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Email support@nesi.org.nz or visit support.nesi.org.nz to submit a request to any NeSI facility and for any of NeSI's services.

The NeSI head office based at The University of Auckland's City Campus, needs a capable and enthusastic administrator. As part of NeSI, you will join a small and focused national team delivering a new eScience infrastructure for the NZ research sector. Learn more.

Open Research was a series of events that about accelerating discovery by increasing openness in the research sector. Events spanned 6-8 February 2013 comprising a conference and discussion sessions.

An update on Otago University joining NeSI, a visit to Dunedin, announcing an annual survey for researchers, groundbreaking bioinformatics supporting New Zealand's biosecurity response, technical upgrades and more.

Access to NeSI’s HPC Facilities is OpenApplications close 16 November 2012All New Zealand researchers are invited to apply for access to NeSI’s High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities. The window for applications closes 16 November 2012.  Applications are welcome under the Research allocation class. Visit nesi.org.nz/apply for the application forms.

Call for Access to national HPC facilitiesApplications open 5-16 NovemberIn November NeSI has a national call for proposals to our research allocation class. A research allocation provides access onto our national HPC facilities for peer-reviewed research projects - see our website for eligibility criteria.Note: To evaluate the appropriateness of NeSI's facilities to support your research, apply for small allocations via the proposal development allocation class at any time.

NeSI is looking for several excellent candidates for exciting work in high performance computing and eresearch to support world-leading science. Domestic and international candidates are welcome. 

Dear colleagues,As many of you will have heard last week, we're well underway with establishing NZ's eScience and High Performance Computing infrastructure for researchers. Now that we have a good email database, I intend to send a monthly email update so you can stay up to date with developments and activities across NeSI.

"For the first time, the 2012 New Zealand Open Source Awards will include a category recognizing the importance of science to the wider community. The Open Science Award will be awarded to the outstanding use of free and open source software to make scientific research and data accessible to all."

Grow High Performance Computing and scientific applications capability in the NZ research sectorEnhance skills and knowledge around computational methods, tools, scaling and architecturesContribute to the development of eScience in New Zealand