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Job opportunity: NIWA / NeSI seeking an HPC Support Specialist

NeSI and NIWA have an exciting opportunity to make direct contributions to New Zealand's research sector and offer front-line support for researchers using our national platform of high performance... Read more

Posted at Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 12:38

Webinar Recording Available: Making the most of your HPC allocation

On 10 March 2020 Anthony Shaw, a member of NeSI’s Applications Support team, presented a webinar that covered tips for optimising job configuration and reducing your NeSI queue time. If you were... Read more

Posted at Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 09:56

Another eResearch NZ conference successfully connects and unites eResearch communities

Another successful eResearch NZ conference has left New Zealand and Australian eResearch leaders buzzing around the ways data, data science, and data communities are transforming how eResearch is... Read more

Posted at Friday, February 28, 2020 - 13:36

Save the Date: NeSI's Science Coding Conference coming to Auckland 9-11 September

Now in its fifth year, NeSI's Science Coding Confernece is one of the few opportunities where scientific programmers, software engineers, IT managers, coding enthusiasts, and big data analysts from... Read more

Posted at Friday, February 28, 2020 - 12:03

Call for Volunteers: Explore the opportunities & applications of HPC by volunteering at the Cray User Group Meeting in Auckland this October!

This October, NeSI is partnering with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) to host the Cray User Group (CUG) 2020 meeting in Auckland from 25-29 October 2020. Hosted... Read more

Posted at Friday, February 28, 2020 - 11:43

Digital skills training takeaways from eResearch NZ 2020: Important topics raised & new connections made

More and more people in academia are speaking out about the eResearch capability gap. Many researchers do not know where to turn for help in managing, processing, and publishing large amounts of data... Read more

Posted at Friday, February 28, 2020 - 10:59

Community spirit clear at Connect events

Prior to this year's eResearch NZ conference, two new events were hosted the day before as kick-off workshops:​Carpentry Connect and REANNZ Connect. Both were inaugural events and aimed to gather... Read more

Posted at Friday, February 28, 2020 - 10:38
NeSI Case Study Joseph Lane University of Waikato

Preparing students for 21st Century research

“I think that was quite helpful for students in that they were learning transferable skills that weren’t just around HPC and the data space, but were skills they could offer a PhD group."
NeSI Case Study Anna Garden University of Otago

Understanding the structure of gold and platinum nanoclusters

"These calculations create a large number of files; NeSI was able to store these files and help us navigate them."
Subject: 
Chemistry

Webinar: Make the most of your NeSI HPC allocation - tips for optimising job configuration and reducing your queue time

If effectively anticipating your job’s HPC resource requirements is a skill that you want to develop, come along to NeSI’s next “Quick Tips” webinar: How efficient is my job?  NeSI’s Anthony Shaw... Read more

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 - 12:00 to 13:00