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COVID-19 Essential Service

NeSI remains open for normal business during the level 4 shutdown. Our team is working remotely and remain available during this time.

NeSI is a supplier of essential services to research teams working on the COVID-19 response across NZ. If you're involved in this work, please get in touch and we will do our best to assist in any way possible.

For more information see: Accessing NeSI platforms and support during COVID-19 Alert Level 4
 

 

Another eResearch NZ conference successfully connects and unites eResearch communities

Another successful eResearch NZ conference has left New Zealand and Australian eResearch leaders buzzing around the ways data, data science, and data communities are transforming how eResearch is... Read more

Posted at Friday, February 28, 2020 - 13:36

Save the Date: NeSI's Science Coding Conference coming to Auckland 9-11 September

Now in its fifth year, NeSI's Science Coding Confernece is one of the few opportunities where scientific programmers, software engineers, IT managers, coding enthusiasts, and big data analysts from... Read more

Posted at Friday, February 28, 2020 - 12:03

Call for Volunteers: Explore the opportunities & applications of HPC by volunteering at the Cray User Group Meeting in Auckland this October!

This October, NeSI is partnering with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) to host the Cray User Group (CUG) 2020 meeting in Auckland from 25-29 October 2020. Hosted... Read more

Posted at Friday, February 28, 2020 - 11:43

Digital skills training takeaways from eResearch NZ 2020: Important topics raised & new connections made

More and more people in academia are speaking out about the eResearch capability gap. Many researchers do not know where to turn for help in managing, processing, and publishing large amounts of data... Read more

Posted at Friday, February 28, 2020 - 10:59

Community spirit clear at Connect events

Prior to this year's eResearch NZ conference, two new events were hosted the day before as kick-off workshops:​Carpentry Connect and REANNZ Connect. Both were inaugural events and aimed to gather... Read more

Posted at Friday, February 28, 2020 - 10:38
NeSI Case Study Joseph Lane University of Waikato

Preparing students for 21st Century research

“I think that was quite helpful for students in that they were learning transferable skills that weren’t just around HPC and the data space, but were skills they could offer a PhD group."
NeSI Case Study Anna Garden University of Otago

Understanding the structure of gold and platinum nanoclusters

"These calculations create a large number of files; NeSI was able to store these files and help us navigate them."
Subject: 
Chemistry

Webinar: Make the most of your NeSI HPC allocation - tips for optimising job configuration and reducing your queue time

If effectively anticipating your job’s HPC resource requirements is a skill that you want to develop, come along to NeSI’s next “Quick Tips” webinar: How efficient is my job?  NeSI’s Anthony Shaw... Read more

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 - 12:00 to 13:00
NeSI Case Study Celine Cattoen Gilbert NIWA river forecast

New Zealand’s first national river flow forecasting system for flooding resilience

"Without NeSI’s input, we would have been much more limited. We wouldn’t have been able to develop a national-scale system running in real-time."
Subject: 
Earth Science

eResearch NZ 2020 Workshop Spotlight - Delving into machine learning on NeSI

The keynotes are booked, preliminary programme is live, and pre-conference workshops are filling up for eResearch NZ 2020!

Posted at Friday, January 31, 2020 - 14:03