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Invitation to NSF NCAR AI Community Engagement Workshops

April 8, 2026

We would like to extend a personal invitation to you to participate in an upcoming series of community workshops scheduled for the end of April. For full event details and to register, please visit the NSF NCAR AI Website. These workshops are designed to review and gather community feedback to shape the future of NSF NCAR's AI efforts to advance Earth system science. Your voice and perspective...

ISS Conference this week - delayed support possible

April 6, 2026

CISL Staff will be participating in the annual Improving Scientific Software (ISS) Conference this week; possibly resulting in slower response times.

Register by 5/22 for the June Project Pythia Cook-Off

April 2, 2026

Join us in-person for the Pythia Cook-Off 2026 at the Mesa Lab in Boulder, CO, from Monday, June 15 to Thursday, June 18. Project Pythia invites participants of all skill levels—students, researchers, developers, and professionals interested in geoscientific Python and open science. This event is a unique opportunity for both seasoned coders and newcomers to learn, collaborate, and enhance Py...

Don’t miss the Chameleon user meeting in Boulder, April 15-16!

April 2, 2026

Chameleon Cloud, in collaboration with project partner NSF NCAR, will host its sixth user meeting at the Mesa Lab in Boulder, CO, from Wednesday, April 15 to Thursday, April 16. The meeting features the timely theme: “What infrastructure does AI research and education really need?” Keynote speakers include Argonne National Laboratory’s Dr. Valerie Taylor and Chameleon Lead PI Kate Keahey. Chame...

Register by 4/17 for the 2026 Space Weather Workshop

March 30, 2026

From Monday, April 27 to Friday, May 1, join UCAR’s Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS) for the 2026 Space Weather Workshop. This annual gathering, which started in 1996, brings together industry, academia, and government agencies to discuss the impacts of space weather on modern technology, including communications and power systems. The program focuses ...

Join Us for the NHUG-ESDS March Meeting Featuring OpenOnDemand

March 27, 2026

The NCAR HPC User Group (NHUG) and Earth System Data Science (ESDS) Initiative are co-hosting a virtual event this coming Tuesday, March 31st from 1-2p MDT. Daniel Howard and Mike Robbert will be sharing their work deploying Open OnDemand, an open-source web portal providing user friendly access to HPC resources and interactive application support, on NCAR resources (full abstract below). We...