With the support of RDSI, NCI is establishing the National Environmental Research Data Collection (NERDC), the first of its kind in Australia. The collection comprises more than 8 PB of data spanning national datasets in five areas: Earth System Science, Climate & Weather Models Earth & Marine

A revolutionary rock sampling technology co-developed by ANU and UNSW researchers using NCI's supercomputer has won the 2014 UNSW Innovation of the Year Award. Professors Val Pinczewski and Christoph Arns from the School of Petroleum Engineering at UNSW won the award for their contribution to the

Former NCI employee Jonathan McCabe on his stunning science-inspired computer-aided designs. "I remember seeing this article about the Mandelbrot set in Scientific American in 1985 and becoming really excited about computer graphics," says Jonathan McCabe. "I had started with simple plotter-based

Article published in ANU Reporter magazine, 1970. There are several striking aspects to this article about the University's Computer Centre, found in a dusty 1970 edition of ANU Reporter. First is the black and white image of Computer Centre staff testing the interface between a computer and one of

Two NCI researchers have been honoured by the Australian Academy of Sciences for their contributions to science. Associate Professor Kylie Catchpole. Professor Denis Evans and Associate Professor Kylie Catchpole from ANU were awarded the 2015 David Craig Medal for outstanding contributions to

Satellite image of surface water on Australia The Geoscience Australia project, Water Observations from Space (WOfS), with support from NCI was recognised at the annual Resilient Australia Awards this week. Part of the National Flood Risk Information Project, WOfS used decades of satellite imagery

NCI Director Professor Lindsay Botten explains how Australia has developed a national HPC strategy to address the country's unique challenges in science, climate, and economic development. This article was first published in HPC 2014-15 from the publishers of Scientific Computing World. Download the

Minister for Industry, the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, has announced the partnership of ANU, CSIRO and NCI in the new Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Precinct. The Precinct will bring together the brightest minds from CSIRO and ANU with support from NCI to foster research and innovation essential

NCI has officially welcomed RMIT as a Collaborator. RMIT signed the NCI Collaboration agreement in January 2015. NCI Director Professor Lindsay Botten said he was delighted to welcome RMIT on board. "RMIT researchers have been amongst the largest, sustained users of NCI's services for more than a

NCI staff presented four papers at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting in San Francisco in December. As the largest Earth and Space Sciences conference in the world, AGU had an incredible 24,000 attendees. With a combination of more 10PB of research data storage supported by the