CISL Daily Bulletin

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Deadline extended for SIParCS internship applications

December 28, 2021 Updated: January 5, 2022

Summer Internships in Parallel Computational Science (SIParCS) is now accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students for the 2022 program, which will run from May 16 through July 29. The application deadline has been extended to Tuesday, January 18, at 4 p.m. MST. Students can choose from among 18 technical projects on topics that include machine learning, data science, softwa...

No system downtimes for week of January 3-7

January 3, 2022

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

Cheyenne compute nodes back in service

December 30, 2021

The Cheyenne system’s compute nodes were returned to service Wednesday evening after successful testing of recently installed power system components. The downtime and testing were scheduled in preparation for delivery of the new Derecho system in 2022.

Part of an image from a state-of-the-art flow simulation that replicates the nature of the Coral Triangle between the Pacific and Indian oceans. Source: CISL Visualization Gallery

New look for CISL online, new home for user documentation

December 29, 2021

When you visit cisl.ucar.edu now, you’ll find yourself in colorful new surroundings that showcase the work we do to support the rest of the Earth system science community. You’ll get a fresh look at CISL’s role within NCAR, from providing supercomputing and data services, to research and software development, to outreach and internships. We will continue to review and update our content and add...

Reminder: Cheyenne will be unavailable December 27-30

December 21, 2021 Updated: December 27, 2021

The Cheyenne system’s compute nodes will be unavailable for running batch jobs for three days beginning the morning of Monday, December 27. The downtime is necessary to allow CISL staff to perform thorough testing of recently installed power system components to support Derecho and other associated systems. Cheyenne’s login nodes and the Casper cluster are expected to be available throughout th...

System downtimes for week of December 27 - 31

December 27, 2021

The Cheyenne compute nodes will be quiesced and no jobs will be allowed to run December 27th through December 30th to allow for some power work to be done at NWSC. None planned for Casper, Glade, Campaign Storage, Quasar, Stratus, or JupyterHub.