Year on year the enormous quantity of raw data being produced by every facet of human life and in particular research equipment and sensor networks threatens to overwhelm our ability to usefully make sense of this information.

This "data deluge" is often considered one of the most significant challenges that humankind will have to solve in the coming decades.

As a result, eResearch @ iVEC is largely focussed on helping researchers improve their management of research data.

Managing data involves storing the physical data sets, managing or adding metadata to make datasets discoverable and controlling access to the data.

Consequently some nationwide collaborative projects iVEC supports include: