Geoff Harben

Head of Markets WA at KPMG, AIIA WA Council, WA Govt SIG Chair

[Geoff Harben @geoffeeh]

@johnstockbridge @stjohn_wa I hope that Faye is okay John 🤞

[Geoff Harben @geoffeeh]

@IanJamesPoulter @RickShielsPGA @ipthepostman I sincerely wish and hope that this LIV relegation thing does not affect you. The game needs you in it mate.

[Geoff Harben @geoffeeh]

@LozzaFox I very much enjoy following you from down here in Perth Western Australia, and I will miss my morning updates from you. I strongly support your views, we have the same issues here.

[Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @PawseyCentre]

Pawsey weekly wrap-up
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⚛️Quantum Computing: Pawsey's Dr Shushen Liu presented at the @CSIRO Quantum Systems seminar on "Quantum Leaf," a cloud-native platform developed by Baidu Research & Pawsey’s efforts in creating a test bed for quantum computing applications.

[Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @PawseyCentre]

Pawsey #SaturdayScience: Solid-State Batteries for a Greener Future! ♻️
Prof. Bernhardt (UQ) uses Pawsey's @SetonixHPC to unlock the secrets of safer, faster-charging batteries! ☀️
Thanks, @HPE_Cray for sharing her story!

#NCRISimpact #Sustainability #HPC #UQ

[ASC @auscicomm]

Exciting #ASC2024 update: We are very excited to announce that the @auscicomm national conference: ASC2024: Support, Connect, Grow will be held at the @uwanews University of Western Australia. https://t.co/DxwmGGYTwZ

[Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @PawseyCentre]

#SaturdayScience: @PawseyCentre team with @CurtinUni and Uzbekistan's Institute of Nuclear Physics, has successfully ported a complex ion-atom collision physics #HPC code to run on #GPUs, making these simulations 68x MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT & 77x FASTER!
🔗 https://t.co/Tk5T9xGpRt

[Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @PawseyCentre]

#SaturdayScience: Koverage is a read-coverage analysis tool for large (meta)genomics datasets developed by @BeardyMcFace and @sarah_beecroft. It optimises read-coverage calculations by eliminating I/O bottlenecks and enhancing scalability. Read the paper https://t.co/Y8g4I69Nx7

[Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @PawseyCentre]

📢 Join us for our first #TrainingTuesday of 2024!
Missed our last training session with Ludovic Capelli from @EPCCed? We've got you covered.
👨‍💻 This is the first video on Intro to OpenMP for CPUs
🎥 https://t.co/jy0rryyJ36
#OpenMP #HPC #TrainingVideo #ParallelComputing

[NCI Australia @NCInews]

SupercomputingAsia 2024 Early Bird registration is now extended until 31 Dec 23.
Seize this opportunity to explore cutting-edge #supercomputing and #HPC research at #SCA2024. Don’t miss out – secure your spot!
🔗 https://t.co/cqOBv2Vpkq

[Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @PawseyCentre]

📢 @PawseyCentre has been selected as a finalist in the @AIMinWA Pinnacle Awards' Environmental Sustainability Excellence category, highlighting our commitment to sustainability and contribution to environmental initiatives through supercomputing research. https://t.co/pzMMnsxTyD

[Department of Physics at University of WA @PhysicsUwa]

🌟Exciting job opportunity @PhysicsUwa ! Join as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer.
Conduct research @PawseyCentre, focusing on quantum computation and high-performance computing💻. 75% research, 25% teaching.

@ausphysics @SciTeachersWA #Jobs #AcademicJobs
https://t.co/4rbpZhvCL8

[Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @PawseyCentre]

Pawsey Partner Allocation Scheme is open for applications. If you're a researcher from a partner institution, here's your chance to apply for @SetonixHPC #GPUs and #CPUs. Applications close October 3rd @uwanews @CurtinUni @CSIRO @MurdochUni #WAgovernment https://t.co/Dk9zNiSVNF

[Mark Allen 🇦🇺 @MarkAllenGolf]

Unfortunately - this shouldn’t surprise anyone…
#CompleteShambles

[Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @PawseyCentre]

💻👨‍💻The @govhackwa 2023 WA event will be held at @PawseyCentre on August 1st. Find out what Govhack is about, listen to owners of some of the open government data sets explain their data, meet other participants and form teams to compete! Register here https://t.co/aNc8QqhJKs

[Flushing It @flushingitgolf]

In leaked litigation papers from the PGA Tour, the leadership outlines information about the decision to buy IMG’s stake in the European Tour Group.

EVERY SINGLE MEMBER, FAN AND PARTNER OF THE EUROPEAN TOUR NEEDS TO READ THIS.

According to the papers, the PGA Tour facilitated the buyout using private debt even though they forecast a $128mm nett loss on their investment over the first term.

“Generally, we find ETG an underinvested and borderline distressed asset.”

So, why do it?

“Eighteen months ago we entered into our Strategic Alliance with the European Tour Group (ETG) and successfully blocked the then Saudi backed PGL from gaining control.”

So, they partly did it to stop the PIF investing into the European Tour. It’s worth remembering that the PIF has invested $300mm into the Asian Tour since then. But, this is where it gets even more interesting.

“On the opportunity front, the PGA TOUR is now in a position to simplify and streamline the flow of talent through a coordinated global schedule. It is also poised to gain ownership of (and the substantial financial upside related to) the European plays of the Ryder Cup-one of the most prestigious and respected events in all of golf.”

The PGA Tour planned all along to use the European Tour as part of a feeder system to send global talent to America. But, more importantly, they want to take control of Team Europe and all European interests in the Ryder Cup.

If the severe punishments served to loyal European Tour members like Lee Westwood didn’t make sense before, then they do now. The European Tour was sold out by the current leadership to work in the best interests of Ponte Vedra, who planned to asset strip them of their best players and best events.

What happens now with “NewCo” is anyone’s guess. But, I find it fascinating how small of a role the European Tour Group leadership are playing in it. I’d love to believe they will strengthen, but as the decisions appear to be being made without them, I don’t hold much hope.

Credit to @desertdufferLLG for finding and sharing these papers.

[Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO @nyunggai]

They can’t even explain the legal points. Don’t know say NO

[Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @PawseyCentre]

Today, @ARDC_AU, @NCInews and @PawseyCentre signed an MoU to support the Digital Research Skills Australasia #DReSA training registry. This collaboration brings national computing and data infrastructures together for a more capable #STEM workforce in Aus https://t.co/sMAvWACOwt

[Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @PawseyCentre]

Expressions of Interest are now open for the Metagenomics Hackathon 2023! This hackathon will bring together researchers, bioinformaticians, and Pawsey supercomputing experts to tackle some of the big challenges, as decided by you! 🫵

https://t.co/xRhnAgraN9

[Tommy Fleetwood @TommyFleetwood1]

Thank you Canada for an amazing atmosphere. Congrats @ntaylorgolf59, what an unbelievable 3 days of golf you’ve just played and what a moment for you and your country! We’ll start again tomorrow. See you at work. 💪🏻