The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre is a national Tier 1 facility accelerating research using supercomputing, large-scale data storage and visualisation in Western Australia. We provide services and expertise to the research, education and industrial communities. Application areas include nanotechnology, radio astronomy, high energy physics, medical research, mining and petroleum, architecture and construction, multimedia, and urban planning, amongst others.The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre is an unincorporated joint venture between CSIRO, Curtin University, Murdoch University, and The University of Western Australia (core members) and Edith Cowan University (funding associated member). It is supported by the Western Australian and Australian governments.