrishnan leads the Globus department, which delivers a research IT platform to national and international research institutions. She currently serves on the Internet2 InCommon Steering Committee, Earth System Grid Federation Executive Committee, and Scientific Advisory Board for National Microbiome Data Collaborative.
Her work is focused on cyberinfrastructure for enabling research across a variety of domains, and she has led security and data management for several NSF, DOE, and NIH funded initiatives. Rachana was a member of the Globus Toolkit engineering team and customer engagement teams, leading the efforts in web services and security technologies. Rachana received her MS in Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington.
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