McLellan Building

Searching for Earth-mass planets around Alpha Centauri

“We were able to calculate radial velocities for all our 50,000 observations within about a week – a task that would have otherwise taken several months of computational time.”
Subject: 
Physics
Victor explains his project to the uninitiated

Quantum trajectories: a story of qubits and photons

Victor Canela is using NeSI to help answer the question: how do we get from A to B, when we don’t even know where B is?
Subject: 
Physics

Quasi-2d Gallium Nanomaterials

Through an extensive series of computational simulations and analysis on NeSI’s Pan and Foster systems, Dr Krista G. Steenbergen and Dr Nicola Gaston have recently unlocked the secret to greater- than-bulk melting of gallium nanoclusters.
Subject: 
Chemistry

December 2015 newsletter

News and events from NeSI, the New Zealand eScience Infrastructure.Issue No. 25December 2015A message from the DirectorCase Study: Software Carpentry in New ZealandResBaz hits NZ in 2016eResearch N... Read more

A showcase of global research data initiatives

Several sessions brought together thought and practice from national data services and infrastructures, of particular relevance to the formative National Research Data Programme in New Zealand.
Subject: 
Computer Science

Software Carpentry in New Zealand: The seed has been planted

NeSI’s training programme lead, Sung Bae, notes “It was overwhelming to witness all 40 seats fully booked within six hours. We noted a strong demand from the humanities and social sciences.”
Subject: 
Computer Science
Calum Chamberlain servicing the Solution Ranges seismic site above the Landsborough Valley.

Scouring continuous seismic data for Low-Frequency Earthquakes

"As a PhD student close to completion, the speed-up afforded by the NeSI infrastructure and the ease of migration came at a crucial time. Everything was straightforward and well-documented, and the expertise of the technical team was invaluable.”
Subject: 
Earth Science

Ground-motion simulations of earthquakes in the North Island of New Zealand

“Without NeSI’s supercomputer, we cannot run our simulations with a sufficient resolution.”
Subject: 
Earth Science

NeSI - Lincoln Region Workshop

NeSI is pleased to announce its collaboration with the Bio-Protection Research Centre of Lincoln University and Software Carpentry in offering a Lincoln Region Workshop designed to support research... Read more

NeSI - North Shore Regional Workshop

NeSI is pleased to announce its collaboration with Massey University and Software Carpentry in offering a North Shore Regional Workshop designed to support researcher computing capability developme... Read more