CISL Daily Bulletin

The Daily Bulletin delivers news about CISL’s high-performance computing environment, training opportunities, scheduled maintenance, and other events of interest to the user community.

No system downtimes for week of May 23-27

May 20, 2022

None planned for Cheyenne, Casper, GLADE, Campaign Storage, Quasar, Stratus, or JupyterHub.

How to get help using NCAR supercomputers

May 19, 2022

Researchers who need help using NCAR’s Cheyenne and Casper systems to do their work can get expert help a couple of different ways. One is by connecting with a CISL supercomputing consultant during regular business hours by calling 303-497-2400. Another is by submitting a help request through the NCAR Research Computing help desk any time. Another good source of information is our documentation...

Registration open for artificial intelligence summer school

May 18, 2022

Registration is now open for the annual Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science (TAI4ES) Summer School, which will take place virtually from June 27 through June 30. Participants should have a basic background in AI methods. The summer school will focus on the importance of ethics and trustworthiness in developing AI for use in Earth system science, and on giving participa...

May 25 tutorial introduces new users to NCAR supercomputing

May 17, 2022

A CISL Consulting Services Group tutorial from 10 to 11:30 a.m. MDT on Wednesday, May 25, will introduce new users to the Cheyenne high-performance computing system and the Casper cluster for data analysis, visualization, and machine learning. See HPC Training for New Users for details about topics that will be covered and to register for the tutorial. Registrants can attend either in-person or...

System downtimes for week of May 16-20

May 13, 2022 Updated: May 16, 2022

Downtime is scheduled for Stratus for an upgrade between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Monday, May 16. None planned for Cheyenne, Casper, GLADE, Campaign Storage, Quasar, or JupyterHub.

Cheyenne scheduled maintenance work continues today

May 13, 2022

Scheduled maintenance on the Cheyenne supercomputing system continues today at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center following the return to service of other systems earlier this week. Systems already available to users include the Casper data analysis cluster; the GLADE, Quasar and Stratus storage environments; Globus resources; and data-access nodes. JupyterHub has also been returned to serv...