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Put your coding skills to work with a hybrid Open Hackathon

October 24, 2024

This winter, join the Open Hackathon taking place on February 25th to 27th, with virtual introduction meetings on February 12th and 18th. The hybrid event will be held at the NREL campus in Golden, CO. The hackathon is hosted by National Renewable Energy Library (NREL), NSF NCAR, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Open Hackathons are multi-day, intensive hands-on ...

Here’s what NSF NCAR will be doing at the Supercomputing conference

October 24, 2024

The Supercomputing 2024 Conference (SC24) is right around the corner, November 17 to 22 in Atlanta, Georgia. NSF NCAR and CISL will have a full slate of activities in the NSF NCAR booth and in the SC24 technical program. Some planned highlights: • Collaborate and Connect Reception: On Tuesday afternoon, over food and drinks at the NSF NCAR booth, meet CISL’s director, Thomas Hauser, and othe...

Announcing the NREL / NSF NCAR / NOAA Open Hackathon

October 21, 2024

Applications are now open for the NREL / NSF NCAR / NOAA Open Hackathon hosted by NREL, NSF NCAR, and NOAA! The hybrid event is scheduled for February 25th to 27th, to be held at the NREL campus in Golden, CO, with virtual introduction meetings on the 12th and 18th. Open Hackathons are multi-day, intensive hands-on events designed to facilitate collaboration between domain scientists, computa...

Register for the next two sessions of the the Generative AI Workshop Series

October 16, 2024

The GenAI workshop is a hybrid workshop that will span across several sessions over the next few months. The second and third sessions will occur October 24th and October 30th at 2:00 pm MT. The October 24th session, called “How to Use GitHub Copilot on NCAR Supercomputers (Derecho/Casper),” will feature Brett Neuman, Rory Kelly, and Ben Kirk from NSF NCAR. In this session, participants will le...

Take a virtual tour of NSF NCAR buildings with this cool app!

October 14, 2024

Want to see for yourself what NSF NCAR looks like inside—without ever leaving your chair? This high-tech touring app lets you take a 360° virtual tour of two NSF NCAR buildings: the Mesa Lab and the NCAR Wyoming Supercomputing Center. All without needing ground transportation, comfortable shoes, or even a lunch break. Click on the blinking hotspots to learn more about what NSF NCAR does. You...

Join an upcoming seminar on actionable hydrometeorological climate change research

October 9, 2024

On Wednesday, October 30, at 12:00 pm MT, join a seminar called “Advancing Actionable Hydrometeorological Climate Change Research,” hosted by NSF NCAR’s Research Application Laboratory (RAL). In the seminar, Andy Newman of NSF NCAR will discuss partner-driven science to develop new datasets and understanding of regionally focused hydrometeorological climate change impacts. Recent advances are...