Congratulations to long-time NCI user and globally recognised computational scientist Professor Amanda Barnard AM on being appointed as a member of the Order of Australia. Deputy Director of The Australian National University School of Computing, Professor Barnard has been a user of NCI’s supercomputing systems since NCI’s inception.
Featured in NCI’s 2019-2020 Annual Report as the single biggest user of NCI’s previous Raijin supercomputer from 2012 to 2019, Professor Barnard is at the forefront of computational modelling, applied machine learning and high-performance computing research.
In addition, Professor Barnard is a powerful advocate for and contributor to the computational science communities in Australia and around the world. She is currently the Chair of the Australasian Leadership Computing Grants scheme which the NCI runs each year to support the most ambitious computational science projects in the country.
NCI Director Professor Sean Smith says, “It’s wonderful to see Professor Amanda Barnard’s contributions recognised through this Order of Australia. She is one of Australia’s leading researchers, pushing forward the ambition and capabilities of our science through innovative and creative work.”
Professor Barnard’s research has played an important role in the development of nanotechnology for the design of cancer treatment drugs. Her new methods for applying machine learning to physical science data make it possible to analyse the complexities of scientific datasets.
Read more about Professor Barnard’s work in Raijin’s Biggest User and Top prize for nanotechnologist.
