Dear NCI Users, NCI is in the process of migrating the massdata (mdss) filesystem to new storage infrastructure. The new hardware will grow the disk cache and future expansion capability, improving overall performance and filesystem capacity. While the migration is performed, massdata will be

Professor Jill Gready. Photo by Karen Edwards. Far from being an ancient food making a boutique comeback, Professor Jill Gready of The John Curtin School of Medical Research thinks quinoa and other traditional crops could be the key to the looming food security crisis. "Food just isn't on the public

MolSim Downunder is a one-week-long workshop providing a thorough grounding in computational chemistry methods. Courses are taught by international speakers and local experts, integrating oral lectures and practical sessions. Topics of this edition will cover the fundaments of molecular dynamics and

A new portrait photography exhibition capturing the faces of 100 Australian scientists has opened in Canberra taking a contemporary snapshot of Canberra scientists who have made significant contributions to research in science, medicine and health. The Faces of Science exhibition features the work

NCI is pleased to announce increased support for climate change and earth system science research, benefiting both the Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, and the major agency partners of NCI, namely BoM and CSIRO. Through significant external funding initiatives involving a formal

The training course 'Parallel Programming at NCI' will run for GA staff at Geoscience Australia on Tuesday 19th March, 9am – 4.30pm.

The training course 'Introduction to NCI' will be run for GA staff at Geoscience Australia on Thursday 20th February 9am – 4.30pm.

Emergency Maintenance: Friday 7 Feb, 6-8pm Maintenance Summary Type: Emergency Date: Friday 7 February 2014, 6-8pm Duration: 2 Hours Purpose: Replacement of failing 84 disk enclosure Affected: Raijin Lustre Filesystems (short, apps, images, home, system) Dear NCI Users, Emergency Maintenance will be

A high-technology company set up by The Australian National University and UNSW Australia has been sold for $76 million (US$68 million). The company, Canberra-based Lithicon AS, has been sold to the US-based FEI Company, a world leader in imaging technology for a range of markets, including oil and

Dear NCI Users, NCI administrators and ANU Network staff are investigating an issue with external network connectivity to NCI services (including Raijin). Network connections with a source or destination external to the ANU or NCI network boundary are affected. Symptoms include Raijin SSH login