A QCIF eResearch Analyst’s research project was the highest funded in Queensland in the November round of Australian Research Council grant announcements.
After 14 years in the role, Kathy Green is stepping down this month as QCIF’s Executive Officer to take up early retirement.
A paper QCIF eResearch Analyst Dr Nick Hamilton is a senior author on was published in the prestigious journal Development on Friday, 1 December.
QRIScloud Systems Administrator Michael Mallon attended the OpenStack Summit in Sydney last month, the first time Australia has hosted the international summit.
QCIF was represented at QUT’s “BioeconOMICS” workshop on Thursday, 30 November, with three speakers talking about work QCIF is involved in to support the bioeconomy sector.
Work has completed on transforming high performance computer Euramoo into a new, easier-to-use supercomputer, called Awoonga, for Queensland researchers.
QCIF has made the difficult decision to cease its Aspera service, with the final day of use of Aspera Shares and Aspera Drive being Friday, 15 December.
Amanda Miotto has joined the QCIF team as a Griffith University-based eResearch Analyst.
QUT now has its own weekly Hacky Hour to help its research staff and students with research-related IT problems.
A free online resource allowing data managers and institutions to quickly and easily register a research activity and generate a Research Activity ID (RAiD) is now available.
14–16 September 2018, Brisbane
Read more ...15–19 October 2018, Melbourne
Read more ...10–13 July 2018, Brisbane
Read more ...28–29 June 2018, Brisbane
Read more ...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.
Read more ...Making data publicly available is integral to the dissemination of research output. However, data submission to international repositories can be challenging.
Read more ...Nectar’s database service, available on QRIScloud, has introduced the option for users to launch PostgreSQL databases, in addition to the existing option for MySQL databases.
Read more ...QCIF was represented at QUT’s “BioeconOMICS” workshop on Thursday, 30 November, with three speakers talking about work QCIF is involved in to support the bioeconomy sector.
Read more ...Providing travellers with real-time information on traffic conditions and congestion in the South East Queensland area.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...There's an important distinction between climate change and climate change adaptation. Research into climate change looks at questions of how the climate is changing and how this change will affect the environment. Climate change adaptation looks at how we can respond to these changes – how we can reduce the impacts of stresses on human and natural systems including our cities and regions, our agriculture and aquaculture, and the biodiversity of our environment, and how we can harness any beneficial opportunities. In other words, what should we do to prepare and adapt?
Read more ...
