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VPAC Services

VPAC is a leading, independent Advanced Computing R&D service provider, a not for profit registered research agency established in 2000 by a consortium of Victorian Member Universities.

VPAC's mission is to provide independent expert services, training and support in Advanced Computing to VPAC Members, Industry and other organisations. VPAC provides professional R&D services in the application of Advanced Computing in the fields of Computational Engineering, Computational Software Development, Geospatial Sciences, Grid Computing and Life Sciences to assist Members, Industry and other organisations to create innovations in research and development.

VPAC's goal is to maintain and build upon its position as a leading Advanced Computing R&D service provider in Australia, and strengthen its reputation and collaboration on all levels: Member, state, national, and international. Advanced Computing means any application of computing that is outside the scope of traditional "off the shelf" or "packaged" applications such as email, spreadsheets, word processing, and accounting packages. Examples of Advanced Computing in R&D include:

1. Large-scale computational models and simulations for scientific and engineering research.
2. Development and support of custom databases for life sciences research.
3. Development of specialized web portals to host/access research data.
4. Visualization software and hardware for scientific research.

To support the Advanced Computing needs of its Members and other clients, VPAC operates a state of the art, internationally recognised High Performance Computing (HPC) Facility and is also a founding partner of the Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC), which provides Victorian access to the National supercomputing facility located at the Australian National University, and access to other APAC programs.

Auto CRC High Performance Computing (PDF 101KB)

VPAC Survey (PDF 445KB)

The aim of this survey is to assess current and potential users of High Performance Computing (HPC) requirements in terms of hardware and software support and the information gathered is used to improve VPAC service to members. Please complete and email your response to eresearch@latrobe.edu.au