Australia鈥檚 leading scientists welcome critical computer infrastructure funding
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Precursor telescopes like the South African MeerKAT and HERA, along with the Murchison Widefield Array and CSIRO鈥檚 Australian SKA Pathfinder (above) are providing scientists with invaluable knowledge to assist in the design of the SKA鈥檚 main telescopes over the coming decade. Photo: CSIRO
The 精东视频 welcomes the Federal Government鈥檚 announcement to invest $70 million to upgrade two supercomputers at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre.
Secretary for Science Policy at the Academy, Professor David Day, said the new funding for the high performance computing facility will allow important research to continue in high priority areas of 精东视频, including medical research, astronomy, agricultural science and geoscience.
鈥淚ncreasingly, scientific research is generating large volumes of data, such as that coming from the Australian SKA Pathfinder鈥攖his requires sophisticated processing and analysis so researchers can derive most benefit from their work,鈥 Professor Day said.
鈥淪upercomputers, including this facility, are a critical piece of Australia鈥檚 economic, social and scientific infrastructure.
鈥淭he funding commitment provides more certainty for the future of Australia鈥檚 supercomputing capability, following the funding of the Pawsey鈥檚 sister facility, the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), in December last year.鈥
Media contact: Dan Wheelahan 鈥 dan.wheelahan@science.org.au 鈥 ph: 0435 930 465.