Stories about: Australian National University

Linux and High Performance Computing go hand in hand. So to see what Australian users have been doing with Linux and HPC, this year's linux.conf.au is holding a Birds of a Feather session on the topic. Before the session kicks off we take time to speak to the BoF coordinator Anthony David. During the working day David works for SGI as the onsite engineer for the Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC). Here, we ask him about the state of HPC in Australia and where it is heading. The following responses are his own personal beliefs and not that of his employer.

The Australian National University (ANU) is conducting a world-first program to digitally map the southern sky using a specially constructed telescope called Skymapper, and in another global first will provide the data free to the world via a virtual observatory.

Failing to see a sign may be an excuse of the past for speeding when National ICT Australia's (NICTA) Linux-based Smart Cars technology comes to market within 12 months.

Coinciding with the second annual open computing in government conference in Canberra next month, Special Minister of State, Senator Eric Abetz will launch the Australian government 'Open Source Guide', the Australian Unix Users Group (AUUG) has announced.

Open Source advocates have until Friday, February 4, to submit papers to the inaugural OpenOffice.org Miniconf to be held in Canberra in April.

Australian developer Andrew Tridgell has gained a fellowship with the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) which will enable him to focus his attention on his pet love -- developing the Samba project.

If next-generation IP networks promise improved security and manageability, IT departments could look to the higher education sector for inspiration as Victoria's Monash University joined some eight other universities with IPv6 connections to GrangeNet this month.

Electronic voting will be expanded in the upcoming ACT elections, but the developers of the world-leading e-voting software will not publish the source code of future releases under the general public license.

Two Australian academics have been rewarded for their contributions to the open source Eclipse development framework.

Australia's premier supercomputing facility will increase its computational capacity by up to 10 times following an injection of $29 million in government funding.

Three Canberra musicians are making digital music by hand, using sensors strapped to their fingers to generate sound through a laptop network.