Compute Cloud

The ARCS Development Program established the Grid/Cloud Computing Service to enable High-Performance Computer users to access a range of HPC Cluster systems across Australia and New Zealand. A number of popular applications are available on the participating clusters, and additional applications can be added.

By using ARCS powerful Grid/Cloud solutions to produce results, researchers can more quickly analyse data and follow up on outcomes.

Access HPC clusters through the ARCS Services web site. It links users directly to participating HPC facilities and gridded applications through the grisu web interface. (Please see the Compute Cloud User Guide for more details).

Quickly process information and run simulations. Easily submit jobs using one account across multiple HPC systems, all with minimal technical expertise required.

News

Up and running: Australian first

For the first time, an Australian national research cloud is here.
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NeCTAR announcement

QCIF to share in $23 million
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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

CeBIT 2012

22-24 May 2012, Sydney

MS 2012

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

DIGITAL HUMANITIES AUSTRALASIA 2012

28-30 March, 2012, Australian National University, Canberra

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.