Australian Research Data Commons
Providing Australian researchers with competitive advantage through data
EXPLORE THE ARDC
ABOUT THE ARDC
At the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), we’re accelerating Australian research and innovation by driving excellence in the creation, analysis and retention of high-quality data assets.
We partner with the research community and industry to build leading-edge digital research infrastructure to provide Australian researchers with competitive advantage through data.
OUR THEMATIC RESEARCH DATA COMMONS
In partnership with the research community, the ARDC has established 3 national-scale Thematic Research Data Commons to meet Australia’s future research needs with long-term, enduring digital infrastructure.
LATEST NEWS
FROM OUR COMMUNITY
“By creating a more efficient way to share and manage data, Health Data Australia can foster new opportunities for research and mitigate the challenges faced by future researchers undertaking secondary analyses.”
Dr Angelina Tjokrowidjaja
Medical Oncologist
St George Hospital
Use Health Data AustraliaSt George Hospital
“Acoustic technology is critical for detecting the Forty-spotted Pardalote and now, in partnership with Open Ecoacoustics, we have tagged sound files and developed recognisers via the Ecosounds platform. This fantastic resource is enabling us to spearhead conservation actions for this nationally endangered bird and could do the same for so many other Tasmanian species.”
Dr Sally Bryant AM
Specialist, Forty-spotted Pardalote Recovery Team
Director, PROTECT Tasmania
Use Open EcoacousticsDirector, PROTECT Tasmania
“Important community decisions can only be made if there’s useful data. We report what people are doing on beaches in what number, so councils can plan for the future. We’ve been using Nectar for the modelling and AI that gives us that information, which is important because the AI training requires a lot of computing power.”
Professor Rod Connolly
Director
FishID, and Coastal and Marine Research Centre, Griffith University
Use ARDC Nectar Research CloudFishID, and Coastal and Marine Research Centre, Griffith University
“I found the [HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons] Summer School the perfect place to open up about my data problems and learn that there are many of us on the same boat, looking to improve our practices and knowledge.”
Lucia Fraiese
PhD candidate
The University of Western Australia
Learn more about our Summer SchoolsThe University of Western Australia
UPCOMING EVENTS
9
Jun
Time: 12 noon to 2 pm (AEST)
Location: Online
Type Workshop
Getting Started with the Nectar Research Cloud (June 2026)
Go to event
10 -12
Jun
Time: Varies by day
Location: Level 2, International Convention Centre (ICC), Darling Harbour, Sydney
Type Conference
Thematic research data commons is:
People
ARCS Annual Conference 2026
Go to partner event
11
Jun
Time: 2 to 3 pm (AEST)
Location: Online
Type Webinar
Thematic research data commons is:
Planet
From Sound to Species: Build Ecoacoustic Recognisers with Ecosounds and Perch
Go to event
12
Jun
Time: 10 to 11 am (AEST)
Location: Online
Type Webinar
Thematic research data commons is:
People
Machine Learning Community of Practice (ML4AU) Meeting (June 2026): Governance of Federated Learning in Healthcare
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