A big congratulations to Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Summit supercomputer in claiming number 1 in the new TOP500 list – the first time in in six years, America has claimed the top spot. Summit is an IBM Supercomputer, which was commissioned in June 2018 at the U.S. Department of Energy’s ORNL. Summit performs a
The Pawsey Uptake Project call is now closed, with more than 20 applicants, the review panel has started working to identify the successful candidates. The focus of these uptake projects is to improve the performance of applications that use or potentially could make use of the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre compute resources. These initiative aims to
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote the use of supercomputers to the progress of scientific and technological outcomes, and to stimulate the industry sector both in Australia and Europe. PRACE is an international non-profit association, with 25 member countries. Its
Pawsey staff is returning from a busy week of activities with researchers from across the nation. The Centre’s strong presence at this year Collaborative Conference on Computational and Data Intensive Science (C3DIS) conference included an exhibition booth, workshops and special activities for currents and potential users. The event took place at the Melbourne Convention Centre,
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre announces the appointment of WA based Mr Mark Stickells, as the new Director of the Centre effective 16 July 2018. Making the announcement Mr John Langoulant AO, Chair of the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, said: “after undertaking a rigorous selection process, we welcome Mark to this crucial position.” “Mark’s experience with
One year after launching its cloud service, Nimbus, the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre are excited to announce the service’s expansion with Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) nodes. Launched in mid-2017 as a free cloud service for researchers who require flexible access to high-performance computing (HPC) resources, Nimbus consists of AMD Opteron Central Processing Units (CPUs) making up 3000 cores and 288
A group of 40 people from Perth took the opportunity to explore our solar system’s greatest planet, Jupiter and its cloudy skies, during an event organised by Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) and hosted by Scitech, Flux Core Innovation Hub and the Perth Observatory. ADACS is a collaboration between the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, Curtin
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre is currently hiring Data Science Consultant Do you have experience with large &/or complex data sets? Do you have experience with machine learning tools & techniques? Join the CSIRO & provide valuable input into strategic planning for Pawsey Data Analytics Services The Position: We are seeking an experienced Data
The call is now open for applications for collaborative projects with the Pawsey supercomputing team, focused on improving software and workflows at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. Projects will run for three months, from June to August 2018. This call is open to all researchers in Australia, although the Project Leader must be employed by an
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre based in Perth, Western Australia is delighted to receive $70 million in funding for the replacement of infrastructure. As announced today by the Federal Government, the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre will receive $70 million in funding for the replacement of infrastructure to enable scientific outcomes for the benefit of Australia. The Board