The Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) is a non-profit organisation that provides cutting-edge digital infrastructure capabilities for research and innovation across Queensland and Australia.  QCIF draws investment from its Members, the Queensland Government, and the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) program.  We are an NCRIS node for the Australian BioCommons and the Australian Research Data Commons and its Nectar Research Cloud and Planet RDC.

Website

https://www.qcif.edu.au

Organisation type

• Not-for-profit | Public Company | Queensland-based

Number of research staff

20-100 research staff

Address

Level 5, Axon Building (47), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, 4072

Strengths and capabilities

• Data Science and Analytics
• Eco, Health, Bio and Ag-informatics
• Applied AI (Machine and Federated Learning)
• Statistics and Modelling
• Clinical Trials Support
• High Performance and Cloud Computing
• Big Data Storage and Data Management
• Software Development
• Sensitive Data Curation and Analysis
• Digital Skills Training

Facilities and major equipment

• QCIF Data Science
• QCIF Bioinformatics
• QCIF Applied AI
• QCIF Statistics
• QCIF Data & Software Solutions
• QCIF Advanced Computing
• QCIF Skills Development
• QCIF Enterprise Solutions
• KeyPoint Trusted Research Environments
• Galaxy Australia
• EcoCommons Australia
• Nectar Research Cloud
• ReDBox Data Management

Achievements of the centre

On average a research expenditure in excess of $8M per annum across more than 100 projects

Key science sectors

More information about the sectors this centre is involved in:

• Advanced manufacturing
• Biotechnology
• Defence, aviation and space
• Digital economy
• Energy
• Engineering
• Environment and nature
• Food and agriculture
• Health and medical
• Mining/resources
• Quantum and advanced technologies
• Social sciences
• Transport
• Tropical