For Researchers

In a research world increasingly dominated by ICT, QCIF can help you with the computational, data storage, and software needs of your project/s. We take care of the technical side of things so you can get on with making fast, stress-free discoveries.

If you are a researcher in need of extra computing capacity, get a free QCIF account to use our supercomputing facilities.
Need to communicate with colleagues in different states, or even across town? Take a look at our free video collaboration facilities
Got a big research project and need help with project management? Graham Chen, our eResearch expert can help: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Drowning in an ocean of data? Our Data Services will help you back to dry land
Need a partner to support your grant application? We have helped research groups with eResearch, tools & infrastructure grants. Contact Graham Chen: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We have dedicated eResearch staff located at UQ, QUT, and JCU to assist researchers and projects.

We are in the unique position of being able to draw on a network of state and national collaborative resources. These allow us to provide Queensland researchers with a full suite of eResearch services.

News

Up and running: Australian first

For the first time, an Australian national research cloud is here.
Read more or enter cloud

NeCTAR announcement

QCIF to share in $23 million
Read more or see press release

The HPC Hat Trick:

Number Crunching, Data Crunching and Energy Efficiency.

Get eResearch Australasia 2011 conference presentations

Presentations now available as pdf documents.
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Events & Media

ISC'12 - The HPC Event

17-21 June 2012, Hamburg, Germany

MS 2012

The 23rd IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation. 3-5 July, 2012, Banff, Canada

CeBIT 2012

22-24 May 2012, Sydney

QCIF Projects

Live traffic congestion mapping

Providing travellers with real-time information on traffic conditions and congestion in the South East Queensland area.

ReDBox 1.1

ReDBox, originally built by USQ with an ANDS grant, is being extended into version 1.1 by CQUniversity (CQU) and QCIF with further ANDs funding. The ReDBox and Mint platforms help the research community describe and share metadata about research data holdings.

Visualisation of methane gas on Little Nerang Dam

The interactive 3D visualisation shows how the greenhouse gas is generated in the dam's sedement zone. It allows non-technical stakeholders to make better informed decisions about methane management.

Improving the Automated force field Topology Builder (ATB) and repository

Helping the UQ Molecular Dynamics group to improve the capacity of their software to handle at least 100 molecules at a time, up from 20, QCIF has enabled the group to continue its disease research at the cutting edge.

Tropical Data Hub

The Tropical Data Hub (TDH) is a JCU developed centralised data store making it easier for researchers to manage data related to the tropics. An open portal, it facilitates a multi-disciplinary approach to issues around climate change and conservation.