Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

NeSI: New Zealand eScience Infrastructure


Description

NeSI - New Zealand eScience Infrastructure - is New Zealand's computing research infrastructure. We provide high performance computers and support systems to enable the country's researchers to tackle the world's largest problems.

NeSI's strengths surround High Performance Computing. We place strong emphasis on both the technical aspects, such as providing excellent hardware and software, and the human aspects, such as support and training.

The NeSI Governance Board is made up of representatives from each major investor, as well as an independent Chair and an independent director with international research infrastructure leadership experience.

Our Support Team is comprised of experts who provide computational science support and work directly with investigators to improve their research productivity on NeSI platforms.

Project website

https://www.nesi.org.nz/about-us


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C7. E-science 2019
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Coverage
  • New Zealand

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2015

End date

Not set


WSIS values promotion

NeSI - New Zealand eScience Infrastructure - is New Zealand's computing research infrastructure. We provide high performance computers and support systems to enable the country's researchers to tackle the world's largest problems. NeSI's strengths surround High Performance Computing. We place strong emphasis on both the technical aspects, such as providing excellent hardware and software, and the human aspects, such as support and training.


Entity name

New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI)

Entity country—type

New Zealand Academia

Entity website

https://www.nesi.org.nz

Partners

University of Auckland