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NASEM - “Bridging AI & Earth Systems Forecasting Applications” Webinar and Workshop

December 30, 2025

The final virtual webinar “Bridging AI & Earth Systems Forecasting Applications” of a 4-part educational webinar series, AI for Weather & Climate Forecasting, which is an activity of the National Academies Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence & Climate Change, is scheduled for January 8, 2026 12pm to 1pm MT. All are invited to attend or register to receive a recording of the event. The series...

Where to run small, CPU-only jobs?

December 30, 2025

CISL recommends running small jobs that use only CPUs on the Casper cluster’s high-throughput computing (HTC) nodes. Casper has 64 HTC nodes specifically for running small batch jobs. It also has: • Shared resources rather than dedicated Derecho nodes. • More available memory, plus NVMe swap for overflow and local storage. • Direct PBS cross-submission from Derecho. See Starting Casper Jobs f...

How to get help visualizing research data

December 30, 2025

Would you like assistance in visualizing data, so that you can better demonstrate the results of your scientific computing? Researchers can request expert assistance and collaboration from the Visualization Services and Research group (ViSR) at CISL. The ViSR team uses advanced 3D modeling and visualization tools to design infographics, animations, web interactives, and more. ViSR has produce...

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