Pure mathematics often yields unanticipated applications, but without a time machine to look into the future, how do mathematicians like me choose what to study?
“Faster, more efficient software,” “speedups and code profiling,” and “parallel programming” – these were the central takeaways from the two-week National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) HPC-AI Hackathon hosted in partnership with NVIDIA, and the OpenACC organisation from 24 October to 4 November.
Two ANU researchers helping to develop faster and more powerful supercomputers and software that will power the technologies of tomorrow, have been awarded millions of dollars to advance their work as part of Australia's most prestigious research funding program.
The award recognises research in the physical and biological sciences by outstanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PhD students and early- and mid-career scientists.
Dr Xia Hua, who recently won a prestigious Eureka Prize for her mathematics research, used to hate maths. What she really loved was frogs. Which is lucky, because it’s the frogs that helped to get her here.