Managing Supercomputing Resources

At the University of Wollongong, I managed and allocated compute time on Gadi, the university’s high-performance computing cluster at the NCI, for scientific researchers. Originally, this process relied on multiple Excel spreadsheets and manual calculations, making it cumbersome and error-prone.

To improve efficiency and accuracy, I designed a centralised data management solution in REDCap, ensuring data integrity and more streamlined tracking. This allowed me to monitor allocations and utilisation each quarter and report results to the steering committee. The new system reduced management time by 29% and significantly decreased errors, making HPC resource management far more efficient.

Images by Taylor Vick and Alexandre Debiève, sourced from Unsplash.