Jana Makar

Exploring disruptive technologies in machine learning and HPC at PEARC19

In late July/early August, I travelled to Chicago, Illinois to attend the annual Practices and Experiences in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) Conference.The conference series provides a forum f... Read more

Building skills for data-enabled research: Insights from the Australian eResearch Skilled Workforce Summit

During 29-30 July, I had the opportunity to represent NeSI and New Zealand at the Australian eResearch Skilled Workforce Summit in Sydney, Australia.This inaugural event hosted data stewards, instr... Read more

Oliver Stevenson case study

Modelling the careers of cricket players

“Using NeSI allows us to analyse a larger number of players, in a shorter space of time.”
Subject: 
Mathematics
LFRic UK Met Office Case Study

The development of next generation weather and climate models is heating up

The LFRic development effort involves international partners from New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Korea, and India.
Subject: 
Earth Science

NeSI launches new 'Quick Tips' training webinar series

NeSI is launching a new webinar series to give researchers some quick tips, best practices, and hands-on training for using NeSI computing resources, the national data transfer platform, and other ... Read more

NeSI Case Study Victor Canela University of Auckland

Understanding the behaviours of light

"It’s a new landscape we can explore with these techniques."
Subject: 
Physics
NeSI Case Study Erik Behrens Jonny Williams NIWA

Getting closer to more accurate climate predictions for New Zealand

"Researchers will be using this model for ground-breaking research."
Subject: 
Earth Science

Genotyping-by-Sequencing and its applications in ecology and evolution

Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) in the broad sense has been revolutionising population genomics by bringing state of the art genomic technologies within reach of most researchers.This Mini-symposium... Read more

NeSI well-positioned to support proposals to New Zealand Data Science Research Programmes

As submissions are prepared for the New Zealand Government’s new data science investment, NeSI, with its specialised platform of computational and analytics software and services, is well-positione... Read more

A closer look at the NZ responses to the International Research Software Engineer (RSE) survey

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2018 International Research Software Engineer (RSE) Survey. We are thrilled to report that the response was great and the survey was run across 32 coun... Read more