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New Zealand’s researchers will benefit from the addition of nine global computational science experts to the team supporting NeSI, the nation’s high performance computing platform, says its director.

Professor Shaun Hendy wears many hats and typically has a very busy schedule. Thankfully for us, he has made some time available to chat and answer a few questions to provide our community with a few words of advice.

NeSI has opened its doors for current New Zealand postgraduates to access its high performance computing facilities. From July, all current New Zealand postgraduate students are considered eligible to apply for a new Postgraduate allocation.

This month’s newsletter includes news from around the research sector, a call for access, upcoming events & more. To view the newsletter in its original form, follow this link.

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.