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The Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC) and SGI Australia have signed a supercomputing deal designed to increase the nation's understanding of issues such as climate change and the origin of galaxies.
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The Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing Limited (VPAC), has launched the VPAC BioPlatform in Melbourne. The launch was undertaken with VPAC's partners in the project, BioMelbourne Network and the Victorian Bioinformatics Consortium.
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