Jana Makar

New nodes added to NeSI HPC platform will better support users with high-memory demands

NeSI has enhanced its High Performance Computing (HPC) platform to better support users running simulations with high memory demands. Two “large memory” nodes with 1536 gigabytes of memory, along w... Read more

NeSI unveils new training webinars for 2020

Following the successful pilot of its ‘Quick Tips’ training webinar series from August - November 2019, NeSI is pleased to unveil a new programme of webinars for early 2020. 30 January - Got errors... Read more

NeSI, Genomics Aotearoa, and REANNZ unveil programme for eResearch NZ 2020

Following an excellent response to the Call for Submissions, eResearch NZ 2020 co-hosts NeSI, Genomics Aotearoa, and REANNZ are pleased to unveil the draft programme for next year's event, themed '... Read more

NeSI and NIWA partnering to host Cray User Group 2020 meeting

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 Sunday 3 May – Thursday 7 May 2020.Hosted ann... Read more

Joao Albuquerque NeSI Case Study University of Auckland

New Zealand 2100: The future through high-resolution wave modelling

"I’m lucky to have access to a cluster like NeSI’s. Without it, I’d be running this model for years, rather than about a month.”
Subject: 
Earth Science

Inaugural Australasian Leadership Computing Symposium (ALCS) celebrated research and learning

NeSI team members were among more than 150 of Australia's computational and data scientists who gathered in Canberra from 6-8 November 2019 for the inaugural Australasian Leadership Computing Sympo... Read more

NeSI Quick Tips webinar series a success

Since wrapping up the last session of NeSI's 'Quick Tips' webinar series earlier this month, we have gathered some highlights from this pilot initiative and are asking the research community to hel... Read more

NeSI Case Study Alexis Marshal University of Waikato

Parallel processing for ocean life

"We contacted NeSI because we were going from trying to assemble 100,000 individual 150 nucleotide base sequences, to trying to assemble 1.4 billion. We were having computational issues with memory, but also time."
Subject: 
Earth Science
NeSI Case Study Jon Tunnicliffe University of Auckland

NeSI support helps keep NZ rivers healthy

"It’s been helpful to have routines optimised through NeSI assistance... it’s easier for students and researchers to put their data into the model, experiment with the governing parameters, and then observe what comes out of it."
Subject: 
Earth Science

Building research data services at NeSI

As part of this year's Figshare Fest NZ event, NeSI Data Product Manager Brian Flaherty was among the invited speakers sharing case study examples and solutions developed for some of today's resear... Read more