Understanding Research Drivers for New Zealand’s Advanced Research Computing

In 2018, NeSI has reached out to research leaders in NZ and started conducting structured interviews. The interviews were focused on the timeframe of 2015-2017, looking at where the opportunities and needs are. This was the first step of NeSI’s researcher consultation activities.Some of the notable findings were: <div><br><div>- Diversity of drivers and needs even across similar fields </div><div>- Increasing need of data, data sensitivity, sharing, and collaboration </div><div>- Importance in collaboration internationally and across disciplines </div><div>- Many researchers have emphasised the importance of people element in NeSI. To solve complex problems requires much more than just a powerful hardware.</div></div><div><br></div><div><b><u>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</u></b></div><div>Jun is in the innovation and growth role for NeSI. Jun comes from a start-up background where he gained knowledge around good business practices on how to listen to the needs of the users.<b><u><br></u></b></div>