The state government has struck a partnership deal to utilise one of the world's "most powerful and greenest” supercomputers to make climate change projections for WA.
Kensington-based Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre has added two new recruits to its board as well as a strategic adviser in a bid to propel the scale of the business.
Plans to build the world's largest radio astronomy observatory in Western Australia's Murchison region received a boost overnight with $387 million from the federal government.
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has signed a $48 million contract with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to deliver the biggest upgrade to its computing infrastructure since the centre opened in 2009.
Processing data from the space industry could bring benefits to farmers and emergency services, according to the team from the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, which has been awarded $1.5 million from the federal government to create a new national space data analysis centre.
Ambitious entrepreneurs and sensible policies could make WA the world's pre-eminent location for data analytics, remote operations and high-tech industries.
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has announced a tender as part of a $70 million new supercomputing system to replace its existing Magnus and Galaxy supercomputers.
Machine learning is being used to develop a range of medical research advancements in WA, with diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder one example.
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John Langoulant's interests range widely, from building a lyric theatre in Perth to doing business in the Top End, but his main passion is public sector reform.
A deal between Adelaide-based Silentium Defence and Curtin University astronomers to develop technology tracking space junk is an example of WA's growing capability in matters extraterrestrial.
Perth-based Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has appointed Mark Stickells as its new director, less than a month after the federal government said it would invest $70 million in the facility.
Former WA deputy premier Mal Bryce, who won accolades for championing the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and small business through political and commercial careers spanning more than 40 years, has passed away at the age of 75.
Companies from the US may dominate foreign investment in Australia, but businesses from both sides of the relationship still need to be reminded about the opportunities.
A recently opened research and innovation centre at Curtin University is rapidly building interaction between big corporates, small businesses, academia and government.
Perth-based data centre operator DownUnder GeoSolutions' fluid server-cooling technology has outperformed the effectiveness ratings of some of the world's largest tech companies.
Richard Johnson reckons he'd be a millionaire if he had a dollar for every time an adult walked into his laboratory at Rostrata Primary School and said: “Wow, I wish I had this when I was a kid.”
As Western Australia and the rest of the world prepare for a hotter, drier climate in the years and decades ahead, Murdoch University researchers are working to determine which areas of the state may be at a greater risk of bushfires.
Two former BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto engineers from the Wheatbelt officially launched a wave energy prototype in the Swan River today as part of a long-term plan to produce electricity at costs so low it will rival wind energy.
Perth-based oil and gas services company DownUnder GeoSolutions (Dug) has seized the chance to capitalise on what may be Australia's biggest oil find in decades by commissioning the nation's largest seismic survey.
The University of Western Australia has again dominated WA's portion of the latest round of federal government research grants, though the state's funding share continues to be underweight relative to its population.
AS Western Australia moves a step closer to the construction of its part of the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope, the supercomputers behind the scenes are set to provide flow-on benefits to c
THE Western Australian credited with creating the country's first internet-connected community has received one of the ICT industry's highest honours – the 2012 Pearcey Medal.
WA has entered the ranks of the top 100 supercomputers on the planet, thanks to iVEC's installation of a Performance Optimised Data Centre (POD) at its Murdoch facility.
THE opening of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research at the University of Western Australia this week is the next step towards WA potentially securing the $2.5 billion Square Kilome
