Tech Society 072 - West Australian Supercomputing Power

Join Mark Stickells, Executive Director of the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre as he takes Alex and John from Ninja Software on an eye opening journey into Western Australia’s supercomputing capability.Hear about Pawsey’s contribution to research projects in WA and around the world, including handling data for the Square Kilometre Array, a large-scale radio telescope project across Australia and South Africa.Mark also talks about the relationship between supercomputing and technology, the need for the continued investment in science and how a non-tech person brings incredible value to a very technical role.Data science jobs show almost unlimited growth in the future. Mark’s advice to parents and schools?“Start earlier than Uni - learn how to understand data” ◎More Information◎▸Pawsey Virtual Tourhttps://tour.pawsey.org.au/▸Pawsey Projectshttps://pawsey.org.au/case-studies/▸Square Kilometer Arrayhttps://www.skatelescope.org/aus▸WA Data Science Innovation Hubhttps://wadsih.org.au/about/  ▸Tech Society 043 - University Research: a Pathway to Impact!https://www.techsociety.fm/episodes/43-university-research-pathway-to-impact ▸Tech Society 046 - Geek Talk: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science (Part 1 of 2)https://www.techsociety.fm/episodes/46-geek-talk-part-1-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-and-data-mining ▸Tech Society 047 - Geek Talk: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science (Part 2 of 2)https://www.techsociety.fm/episodes/47-geek-talk-part-2-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-and-data-miningWebsite:  https://www.techsociety.fm/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techsociety-fm/?viewAsMember=trueSpotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/0STaLU0ATmS9dEyey4FwjviTunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tech-society/id1516405840Google:  https://podcasts.google.com/search/tech%20societyTwitter: https://twitter.com/TechSocietyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/techsociety.fm/