WHPC+
Welcome to the Women+ in HPC Australasian Chapter, check out more information about us here, including how to join our Chapter.
The Australasian Chapter of the global organisation Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) aims to better support diversity within Australia’s and New Zealand’s HPC and eResearch sectors. We’ve added a “+” to our Chapter’s name, as we welcome people from all backgrounds and perspectives beyond gender to join our community – we all have a part to play in supporting diversity and inclusion.
Watch our 3min video on Why the WHPC Australasian Chapter in important or view the longer 8min version.
About the Australasian Chapter
Our Chapter was launched in 2020 at the eResearch Australasia (eResAU) Conference with the support of five founding organisations: AeRO, Monash University, NCI Australia, New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI), and Pawsey Supercomputing Centre.
- identifying opportunities and future activities to improve diversity, inclusion, balance and belonging in HPC and eResearch
- increasing the engagement of women in HPC
- increasing the number of women in HPC
- fostering collaboration and connections amongst existing diversity and inclusion initiatives
Chapter Organising Committee
Our committee aims to meet monthly and welcomes ideas and feedback from the community.
Contact us by email at ahoy@whpcanz.org
Committee members as of 1 January 2025: |
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Aditi Subramanya Based at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, Aditi is a communicator in the digital world. Aditi loves tech and is passionate about creating diverse, inclusive mindsets and cultures. Aditi’s goal is to break global barriers to create fair opportunities for all.
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Carina Kemp Amazon Web Services Dr Carina Kemp is the Global Lead for Academic Research at AWS. In her career, Dr Kemp has always strived to enable research and innovation working for higher ed, industry, government and NGOS. Her interests include open data, data science, machine learning, high-performance computing, communication of science, improving collaboration across science and information technology disciplines, and encouraging leadership and women in science. |
Emily Barker The University of Western Australia Emily supports the researchers at the University of Western Australia (UWA) to analyse big data and manage complex datasets on High Performance Computing (HPC) systems. Emily is passionate about increasing diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM fields and as part of this she serves on committees and volunteers with the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Women in HPC Australasia and the Innovator’s Tea Party. |
Jana Makar Based at the University of Auckland, Jana is the Communications Manager at New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI). Prior to that, she worked with HPC consortia and other digital research infrastructure providers in Canada. It was there she first learned about and joined the global WHPC community. |
Kerri Wait Kerri has been working in the HPC sector for more than a decade and has been a member of the WHPC AusNZ Organising Committee since the Chapter’s launch. Kerri is particularly interested in supporting women from low socioeconomic backgrounds to explore careers in STEM. |
Kiowa Scott-Hurley Kiowa brings her passion for making complex information more accessible to her role as a HPC consultant. Growing up as a proud Aboriginal woman in a low socioeconomic regional town herself, Kiowa is absolutely dedicated to supporting more diversity in STEM. |
Linda McIver ADSEI – Australian Data Science Education Institute Linda is a passionate educator, researcher, and advocate for STEM, equity, and inclusion. Her |
Loretta Davis Loretta leverages 25+ years of IT experience to facilitate solutions in the areas of project and quality management, communications (including storytelling and technical writing), training, systems analysis and design, programming and testing as well as organisational and managerial/team lead mentoring. |
