Obsidian I² works on high-performance computing and advanced software systems, with a focus on efficiency, scalability, programmability and analytical performance across demanding computational environments.
Our interests include architectures, compilers, operating systems, parallel and distributed algorithms, performance modelling, analysis and optimisation tools, and software engineering for computationally intensive systems. We consider both classical performance metrics and broader system properties such as scalability, portability, correctness and usability.
High-performance computing is relevant not only in specialised scientific contexts, but also in data-intensive and operationally demanding domains where large-scale processing, simulation, modelling or advanced analytics are required. Obsidian I² approaches HPC as an enabling capability that supports a wide range of advanced digital activities.
Our areas of interest
Efficient and scalable computation
We are interested in methods and systems that improve efficiency, performance and scalability across high-demand computational environments.
Advanced software systems
Our work includes software engineering concerns related to reliability, optimisation, portability, maintainability and performance-aware design.
Parallel, distributed and data-intensive environments
We examine approaches for computation across distributed, parallel and large-scale data environments where performance and robustness are both important.
Tools, analysis and optimisation
We are interested in performance analysis, profiling, optimisation strategies and the broader toolchain required to support advanced computational workflows.
How we work
Obsidian I² contributes through research, technical development, software-oriented work, collaborative experimentation and interdisciplinary project support in contexts where computation is a limiting or enabling factor.
Why this matters
As digital systems become more complex and more data-intensive, computational performance becomes increasingly important to what organisations can analyse, simulate, automate or deliver. High-performance computing and advanced software systems therefore form part of the wider capability base required for modern digital innovation.