Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre

🌟 Pawsey’s Week in Review 🌟 Last week was dynamic and productive at Pawsey, with a focus on governance, strategic networking, and engagement with students and stakeholders – all vital to fostering collaboration and driving innovation. 🎉 Highlights include: 🔹 Intern and student engagement: Congratulations to Fathima and Victor Olet for organising a fantastic workshop for Pawsey interns and ICRAR work experience students. These sessions, supported by Cristian, Chris Harris, Emily Barker, Julia, and our dedicated intern mentors, provided invaluable learning opportunities for the next generation of researchers and a stellar beginning to our 10-week internship program. 🔹 Inspiring future scientists: Fathima and Sarah represented Pawsey at Curtin University's Maths Empowering Girls event, running a workshop for 75 girls – part of an incredible gathering of 280 Year 9 students! 💡 🤝 Strategic and governance milestones: 🔸 The Pawsey Board and Leadership Team hosted a dinner to bid a heartfelt farewell to Geoff Harben, retiring after over 20 years of service with Pawsey and its predecessor, iVEC. 🔸 Thursday’s Board meeting included a tour with Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley, and CSIRO Deputy CEO, Kirsten Rose. Dr Foley, a passionate quantum advocate, enjoyed visiting our quantum systems and taking a photo with our interns in front of Setonix. 🐿️💻 👥 Networking and collaboration: Mark S welcomed acting CIO Angus Macoustra to Pawsey and hosted ICRAR Chair Dr David Skellen, who also met our interns. David's visit underscored the strong collaboration between Pawsey and ICRAR. Coming up next week: ✨ Monthly maintenance ✨ Greg, Jeffrey, and Jeremy will represent Pawsey at Cephalocon 2024 at CERN after Greg’s productive week at the Technical University of Dresden. ✨Mark Stickells will be presenting at ICRI in Brisbane, and Fathima will present at the STAWA Future Science Conference. To everyone contributing to these achievements – thank you! Here’s to another week of innovation and impact. 🚀 #STEMeducation #QuantumComputing #Supercomputing #Innovation #Collaboration #NextGenResearchers #ICRAR #MathsInspiringGirls #Cephalocon #ICRI2024 #ScienceInAction

🐙 #Cephalocon Session Spotlight 🐙 Get That Cluster Back Online, but Hurry Slowly Join Gregory Orange from Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre on December 5, 2024, 16:00 - 16:30, as he shares insights from a significant outage of their Ceph RGW cluster, detailing challenges faced, solutions implemented, and valuable lessons learned for future resilience. Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eJ6i2KSN #ceph #storage #opensource

🌟 Get ready for the upcoming Pawsey Quantum Festival - where science meets opportunities! 📅Monday, Dec 16 🌟 Morning: 🎓 For Future Quantum Leaders, an in-person Workshop Calling all Year 10-12 students to discover quantum fundamentals Hear inspiring journeys from quantum experts Play engaging quantum games 🌟 Afternoon: 🎙️ Quantum Panel Discussion—Hybrid Explore Western Australia’s thriving quantum ecosystem Connect with leading quantum pioneers Learn about WA’s role in this global revolution 🤝 In-person networking (Perth attendees): Meet the panelists and WA’s quantum leaders 💻 Online access: Participate virtually and post your questions. 🌟 Evening: Special Feature: 2025 Year of Quantum Preview—in-person 🎉 Wrap up with The Australian Institute of Physics as they gear up for the UN’s Year of Quantum (2025). Discover upcoming opportunities to elevate quantum knowledge across Australia. 🎟️ Limited spots available! In Perth? Don't miss the chance to network with quantum leaders in person Not local? We invite you to join the panel discussion online Check out the latest newsletter for more details, and register now: https://hubs.ly/Q02ZRrRs0 #QuantumFestival #PawseyQuantum #YearOfQuantum2025 #WAScienceMission #FutureOfTech

Due to popular demand for this event, we're changing the format to hybrid! I hope to see you online or in-person to talk about the future of Quantum and WA's very own capability. This will be followed by the launch of Quantum Year in Australia, hosted by The Australian Institute of Physics and Science in Public at the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre. See you in a couple of weeks!

🌟 Fortran Refresher: Exercise Filling a Chess Board ♟️ This #TrainingTuesday is special! 🎉 You’ll be able to showcase the concepts learned during the Fortran refresher course by filling out a chessboard. 🕒 You will have half an hour to implement the missing Fortran code to allocate memory for an 8x8 chessboard and populate it with values representing light and dark squares. 💡✨ 🛠️ Use your creativity to solve the exercise, and remember to deallocate any allocated memory at the end! 🔄 🔗 Take on the challenge: https://hubs.ly/Q02YFSFj0 🎬 Watch the entire Fortran Refresher playlist: https://hubs.ly/Q02YFSW70

🌟 Pawsey Wrap of the Week 🌟 Last week was packed with incredible activities showcasing Pawsey’s impact across research, education, and global supercomputing. Here's a recap: 🔬 Early Career and Researchers Engagement Fathima Imra Haseen and Victor Olet, supported by Ali and Mark Gray hosted a tour for the Early Career and Student Statisticians Conference participants, offering a close-up look at Pawsey’s facilities and capabilities, thanks to Curtin University's Prof Nicola Armstrong to help us showcase the value of Pawsey services to her community. Deva Kumar Deeptimahanti and Cristian Di Pietrantonio delivered a hands-on MWA Migration to Setonix training. 👩🔬 STEM Outreach Pascal Elahi and Edric Matwiejew presented a Quantum Girls initiative at the Quantum Victoria STEM Conference, unveiling a hands-on quantum computing workshop for high school students, met with enthusiasm by educators. 🌏 National and International Engagement In Canberra, Mark Stickells AM attended the ARC Board meeting, met with CSIRO and The Australian Academy of Science colleagues, and joined #NCRIS Directors to discuss collaborative opportunities. In the US, Maciej Cytowski, Basha, and Chris Schlipalius represented Pawsey at #SC24, the largest supercomputing conference: Maciej delivered a keynote at the #Sustainable Supercomputing workshop. Basha co-organised the Containers in HPC tutorial and Chris presented at the Architecta booth and led the HPC & AI user group meeting by Versity. At SC24, major announcements included: US supercomputer El Capitan debuted as the world's most powerful supercomputer and the German system JEDI retained its top spot in the #Green500, while Setonix ranked 20th globally and remains the most powerful and greenest supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere. 🏆 Award Highlights: Pawsey researcher Prof Giuseppe M. J. Barca from the University of Melbourne and his team won the Gordon Bell Prize, dubbed the "Nobel Prize of Supercomputing," for their groundbreaking quantum molecular dynamics simulation using #Frontier supercomputer. WA's Carnegie Clean Energy won an HPCwire Award for their innovative AI-driven ocean wave energy solutions, developed in collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise team and using Pawsey supercomputer Setonix. Read more about HPCwire awards: https://lnkd.in/gNve47xQ 🎤 Upcoming and Ongoing Activities This week: Quantum Team: Edric and Casey Myers are presenting at the 8th International Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning (QTML) conference in Melbourne. Life Sciences: Aditi Subramanya and Sarah Beecroft are hosting Pawsey's booth at the Inaugural Western Australian Microbiology Meeting, organised by The Australian Society for Microbiology. 💡 Another week fostering innovation, supporting world-class science, and inspiring future generations. #Supercomputing #QuantumComputing #STEMEducation #HPC #Innovation

🚨 Breaking News: Quantum WA Event Goes Hybrid ⚛️ Due to popular demand, our "Quantum WA: Where Today Meets Tomorrow" event is now accessible Australia-wide🎉 While in-person attendees will enjoy exclusive networking opportunities and the chance to connect directly with quantum experts, virtual participants can now join the panel discussions live and engage via interactive Q&A. Don't miss this chance to explore Western Australia's quantum computing landscape, now available to all. 🗓️ Date: 16 December 2024 ⏰ Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM AWST 📍 In-person: Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, Perth 💻 Virtual: Interactive online platform 🔗 Register Now: https://hubs.ly/Q02ZhKkn0 Let’s shape the future of quantum computing together! #QuantumComputing #WATechnology #Innovation #HybridEvent

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