National Computational Infrastructure National Facility (Australia)

The Australian National Computational Infrastructure - National Facility was created in 2007, as a collaboration between the Australian National University and the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Australia). It is located at the ANU in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, and is operated with participation from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The NCI's Director is Professor Lindsay Botten.^[1]

Computer systems

As at November 2009, the NF operates:

• the Vayu (computer cluster)^[2]
• an SGI Altix 3700 system

Specialised facilities and programs

NCI has funded, from 2010:

• the Specialised Facility in Bioinformatics, to be hosted by a consortium led by the University of Queensland
• the Specialised Facility in Imaging and Visualisation, to be hosted by a consortium led by Monash University
• a Computational Tools and Techniques (CT&T) system

Research

Research conducted or under way^[3] includes:

• Southern Sky Survey, using the ANU's robotic SkyMapper telescope at Mount Stromlo Observatory
• the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS)
• medical and materials research

Links

• NCI facilities
  • Connecting to the Sun Constellation VAYU Cluster and SGI XE Cluster
• Vayu hardware and software

See also

• Top500

References

1. ^ New NCI Director Announced, nci.org.au, 2008-05-19, accessed 17 November 2009
2. ^ Sun Constellation cluster, vayu: System Details, nci.org.au, accessed 17 November 2009
3. ^ Research Highlights, nci.org.au, accessed 17 November 2009

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