{"id":92422,"date":"2025-10-21T16:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/92422\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:11:05","slug":"university-of-sydney-granted-dedicated-access-to-australias-setonix-supercomputer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/92422\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Sydney Granted Dedicated Access to Australia\u2019s Setonix Supercomputer"},"content":{"rendered":"

PERTH, Australia, Oct. 21, 2025 \u2014\u00a0The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre<\/a> has signed a strategic Access Agreement with the University of Sydney<\/a>, granting its researchers dedicated access to Setonix \u2013 the most powerful and energy-efficient supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere. The partnership introduces a dedicated University of Sydney allocation scheme, accelerating time-to-science for projects spanning climate modeling, biomedical research, and more.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>University of Sydney will receive 20 million compute hours per year, providing access to Setonix\u2019s hybrid architecture, optimized for both traditional workloads and emerging ML\/AI applications. Its advanced GPU nodes are designed to accelerate the data-intensive research driving modern scientific discovery.<\/p>\n

With this scale of access to CPUs and GPUs, researchers will be able to simulate protein folding, drug interactions, and other complex phenomena that would be impossible without access to supercomputing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis strategic partnership with the University of Sydney is a milestone in Pawsey\u2019s mission to expand our impact for researchers nationwide,\u201d said Mark Stickells, CEO of the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre. \u201cThe real advantage isn\u2019t just access to computational power\u2014it\u2019s pairing world-class infrastructure with expert people to accelerate solutions to Australia\u2019s most urgent challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Gray, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Pawsey, highlighted the significance of this arrangement. \u201cPawsey continues to develop collaboration models that uplift Australia\u2019s research community. Following partnerships with Australian BioCommons and other sector initiatives, this agreement is our first direct institutional access agreement with an Australian university.\u201d<\/p>\n

University of Sydney researchers can access Setonix now, with the Pawsey partnership taking effect immediately. It will be supported by a team of research computing experts at Sydney Informatics Hub, the University\u2019s core research facility for research data analysis and training.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis agreement provides our researchers with unprecedented access to one of the most advanced supercomputing platforms,\u201d said Professor Simon Ringer, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure) at the University of Sydney. \u201cSetonix will empower University of Sydney teams to push the boundaries of data-intensive research across disciplines. It\u2019s a significant step in our commitment to providing world-class digital infrastructure that accelerates discovery and impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

About the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre<\/p>\n

The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre<\/a> accelerates scientific discoveries, fostering innovation in Australia\u2019s research landscape. Named after Australian scientist Dr Joseph Pawsey, a pioneering figure in radio astronomy, the Centre embodies his legacy by propelling over 4,000 researchers towards unparalleled achievements. Spanning domains like radio astronomy, energy, resources, engineering, bioinformatics, and health sciences, we\u2019re a catalyst for innovation. Operating as an unincorporated joint venture between CSIRO \u2013 Australia\u2019s national science agency, Curtin University, Murdoch University, and The University of Western Australia, collaboration is our driving force. Pawsey is an NCRIS facility funded by the Department of Education. The Australian Government also provided a $70 million grant for the Pawsey Capital Refresh project. Additionally, support for the Centre comes through the Western Australian Government and our partner organizations.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a>: Karina Nunez, Pawsey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PERTH, Australia, Oct. 21, 2025 \u2014\u00a0The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre has signed a strategic Access Agreement with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[371,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-92422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-computing","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}