Centre for Scientific Computing

Introduction

The Centre for Scientific Computing is a multi-disciplinary, multi-school research centre facilitating computationally-driven research, throughout the sciences and engineering. This is achieved by the sharing of expertise in computational methods and algorithms, encouraging the cross-fertilisation of ideas between researchers in the various disciplines, and enabling access to high-performance computing resources.

Scientific Computing is the field of study concerned with constructing mathematical models and numerical solution techniques, and utilising computers to analyze and solve scientific, social scientific and engineering problems. In practical use, it is typically the application of computer simulation and other forms of computation to problems in various scientific disciplines. In some scientific computing problems, a formal model may be proposed and investigated; in others, large volumes of data may be mined and empirical conclusions drawn, or computational models may be designed and tested against available data.

Research Activities

CSC researchers deal with research in: