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Murray says its aim is to drive the island economy and economic development through a much more integrated , industry-connected , student-connected education system .
“ We are definitely working to deliver that education across the whole state of Tasmania , not just in the capital cities ,” he says . “ Tasmania is the least urbanised state in Australia , so technology helps us do that .”
UTAS is the second university in the country to introduce augmented reality into its teaching – its architecture students can now learn 3D spatial principals and design using AR – and it produces the most online content in the country from its lecture systems , producing thousands of hours of video per term and delivering live teaching across the four main sites .
With big data , Murray ’ s team delivered not just the supercomputer but also the software that won the AIIA iAward for the eResearch Ecosystem ( eREc ), which enables automation and collaboration of the researchers ’ data archiving process .
“ OUR ERESEARCH ECOSYSTEM ( EREC ) CAN STORE DATA OF ANY SCALE , WITH 7,100 PROCESSORS SERVING 3.7 PETABYTES OF STORAGE – AND CAPACITY CAN BE INCREASED AT ANY TIME TO MEET NEEDS .”
— Jeff Murray , Chief Information Officer
SEPTEMBER 2018