Summary
Rebecca Farrington is Director of Research Data Systems at AuScope, leading national-scale data and compute infrastructure for Australia’s geoscience community with over a decade of experience bridging academic research and operational research IT. With a PhD in Computational Mathematics and a research background in computational fluid dynamics and geodynamics, she combines deep technical expertise with program leadership—previously serving as Senior Research Fellow and Academic Convenor on the University of Melbourne’s Petascale Campus Initiative. She has a track record of building community-led, compute-intensive research initiatives and supporting the people who run them, from managing the Underworld Geodynamics group to shaping petascale research services. Based in Melbourne, she also engages with the Underworld community on GitHub, reflecting a commitment to open, collaborative research software development.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Mathematics at Monash University