QCIF NEWS

QCIF's End of Year message

In this CEO reflection, Sach Jayasinghe looks back on a defining year, highlighting the strategic choices, partnerships, and national impact that defined QCIF’s growth in 2025.

QCIF Welcomes Two New Team Members to the Data & Software Team

QCIF is excited to announce the addition of two talented professionals to our Data and Software team: Angelo Maynes and Ooroosa Ali.

ReDBox Community Event Recording Now Available

This session unveiled ReDBox 5.0 and ReDBox Cloud — two major developments shaping the future of ReDBox.

Women+ in HPC Australasia Supports QCIF Staff to Attend eResearch Australasia

This support, made possible by through funding from the Australasia eResearch Organisations (AeRO), provided an opportunity to connect with peers, share knowledge, and strengthen collaboration within the HPC and eResearch community.

Building AI Capability in Research: Inside QCIF & NCI’s LLMs for Research Workshop

Recognising the growing demand for AI skills, QCIF - through its partnership with the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and in collaboration with our newest capability, QCIF AI - has launched a new training workshop: Large Language Models (LLMs) for Research.

Mapping Hope for an Endangered Bird

Using modelling to help acoustic monitoring and recovery of the northern population of the Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus) — one of Australia’s most threatened birds.

QCIF at the 2025 Annual Symposium of the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons

QCIF was proud to be represented at the 2025 Annual Symposium of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) and Indigenous Research Data Commons (RDC), held online and in person at the University of Technology Sydney on Gadigal Country from 11–12 November.

EcoCommons Partners with Google to Advance Global Biodiversity Mapping

We are proud to announce that EcoCommons Australia, led by Dr Jenna Wraith, Head of Sustainable Futures at QCIF, is partnering with Google in a global initiative to create species distribution maps at an unprecedented scale.

From Q to Cube: QCIF announces new branding and website

This update reflects our evolution, as we expand our capabilities and deepen our engagement with industry, government, and academia across Australia and beyond.

Spring brings new beginnings for QCIF

With the return of spring in the Southern Hemisphere, QCIF Ltd is embracing the season’s spirit of renewal with fresh energy and exciting developments that mark the beginning of a new chapter for us.

QCIF proud to support RSAA25 as Silver Sponsor

Peter Marendy, Head of Data and Software Solutions, will deliver a presentation on Federated Learning, highlighting how this innovative approach is transforming collaborative machine learning amid increasing data sensitivity and regulatory complexity.

QCIF joins The Precinct to drive research and innovation in Queensland

QCIF has officially joined The Precinct, marking a strategic move to strengthen collaboration between research, government, and industry across the state.

Southern Cross University commits to ongoing ReDBox deployment after successful pilot

Southern Cross University (SCU) has confirmed it will continue with Redbox as an ongoing subscriber following a successful three-month pilot program.

Statewide access to Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) accelerates biomedical research in Queensland

QCIF is proud to support Queensland’s biomedical research community through a statewide shared license for QIAGEN IPA.

Game-changing biosecurity tool for Australia's agricultural protection

Meet Taxodactyl, a new bioinformatics workflow that could transform how Australia protects its borders from biological threats.

QCIF joins the Research Data Alliance (RDA) to advance open science and global data sharing

QCIF is proud to announce that we have officially joined the Research Data Alliance (RDA), an international community committed to advancing open, cross-disciplinary data sharing to tackle the grand challenges of society.

Celebrating Jenna and Melissa's journey with Homeward Bound

QCIF is proud to celebrate two exceptional members of our community who have been selected for the prestigious Homeward Bound program.

The new faces of QCIF

QCIF is excited to welcome new team members whose diverse backgrounds—from biotechnology and administration to software development and AI—will strengthen our capabilities and support impactful research.

Repurposed hardware boosts national capacity and powers innovation

After successfully completing a previous project, QCIF Ltd made available HPC hardware to the Australian BioCommons, giving the hardware a second life in in enabling research and uplifting national capacity for the benefit of the scientific community.

University of the Sunshine Coast to host ResBaz Queensland for the first time

ResBaz Queensland is set to return in 2025, and for the first time, the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) will host the event at its state-of-the-art Moreton Bay Campus from 1–3 July 2025.

QCIF appoints new leader to accelerate AI and Quantum technology adoption

QCIF Ltd is pleased to welcome Dr Moji Ghadimi as its new Head of Applied AI and Quantum Algorithms, bringing extensive experience in AI, Quantum Computing, and Technology Infrastructure to the organisation.

Deakin University upgrades to QCIF managed ReDBox 4.0 platform

Deakin University has successfully upgraded their existing on-premise ReDBox 1.0 Research Data Management Platform (RDMP) to the QCIF Managed Redbox 4.0 platform, hosted securely on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Empowering researchers with Deep Learning skills: JCU eRA leads CNN workshop on Gadi

QCIF’s eResearch Analyst from JCU, Dr Erin Graham, recently led a highly successful two-day workshop on Image Classification with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), hosted on Gadi, the National Computational Infrastructure’s (NCI) peak supercomputer.

Getting started with EcoCommons: free online seminar

The EcoCommons team will be delivering an Introduction to EcoCommons workshop at the Brisbane Geospatial Share.

QCIF partners with Instats to expand the reach of digital skills training and data science expertise

QCIF is excited to announce a game-changing partnership with Instats as our preferred online seminar and consultancy platform for non-QCIF members, offering our deep digital and data expertise to the world.

Meet our new leaders in statistics and bioinformatics

We are pleased to announce the appointments of Dr Farah Zahir as Head of Statistics & Principal Data Scientist (Biostatistics) and Nicholas Matigian as Head of Bioinformatics & Principal Data Scientist (Bioinformatics).

New WildObs paper highlights challenges and opportunities in camera trap research

A decade-long review of Australian camera trap data in Biological Reviews highlights WildObs' potential to enhance wildlife research, improving efficiency, quality, and scale while reinforcing Australia’s leadership in wildlife monitoring.

New bioinformatics pipeline for the identification and detection of viral genomes from Oxford Nanopore sequencing

In collaboration with QUT and DAFF, QCIF contributed expertise in bioinformatics and computational infrastructure, helping enhance biosecurity diagnostics.

QCIF appoints new Skills Development Consultant to further its core mission for digital upskilling

Meet Danny Meloncelli, the latest addition to our Skills Development team at QCIF.

QCIF annual snapshot 2024

Explore QCIF’s 2024 highlights, showcasing a year of innovation and impactful support for the research community.

EcoCommons Australia: A powerful new tool for ecological modelling

A new article published in Environmental Modelling and Software outlines how EcoCommons was created to help researchers and policy decision-makers conduct trusted ecological modelling more efficiently than ever before.

Unlocking new insights for better agricultural data

Griffith University and QCIF will join forces to leverage the latest innovations in data wrangling techniques as part of a new internship project to improve decision-making for farmers.

ReDBox 4.0 community event – new speakers confirmed

Join us for an exciting online event where we will dive into Redbox 4.0, the future Roadmap and best practices in research data management.

QCIF welcomes Pat Loria as new Manager of Skills Development

Pat brings a wealth of experience, previously serving as the Associate Director of Library Academic and Research Services at Western Sydney University and is well-equipped to drive QCIF’s skills development initiatives forward.

Improving biosecurity diagnostics with standardised workflows and interactive visualisation

The QCIF's Data Science team has partnered with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), QUT and Australian BioCommons in a nation-wide project aimed at transforming biosecurity diagnostics.

In Memoriam: John Bancroft, former QCIF CEO

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our former CEO, John Bancroft.

QCIF welcomes Daisy Li as new Software Developer

Daisy will focus on maintaining and developing data ingress and egress processes for KeyPoint, a universal trusted research environment for sharing, accessing and analysing sensitive data.

Deakin University upgrades to ReDBox 3 for library dataset management

Deakin University has upgraded its RedBox subscription from version 1 to version 3, transitioning from an on-premises system to an AWS cloud-based system.

Sensitive data infrastructure for skin cancer detection

QCIF has partnered with UQ to deliver sensitive data infrastructure and specialised compute services for the project “3D Total Skin Imaging for Melanoma Early Detection in Regional Australia.”

QCIF to build cutting-edge data processing infrastructure for wildlife research

QCIF is partnering with Planet RDC to scale up WildObs, a collaborative initiative involving scientists, government agencies, and environmental groups focused on using machine-based observations to monitor wildlife.

QCIF hires Principal Data Scientist for Sustainable Futures portfolio

We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr Sebastian Lopez Marcano for QCIF’s Sustainable Futures portfolio.

Co-design workshops for HASS and Indigenous RDC

The ARDC’s HASS and Indigenous RDC sought community feedback on the draft project plans and is currently in the reviewing stage.

EcoCommons in operations with QCIF

The EcoCommons Australia platform has successfully migrated to QCIF.