RACE (RMIT AWS Cloud Supercomputing)

Congratulations to Professor Karin Verspoor (FTSE FAIDH) and Milindi. All the best in your future endeavours Milindi Kodikara! We look forward to future collaborations!

As we approach the end of the last working week before Christmas, we extend our warmest wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone! May this festive season bring joy, peace, and prosperity to you and your loved ones. A special congratulations to our very own Dr. Patrick Taylor on achieving his PhD! Your hard work and dedication have truly paid off, and we are all so proud of your accomplishment. Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season and looking forward to an exciting new year ahead!

Today, RACE (RMIT AWS Cloud Supercomputing) and Qiang Sun joined forces to host the first RACE - Wolfram Language (Mathematica) Workshop.   A big thanks to our special guests, Paul Abbott and Ronald Monson, two of only five instructors in Australia formally certified to teach the Wolfram Language!   We are thrilled with the positive feedback and look forward to hosting more events! Calum Drummond AO, Mark Easton, Sinan Erbay, Professor Angela Carbone, Matt Duckham, James Harland, Matthew Barry, Paul McIntosh, Robert(Xiaobin) Shen, Amandeep Kour, Dale Osborne, Patrick Taylor.

The RMIT School of Computing Technologies recently hosted its second Doctoral Colloquium, featuring an engaging HDR Poster Event and line-up of guest speakers. This event provided doctoral candidates the opportunity to share their research with the academic community and invited industry guests.   We loved seeing such a diverse range of posters utilising RACE to support their work. A special shout-out to Yufan Kang, Quang Cao, Sachin Pathiyan Cherumanal, Naima Vahab, Aashish Bhandari, and Marwah Alaofi! Looking forward to more collaborations in 2025! Xiuzhen Zhang, Calum Drummond AO, Mark Easton, Sinan Erbay, Professor Angela Carbone, Matt Duckham, James Harland, Matthew Barry, Nicole Woodham, Jeffrey Chan, Damiano Spina Valenti, A/Prof. Sonika Tyagi, Falk Scholer, Mark Sanderson, Paul McIntosh, Robert(Xiaobin) Shen, Amandeep Kour, Dale Osborne, Patrick Taylor

We recently hosted the EIP-RACE Demonstrator Competition Showcase, where seven innovative research teams showcased their advancements over the past three months by leveraging cloud services to enhance their research excellence. The competition aimed to integrate cloud solutions with dedicated technical support to propel research breakthroughs. Judging by the exceptional presentations, we are thrilled to say it was a resounding success! A special thank you to Matt Duckham for your invaluable support in making this event possible. Congratulations to the competition winners: Damiano Spina Valenti, Joelle Chia, George Wu, and A/Prof. Sonika Tyagi! Calum Drummond AO, Mark Easton, Sinan Erbay, Professor Angela Carbone, Matt Duckham, James Harland, Matthew Barry, Paul McIntosh, Parham Moradi, Manizheh Ranjbar, Kaige Wang, Carl Higgs, Mohammad Kazemi, Robert(Xiaobin) Shen, Amandeep Kour, Patrick Taylor and Dale Osborne.

Congratulations to Professor Angela Carbone on a very successful STEM College LTQ Showcase 2024! We are very grateful for the opportunity to showcase Pepper! More importantly, thank you for trusting us (and Pepper) to assist throughout the showcase! Calum Drummond AO, Mark Easton, Sinan Erbay, James Harland, Matthew Barry, Paul McIntosh, Sam Griffiths, Bohan Cheng, BoWen Li, Tao Lu, Robert(Xiaobin) Shen, Dale Osborne and Patrick Taylor.

It was a pleasure collaborating with the Microsoft Azure team on a successful AI training event, showcasing the newly announced Microsoft Azure AI Foundry. It was a fantastic opportunity for our researchers to dive into cutting-edge AI technologies and explore their practical applications. Kudos to Ken Rankins, Clint Harris, Peter Xing, Lauren Baird, Praveen Senadheera, and Benjamin Eldridge for delivering such an engaging and impactful workshop. Your efforts made a tangible difference to our researchers and students who attended. Looking forward to more collaborative events in 2025! Mark Easton, James Harland, Sinan Erbay, Matthew Barry, Paul McIntosh, Robert(Xiaobin) Shen, Timothy Beevor, Patrick Taylor, and Dale Osborne

We were honoured to have Pepper the robot support Prof. Tom Bentley for the opening remarks at the City North Fest: Shared Futures Showcase 🤖✨ Thank you for your trust and support regarding this opportunity! We look forward to future collaborations! Tom Bentley, Calum Drummond AO, Mark Easton, Sinan Erbay, Professor Angela Carbone, Matt Duckham, James Harland, Matthew Barry, Paul McIntosh, Tao Lu, @Michael Cassidy, Kiri Delly, Niamh B., Christina Lovrecz Robert(Xiaobin) Shen, Amandeep Kour, Dale Osborne, Bohan Cheng, BoWen Li, Sam Griffiths and Patrick Taylor.

We have been working closely with Chi Tsun (Ben) Cheng and George Wu on their Sustainable Orchard of the Future project and are excited to see this research flourish! Through RACE, the team has offloaded their photogrammetry computing requirements to the cloud, reducing their processing times and costs. Exciting things to come for the future of sustainable orchards! Calum Drummond AO, Mark Easton, Sinan Erbay, Professor Angela Carbone, Matt Duckham, James Harland, Matthew Barry, Paul McIntosh, Robert(Xiaobin) Shen, Amandeep Kour, Dale Osborne and Patrick Taylor.

It's an incredible event, bringing together over 270 participants from Australia and Vietnam to address cutting-edge challenges in AI and cybersecurity. Fengling Han, Mark Easton, Professor Angela Carbone, Matt Duckham, James Harland, Robert(Xiaobin) Shen, Patrick Taylor and Dale Osborne