Data Science Week 2019 has officially been launched! With so many events on throughout the week, reshuffle your calendar and head down to Data Science Week 2019. Focusing on Women in Data Science, there will be workshops, discussions, networking opportunities and a range of events highlighting the barriers and opportunities women in the industry face,
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, as part of Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS), is launching a new uptake program to enhance the support for large scale astronomy projects by embedding technical staff within research groups. ADACS is a collaboration between Swinburne University, Curtin University, and the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, funded by Astronomy Australia Ltd, via
In a significant step on the path towards the $70 million upgrade to Pawsey’s supercomputing infrastructure, the terms of reference and membership of key User and Technical Reference Groups have been established for the Pawsey Capability Refresh. These have been approved by the Pawsey Refresh Program Board to direct the expenditure of funds to upgrade
Researchers and industry participants accelerate their work nearly up to 1000 times after a week of fast-track learning process that helps them optimise their code using GPUs. This was achieved with the support of Pawsey supercomputing experts and internationally renowned mentors during the second edition of the GPU Hackathon, jointly organise with Oak Ridge National
Australian delegations have joined the Singapore National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) to commend the S$200m investment announcement, boosting their supercomputing power. The announcement was made by Singapore’s Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat during SupercomputingAsia (SCA) 2019. The conference is an annual event that encompasses an umbrella of notable supercomputing and allied events in Asia. The Pawsey
February saw the Pawsey Summer Internship program come to an end with 20 students presenting posters on their research, experiences and learnings at the Centre. Every year, the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre runs an intensive 10-week internship program. In November 2018, a group of students were selected to join the program to delve deeper into their scientific
Pawsey innovative approach toward seamless integration between computing resources and storage was showcased by Luca Cervigni, Systems Administrator and Mark Gray, Cloud Lead, during CS3 Conference in Rome. Each year Scientists from all over the world come together at The Cloud Storage Services for File Synchronization and Sharing conference otherwise known as CS3. The conference
We are pleased to inform that GPU Hackathon is coming back to Australia during the last week of March 2019. The event will be organised at the CORE Innovation Hub hackathon space in Perth’s CBD. The call for team proposals is now open: https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/gpu-hackathons/ Team proposal deadline: 4th February 2019 Notification of acceptance: 11th
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has published their FY2018 Annual Report. This Report showcases the breadth of research Pawsey supports and the people who are making it possible – researchers, our staff and the Board. It highlights the services and resources provided to the Australian research community along with the impact our expertise and infrastructure has
Pawsey researchers Bianca Capra, from UNSW, Caroline Moffat, from Curtin University, ICRAR’s Natasha Hurley-Walker and CSIRO’s Sara Pearce, are among 60 female scientists and technologist named ‘Superstars of STEM’ by Science and Technology Australia, announced by Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, the Hon Karen Andrews MP. Launched in 2017, the ‘Superstars of STEM’ program