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VLSCI has moved offices
18 November: The office of the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative has moved to new premises. We are now at 187 Grattan Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Vic 3010...
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VLSCI supports travel for 6 students to SC09 conference
28 October: The VLSCI is providing support for six postgraduate students to attend a workshop at the SC09 conference, November 14th - 29th 2009 in Portland Oregon. SC09 is the major international conference and exhibition on super computing...
- » Request for Tender: Cluster System and Services
21 October: The University of Melbourne on behalf of the VLSCI has released a Request for Tender (RFT) for an initial cluster computing system in the Peak Computing Facility to support a range of life sciences research applications... Due on 29th Oct...
- » Search for a new VLSCI Director
19 October: The University of Melbourne is seeking an innovative leader to be the Director of the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI)...
- » Inaugural VLSCI Steering Committee Meeting
21 September: The first meeting of the VLSCI steering committee was held on 31st August. On the Agenda were comittee membership, processes for access to computing facilities and resource allocation...
- » Scholarships available for students enrolling in New Masters Degree in Bioinformatics
3 September: The VLSCI with the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Science is offering AU$5,000.00 scholarships to 5 students enrolling in the new degree of 'Masters of Science, Bioinformatics'...
About the VLSCI
The University of Melbourne and the Victorian Government have established the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI).
VLSCI key aims
- to strengthen the outstanding life sciences reputation and capability of Victorian institutions and researchers
- to make significant investment in high performance computing facilities and research support services
VLSCI key targets for 2013
- a supercomputing facility ranking in the top 5 in life sciences world-wide
- over 50 people supporting life sciences research across 5 programs
- over $100m of contibutions to the initiative
Other related information: Overview, Current Status and History
From the Minister for ICT & Financial Services, State Government of Victoria
"The Victorian Government is making strategic investments in key information and communications technology (ICT) to save lives in Victoria and beyond."
"The VLSCI will further boost Victoria's reputation as a global centre for excellence in life sciences research and will provide our researchers with the necessary tools to solve some of the biggest challenges facing our health system and impacting our quality of life."
"It is a great example of Victorian researchers and research organisations coming together to continue Victoria's leadership in groundbreaking life science research."
— John Lenders, MP, Treasurer, Minister for Information and Communication Technology and Financial Services, State Government of Victoria
From the Vice Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
"We are tremendously excited about the potential for this initiative to expand dramatically the State's and the University's capacity in bioinformatics, computational biology and advanced biomedical image analysis."
"The far reaching vision and scale of this initiative will combine Victoria's already globally competitive biomedical research capability with computational infrastructure specially designed for the life sciences, equal to the best in the world."
— Professor Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
