Pawsey Work Experience WEEK Call for Students – 20-24 November 2023

Pawsey is hosting it’s first WEEK-LONG Work Experience for students in years 10-12.

We are trialling this with a small group of keen students. Will you be a student in our first cohort? 

Highlights for the Week

Highlights for this Student Work Experience week include:

• Learning about the operation of Australia’s largest research supercomputer, Setonix
• Participating in workshops, activities, and challenges, including:
  • Learning UNIX and “the command line” to actually log into Setonix!
  • A portion of most days will be spent in training, joining new Pawsey Interns, who are also learning to use Setonix
• Being introduced to key concepts in quantum and quantum computing
• Hearing about different career paths and opportunities in high performance computing and STEM/STEAM
• Developing an engaging learning activity for your peers, on a supercomputing/related topic

You’ll also learn more about…

• Pawsey’s state-of-the-art Visualisation Lab
• Pawsey’s Setonix supercomputer, ranked 17th most powerful and 4th greenest in the WORLD  
• The WORLD’S first room-temperature quantum computer co-located at a supercomputing centre – dubbed Qugo

We have a few spots open for students (Years 10, 11, 12) to join us.

This event is in-person, from 20-24 November 2023, from 9am to 3.00 pm, at 1 Bryce Avenue, Kensington, WA

There is no cost for this event.

Students are requested to bring their own lunches and snacks. Fruit, biscuits, water, tea, and coffee will be provided. 

To register for this event: