Workshop: Introduction to Parallel Programming - 21 February 2014, Palmerston North

AboutMassey University is kindly hosting NeSI staff at a workshop for those seeking to understand what parallel programming is and how it can benefit research programmes. The workshop is available ... Read more

Modelling ash and gas dispersion for the 2012 eruption of Te Maari at Mount Tongariro

Scientists from NIWA, Massey University and GNS Science work together to test ash and gas dispersion models.
Subject: 
Earth Science

Call for HPC Access Proposals - January 2014

Researchers are invited to apply for access to NeSI's high performance computing facilities. The call is open until 24 January 2014.InstructionsLog inClick the "Apply for access" button at the top-... Read more

Seminar: E-Science at Petascale - solving Multi-Scale Multi-Physics Problems arising in Engineering Design

Professor Martin Berzins from the University of Utah's Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute is giving a talk at BlueFern on Tuesday 10 December. BlueFern is part of NeSI at the University of ... Read more

Call for HPC Access Proposals - November 2013

Researchers are invited to apply for access to NeSI's high performance computing facilities. The call is open now and runs until 15 November 2013.Access to our HPC facilities is provided under allo... Read more

Simulating quantum mechanics

Emerging technological advances in laboratory methods have made it possible for scientists to directly observe the fragile quantum state.
Subject: 
Physics

Enhancing rock permeability to improve geothermal energy production

The key to sustainable and productive heat extraction lies in the enhancement of those native percolation pathways. This allows sufficient flow rates without allowing cold water to pass to the receiver wells.
Subject: 
Earth Science

Modelling dispersal and ecological competition

Researching millions of years of ecological colonisation, competition and re-colonisation in minutes
Subject: 
Biology

Studying the shape and the size of the universe

“The results could provide a very important piece of information about the connection between quantum physics and General Relativity and how the universe emerged from the quantum foam of spacetime.”
Subject: 
Earth Science

Helping refine Parkinson’s disease analysis

A science researcher developing predictive models for pre-clinical detection of cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease says NeSI is enabling him to conduct his research more effectively.
Subject: 
Medical Science