QUESTnet 2012

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QUESTnet 2012

10-13 July, 2012, Cairns, Australia

Event overview

The QUESTnet mission is to promote and advance the development and use of Information and Communications Technologies in Higher Education and Research in Queensland and adjacent areas in Australia, through a variety of relevant means.

For more info visit the conference website

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

QUESTnet 2012

10-13 July, 2012, Cairns, Australia

PBS Works User Group

Workshop runs from 21-22 Feb 2012, San Jose, California

Researchers, start your collaboration engines

QCIF secures major NeCTAR funding for Qld cloud computing

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.