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QCIF operates the Queensland node of both the Research Data Services (RDS) project and the national research cloud provided by the National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (Nectar) project. The Queensland node is called QRIScloud, and is an integral part of new, national research infrastructure, leveraging data collections stored in the local and national RDS nodes, and integrating with access to Queensland-based HPC facilities and specialised cloud data services.

Find out more about QCIF’s services and infrastructure.

RDS and Nectar are conducted as part of the Australian Government initiative National Research Infrastructure for Australia (NCRIS).

Global Reef Record

QCIF is proud to support the Global Reef Record, a research tool aimed at collating and communicating the coral reef science of the Catlin Seaview Survey and combining that information with data from other leading sources of ocean research. This free database will provide scientists across various disciplines of marine studies with a tool for analysing the current state of the reef ecosystems on a local, regional and global scale and monitoring changes that occur over time.

It has been designed in partnership with scientists from the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland with additional data and analysis from World Resources Institute, SCRIPPS and NOAA.

Events

October Tech Talk: Data Computing in the Humanities

6 October 2017, various locations

eResearch Australasia 2017

16–20 October 2017, Brisbane

Health Hack 2017

3–5 November 2017, Brisbane

JCU to host two workshops on HPC, Python, Unix and Git

26–27 September 2017 and 9 October 2017, Townsville

News

QCIF allocations available on FlashLite and NCI's Raijin

In addition to allocations available through the National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS), QCIF has purchased a share of time on the Raijin supercomputer at NCI.

New ecoscience training program launched for “first-rate science education”

A QCIF-backed innovative new training program for tertiary-level ecosystem science educators was piloted in Adelaide last month with great success, and is expected to be rolled out nationally soon.

QRIScloud and the Nectar Research Cloud clock up 1,100 and 10,000 users respectively

The Nectar Research Cloud — with QCIF as the Queensland node — passed 10,000 registered users late last month. Meanwhile, QRIScloud welcomed its 1,100 registered user recently.

ODIQ and QCIF partner for open data and innovation projects

QCIF and the Open Data Institute Queensland have formally established a partnership to collaborate on projects involving open data and open innovation.