Data Intensive Research at Raman Research Institute~Data Intensive Research at Raman Research Institute: A case study of challenges and perspectives employing questionnaire survey and ETD repository

Data Intensive Research at Raman Research Institute~Data Intensive Research at Raman Research Institute: A case study of challenges and perspectives employing questionnaire survey and ETD repository

Meera, Madhava,

Vani, Hiremath

Raman Research Institute (RRI), a pioneering institute of research in physics, started in1948 has ongoing research activities in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Light & Matter Physics,Soft Condensed Matter and Theoretical Physics.RRI specializing in physics has witnessed data intensive research. This paper is a case studyaiming to understand the challenges faced by graduate students and their perspectives indata intensive research at RRI regarding - Data types; collection methods; storage and ac-cess; Data processing; Legal and Ethical issues.To understand the perspectives of the present students, questionnaire survey will be con-ducted. We plan to elicit information of the past students, already graduated by consultingtheir theses (ETDs) archived in RRI digital repository. We also attempt a verication cycleby seeking feedback from respective student/guide on our above evaluation.Inferences will be drawn based on the analysis of the responses received in the question-naire survey and information captured from ETD repository. These will be validated againstthe hypothesis. Inferences thus drawn is hoped to help us in capturing the trend in scienticresearch in this era of big data.\n

2016