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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · 2d

🦘 Last Friday Perth hosted the 4th AJBCC Australia-Japan Innovation Forum at CSIRO and Pawsey. Mark Stickells was part of the 'AI, Data Centres & Clean Energy' panel.
We gave a tour of Pawsey, our Visualisation Room, and explained Setonix's geothermal cooling.
#ResearchImpact #Supercomputing #HPC

Three men and a woman sit on a stage in front of an auditorium of people. Photo credit: AJBCC

Pawsey CEO Mark Stickells stands in front of a large screen, speaking about the Setonix supercomputer to a group of people.

Supercomputing Applications Specialist Cristian Di Pietrantonio stands next to a large screen, explaining a colourful image of the all-sky survey by the Murchison Widefield Array telescope. There are colours of white, red and black.

Quantum Supercomputing Researcher Lead Pascal Elahi stands by the viewing window of the Setonix supercomputer, explaining to a group of five men.

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · 16d

✨ Exciting news, Australian researchers!

We announced Setonix-Q Pilot, the world's first platform that seamlessly combines quantum computing with advanced supercomputing.

Check out all the details: pawsey.org.au/setonix-q-pi...

#QuantumComputing #AustralianResearch #Innovation #Science

A graphic of a quantum symbol with nodes coming out of it, with the text "Setonix-Q Pilot Access Scheme" in the middle of the image.

A graphic of a quantum symbol with nodes coming out of it, with the text "Seamless access through the Quantum Hub Portal via NCMAS allocation scheme thanks to NCRIS support." in the middle of the image.

A graphic of a quantum symbol with nodes coming out of it, with the text "Researchers across Australia are invited to apply for Setonix-Q Pilot through the NCMAS 2025 call" in the middle of the image.

A graphic of a quantum symbol with nodes coming out of it, with the text "Quantum simulators and real quantum hardware. Hybrid computing workflows. Cutting-edge quantum devices from IonQ, IQM, QuEra, and Rigetti" in the middle of the image.

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Sep 9

Case study: Modelling Australia’s Carbon Treasure

Researchers have produced the first high-res map of Australia's soil organic carbon stores, a vital resource in climate change management.

Research by @ravr19.bsky.social and @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social

Read more 🔗: pawsey.org.au/case_studies...

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Sep 9

Explore the future of HPC education at Pawsey Open Day – World Teacher’s Day edition!

Join us on 2 Oct 2025 for collaborative talks, networking, and tours of Setonix & the Visualisation Lab.

🔗 pawsey.org.au/event/pawsey...

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Aug 29

🏆 Last night Pawsey won a National Merit Award for QBitBridge at the AIIA iAwards.

QBitBridge is a powerful quantum-classical interface, led by Pascal Elahi in collaboration with Quantum Brilliance and powered by NVIDIA technology.

👉 Learn about QBitBridge: hubs.ly/Q03G7bMb0

#QuantumComputing

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚀 Submissions are now open for the 2026 Pawsey Partner Allocation Scheme!

Researchers from any Pawsey Partner institution can apply for allocations on Setonix CPU & GPUs. Closes 6 Oct 2025.

👉 pawsey.org.au/partner-allo...

Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Aug 21

Want to know how Setonix can help your research?

Join our information session on August 27.

🔗 Register here: pawsey.org.au/event/how-to...

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Aug 19

Your expertise matters for HPC research!

Pawsey is seeking researchers to join the Partner Merit Allocation Committee. Review proposals and help ensure fair, merit-based access to Setonix.

Apply by 30th Sept: pawsey.org.au/expression-o...

Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Aug 4

🎉 We are all set for today's launch of Western Australia's National Science Week 2025, starting at 5:30 PM (AWST)

💻 It is not too late to join us online — click here to be part of the celebration: webcast.csiro.au#/webcasts/sc...

🔍 Discover more events and activities: www.scienceweek.net.au

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Jun 17

Register at: pawsey.org.au/event/accele...

Accelerating AI/ML on Setonix: Practical Tutorial for Researchers - Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre

Join Pawsey and HPE experts for a hands-on training session exploring AI/ML on Setonix, Australia’s leading research supercomputer. Learn how to run and optimise AI workloads using containers, GPUs, S...

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Jun 17

🚀 Supercharge your AI/ML on Setonix — Australia’s greenest, most powerful supercomputer

🗓️ Join us 2–3 July @ Pawsey
🔬 Learn from HPE & Pawsey experts
🧠 AI workflows, scaling, optimisation & more!

📍 In-person or online
#AI #ML #HPC #Setonix #GPUpower #Pawsey #HPE

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚨 Deadline extended!
Pawsey’s 2025/26 Summer Internship Program is calling for project proposals — now due June 20 (AoE).

Mentor future researchers + boost your work with Pawsey’s supercomputing tools.

🔗 Details pawsey.org.au/supercomputi...

#PawseyInterns #STEM #HPC #AI #Research #Australia

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Jun 9

🇦🇺 Pawsey CEO Mark Stickells AM is at #ISC25 in Hamburg, joining Australia’s HPC leaders!
Catch him in panels on HPC+AI (Tues), Asia-Pacific HPC & diversity in emerging tech (Wed).
Details 👉 bit.ly/445GCZA
#Pawsey #HPC #AI #Supercomputing #DiversityInTech

Schedule - Welcome to ISC High Performance 2025

Conference & ExhibitionJune 10-12Tutorials & WorkshopsJune 13

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · May 30

🧠 What connects XOR gates, transformers & quantum AI?

Join Pawsey’s special AI/HPC public seminar:
🗓️ Tues 3 June, 9:30am AWST
💻 Online & free
🚀 Register now: pawsey.org.au/event/machin...

#AI #HPC #ML #transformers #quantumcomputing

Machine-Learning to Modern “AI” and Beyond (Connecting the Dots: How the Technology Works) - Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre

Machine-Learning to Modern “AI” and Beyond (Connecting the Dots: How the Technology Works) Computing environments have forever changed with the advent of transformer as well as how humans interact wit...

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · May 29

🇫🇮 Pawsey + CSC are co-hosting a GPU Hackathon in Finland, 23–26 Sept 2025

💻 AMD/NVIDIA optimisation on LUMI, Setonix, Roihu
📝 Apply by: 16 June
❓ Aussie team Qs: [email protected]

🔗 csc.fi/en/training-...

#GPUHackathon #HPC #Setonix #LUMI #Pawsey #Supercomputing

CSC/Pawsey GPU Hackathon - CSC

Sept 23-26, 2025 at CSC Join us and have fun hacking on your GPU code with expert mentors! The hands-on coding event is meant for code developer teams targeting the GPU partition of LUMI/Setonix (AMD ...

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · May 28

How will scientific visualisations at scale change your research and its impact? 🤔

Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · May 28

Mark Stickells explores how Australia's supercomputing drives breakthroughs:
🧬 Genomics for personalised medicine
🌍 Hyper-local climate modelling for disaster prep
🔭 Next-gen telescopes capturing cosmic data
All that high-res data means vis tools are needed for insights

Read more: hubs.ly/Q03pq2Qp0

The Evolution of Resolution: Driving Scientific Discovery Across Scales

In advanced computing, resolution is more than a buzzword—it is the gateway to deeper insights into our universe, planet, and ourselves. From early coarse-grained climate models of the 1990s to modern...

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · May 28

📣 Researchers: Want to host an intern this summer?
Submit a project to our Summer Internship Program. We are calling on Australian researchers to propose projects that benefit from Pawsey’s resources.

🗓 Submissions close 6 June
📅 Program runs Nov – Feb
👉 More info and submission: hubs.ly/Q03ppJTz0

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · May 14

Discover four key ways researchers can play a critical role in protecting Australia’s shared supercomputing future. 🧠💻

👉 Read about Pawsey’s approach to managing these nationally significant resources: hubs.ly/Q03lZMDj0

#HPC #Supercomputing #Science #NCRIS #ResearchInfrastructure #Collaboration

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · May 14

🎮 Join our Remote VR Training and experience immersive, large-scale visualisation.

📅 19 May | ⏰ 10:00–10:45am AWST
📍 Hybrid

Whether you are visualising scientific simulations or exploring complex data, discover how you can use VR technologies to advance your research.

🔗 hubs.ly/Q03l-gMh0

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TERN Australia @tern-aus.bsky.social · May 14

📢 Calling all ecosystem #researchers! Abstract submissions are still open for the TERN 2025 Science Symposium.

This forum is for sharing ecosystem #science research, technological development, #data system innovation, collaboration & action.

Learn more: www.tern.org.au/science-symp...

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AARNet @aarnet.edu.au · May 14

🎓 Our next The Data Movers Lab session is coming up next week!

🗓️ FRI 23 May at 1pm AEST via #Zoom

These sessions provide an opportunity to discuss #research challenges and explore solutions using
#Globus and #Filesender for #DataMovement.

ow.ly/fKpp50VSeP4 #BigData

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · May 6

Remote VR training for research
🗓 19 May| 🕙 10:00am AWST |📍 Hybrid
🎟 Registration required

✔ Enhance your research with VR tools
✔ Get remote access to visualisation hardware
✔ Connect with other researchers

🔗 pawsey.org.au/event/remote...

#VRforResearch #RemoteVisualisation #Supercomputing

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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · May 1

ARDC National Skills Forum
Finding the right tool: Cloud Computing vs HPC
📍Online
📅 21 May
Join specialist research trainers from ARDC, @nci-australia.bsky.social & @pawseycentre.bsky.social to learn how to leverage #CloudComputing + #HPC to enhance research capabilities
ardc.edu.au/event/nation...

ARDC National Skills Forum. Finding the right tool: Cloud Computing vs HPC | ARDC

Join ARDC, NCI and Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre to learn how to leverage both cloud computing and HPC to enhance research.

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Apr 15

Missed our World Health Day panel? Watch the recording to hear experts discuss how AI and supercomputing are transforming healthcare — from research and clinical tools to data privacy. 🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/_N4HygCmKXY
#AIinHealthcare #DigitalHealth

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