National Computational Infrastructure

Featured on 9News: What's making this year's El Niño more intense? 🌊
Powered by NCI's supercomputing, Professor Matthew England's research reveals the hidden ocean warming beneath the Pacific that could shape Australia's climate in the months ahead.

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Warming ocean to make El Nino hotter, longer The climate driver will gain strength over coming months, thanks to a spike in subsurface Pacific Ocean temperature

Celebrating 20 years of NCRIS 🎉

The NCRIS@20 Symposium brought together Australia’s research community to reflect on two decades of nationally coordinated research infrastructure, and to look ahead to the future we are building together !!

Across all sessions, one idea stood out: NCRIS is not just a collection of facilities, it is a coordinated ecosystem that enables discovery, connects disciplines, and helps translate research into impact.

From discussions on A Healthier Australia, it was clear how research infrastructure ultimately underpins human outcomes, from urgent medical challenges to long-term improvements in healthcare. Another key theme was the importance of integration at scale 🌏. Whether in Earth system science or global collaborations, complex challenges require coordinated capability and shared national infrastructure. Sessions on controlling matter and powering Australia highlighted how emerging fields like quantum, energy, and space are rapidly moving from future ambition to active research frontiers, enabled by sustained investment in infrastructure and expertise.

A consistent thread throughout was that research infrastructure works best as a team sport 🤝 bringing together facilities, researchers, and government to support end-to-end research journeys.
The “Choose Your Own Research Adventure” session reinforced this, showcasing how NCRIS enables flexible, evolving research pathways designed around researcher needs.

Finally, discussions on the 2026 NRI Roadmap highlighted the importance of understanding future research demand and ensuring infrastructure continues to evolve with national priorities.

At NCI, it was a strong reminder that our role sits within a much larger coordinated ecosystem, one that is continually shaped by collaboration, foresight, and the needs of researchers.

🎉 Celebrating 20 years of NCRIS!

NCI Director Professor Andrew Rohl joined colleagues from ARDC, AAL, AAF and Pawsey for an interactive session at the NCRIS Symposium, celebrating two decades of NCRIS and its impact on Australian research. 👏

Andrew spoke about how NCI and Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre help researchers tackle complex problems using national supercomputing resources, specialist expertise, and data collections and curation services. He also highlighted how researchers can access these capabilities through the National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS) and the importance of ongoing national investment in research infrastructure. 🚀