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VPAC Advanced Computing Improving your performance output Andrew Underwood Business Development Manager [email protected]
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VPAC Advanced Computing
Improving your performance output
Andrew Underwood
Business Development Manager
Introduction
Victorian Partnership For Advanced Computing LTD
• A Not for Profit “R&D Services” company
• Founded in 2000 by a consortium of universities
• Expanding Membership
• Employ over 60 staff in specialist fields
• “Our aim is to help Australians utilise research tools and advanced computing to create innovations that will place Australia at the forefront of global scientific achievement.”
Health
GIS
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CompVE
Life
Science
Health & Life Science Initiatives
For improved health outcomes
• Coupling Expert Scientists, Technologists & Infrastructure
• Health Services
– Systems Integration
– Clinical Application & Database Development
– Secure Health Data Hosting
• Life Science Services
– Modelling & Visualisation
– Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
– Virtual Screening & Ligand Analysis
– Full Life Cycle Systems Biology
Advanced Computing Initiatives
To improve your business
• Complete solutions to meet your business needs
• Advanced Computing
– Consultancy Services
– Systems Management
– Systems Engineering
– Large Scale Storage
– Visualisation Facilities
– High Performance Computing
Current Solutions
Infinite Innovation
• 2,800 Core High Performance Computing System (Trifid)
• 165TB Lustre Storage System
– 40% LTU, 40% RMIT, 20% VPAC
• Hands on Training
– Academic & Commercial
• 800 Core High Performance Computing System (Tango)
• 30TB NFS Storage System
– Open to all
• 2 x 128 Core Secure Dell Cluster (single server)– Can be locked down internally, or delivered on site
• Strong Focus on Security
– ACL, LDAP, SSH, Pub/PrivKey and Karaage
Why use a HPC?Get the results you need fast to solve complex business or scientific
problems.
• Enable the resolution of large, time consuming problems
• Decrease processing time
• Free local resources such a PC for post processing and analysis
HPC In Radiotherapy
Bigger and better!
• What is a Monte Carlo Simulation?
• Monte Carlo Simulations in Radiotherapy
– Reduce turn around, speed up treatment, improve patient outcomes
• Software To Solve Bigger Problems
– BEAMnrc, EGSnrc, GATE, GEANT4, simSET,
– GAUSSIAN, ITKSNAP, Matlab
Other uses
Engineering, Nuclear Safety, Weather and more!
Removing the need for physical prototypes and
testing.
Modeling of environmental scenarios to
allow better decision support to assess
impacts.
For more...
Infinite Innovation
• For a deeper look into the potential innovations;
– http://www.vpac.org
– http://www.linkedin.com/company/VPAC
– https://www.facebook.com/VPACltd
– http://twitter.com/VPACltd
– http://www.youtube.com/eresearchvictoria
