Research Computing Centre (RCC)

The University of Queensland

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A narrow aisle inside a server data centre with tall racks of black computing equipment and network servers on both sides, connected by visible cabling. A person stands at the far end of the corridor, facing towards the servers. The floor features a grated metal walkway, and overhead lighting evenly illuminates the tightly arranged infrastructure.

RCC provides coordinated management and support of The University of Queensland's sustained and substantial investment in digital research infrastructure.

RCC helps UQ researchers across disciplines make the most of the University's eResearch technologies, such as high-performance computing (HPC), research data storage, visualisation and workflows.

Website
https://www.rcc.uq.edu.au
Organisation type
  • University Research Centre
Number of research staff
20-100 research staff
Address
Level 5, Axon Building (47), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane QLD 4072

Strengths and capabilities

  • High-Performance Computing
  • Supercomputing-as-a-Service
  • Research Data Storage-as-a-Service
  • Cloud Computing
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure, Software and Frameworks
  • Scientific Workflows
  • Software Platforms
  • Large-Scale Research Data Management
  • Data Visualisation Expertise
  • Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Scientific Web Portals
  • Application and Workload Optimisation

Facilities and major equipment

  • Heterogeneous AI and data-intensive focused supercomputer (Bunya)
  • MeDiCI (Metropolitan Data Caching Infrastructure), UQ's high-performance data storage fabric
  • IBM@UQ Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (Fusion) platform – OpenShift Container infrastructure
  • Galaxy Australia workflow system
  • Imaging data platforms, including the Imaging Processing Portal, OMERO, XNAT, and PITSCHI (Clowder)
  • Data visualisation
  • Data sharing tool Globus
  • REDCap data management platform

Lead researchers

Jake Carroll is the Director of UQ's Research Computing Centre. Jake has been responsible for the architecture and design of UQ's most advanced storage and supercomputing infrastructure initiatives, as well as advisory to several national initiatives involving federated storage and cloud computing design.

He has held various board appointments for state government advisory initiatives in Artificial Intelligence infrastructure.

He is a current member of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Jake is an executive of the Australasian eResearch Organisation (AeRO).

Achievements of the centre

  • The creation, alongside its technology vendors, of one of the most powerful, cutting-edge supercomputers in Australia's university sector. HPC Bunya includes some of the most powerful GPUs worldwide, mixed with the latest CPUs, in a solution designed around efficiency and sustainability. Bunya leverages UQ's evergreen technology investment strategy, providing researchers with cutting-edge infrastructure every year, whilst mitigating technology obsolescence and inefficiency.
  • The creation, alongside IBM, of the IBM@UQ Centre of Excellence and Innovation

Key science sectors

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