3/11 QPSF held its Strategic Planning Day at Customs House, Brisbane. Representatives from State Government, industry and member institutions attended providing a strong platform for the future direction of QPSF.

28/10 QPSF congratulates UQ student Paul Clay, the winner of the 2004 QPSF Student Prize for the 'Best Application of Machine Learning' competition.

25/10 QPSF congratulates Dr Riyu Wei, an APAC funded staff member at UQ, who has won a DEST grant valued at $102,000. [more]

APAC call for Internships for 2004-2005 summer vacation. Nominations should reach QPSF, attn Prof Bernard Pailthorpe no later than 25 October 2004. [more]

06/10 Professor Bernard Pailthorpe attended the State Government's Science in Parliament forum. This forum brings together scientists and Parliamentarians to interact, meet and discuss science, research and innovation. [more]

QPSF sponsored Assoc. Professor Ian Atkinson (JCU) and Stuart Kininmonth (AIMS) to attend the post PRAGMA 7 Workshop on Environmental Sensor Networks for Research and Education on the 20/21 September in San Diego.

29/07 - The State Government confirmed today, by signing a Grant Agreement, its continuing support of High Performance Computing in Queensland. During the next 3 years $6M will be provided to QPSF to promote and develop HPC in Queensland. [more]

Professor Bernard Pailthorpe, QPSF CEO, attended the HPC Asia 2004 Conference which was held in Tokyo from the 19 - 23 July. Professor Pailthorpe presented as well as chaired some of the conference sessions.

A US-Australia Workshop on High-Performance Grids and Applications was held on the 8-9 June 2004, Sydney. This workshop follows similar workshops held between the US and the UK (in October 2002) and between UK and Australia (April and May 2003).