Jana Makar

NeSI team part of ResBaz Aotearoa 2023's week-long programme of 40+ digital skills sessions

ResBaz Aotearoa 2023, a week-long series of digital research skills sessions, has opened registration. More than 40 free and online sessions will run from 26-30 June. All Aotearoa researchers and p... Read more

Picutre of dark clouds on the horizon of an ocean. Image by Luda Kot from Pixabay.

OpenACC for tropical circulation model

When new A100 GPU resources were brought online at NeSI, it raised an interesting question for Gilles Bellon: Would offloading computations onto GPUs further improve the performance of his code?
Model of temperature and wind in the Drygalski Ice Tongue region of Antarctica.

Automating workflow capabilities

"The workflow has enabled us to run long simulations without constant vigilance."
Subject: 
Earth Science

Reflecting on Capability, Connectivity and Equity at eResearch NZ 2023

Digital equity, data in research, partnership-led approaches, and building capability and diversity across research communities were centre stage topics at the 2023 eResearch NZ Conference at Te Wh... Read more

Job opportunity: Platform Systems Engineer - NIWA

We are seeking a Platform Systems Engineer to join the NeSI and NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) teams. The Platform Systems Engineer will help to identify and deliver so... Read more

Job Opportunity: Research DevOps Support Engineer

NeSI is seeking a Research DevOps Support Engineer to join its national team. This role will connect with research teams across Aotearoa, offering guidance and advice, and helping them optimise the... Read more

Submissions open for Australasian Leadership Computing Symposium 2023

The Australasian Leadership Computing Symposium (ALCS), a unique event for Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia’s high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI) and Data Science commu... Read more

Screenshot of the simulation model Scion researchers are using to study wilding conifer seed dispersal.

War on wildings

"Building a scientific model/theory to solve complex real world problems is one thing but scaling it up to solve the problems in a timely manner and utilizing all the modern computational resources is another."
Subject: 
Earth Science
Aerial view of floodwaters surrounding farmhouses. Photo credit Alan Blacklock, NIWA.

GPUs power up desktop flood modelling

"With NeSI at my front door, the amount of research questions I can consider is exponentially greater.”
Subject: 
Earth Science
View of the Marquesas Islands coastline. Image: Michelle Raponi, Pixabay

Tracking South Pacific responses to climate change

"These climate modelling scenarios require intensive computing resources, with each simulation often taking several weeks of computing time."
Subject: 
Earth Science