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New release of the groundbreaking FastEddy® software now available

August 16, 2024

The NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory (RAL) has announced the release of FastEddy® 2.0, a groundbreaking, open source GPU-based model for numerical modeling of complex microscale flows. FastEddy® not only simulates, but actually forecasts, an entire category of weather that has historically gone unseen—microscale weather—and does it skillfully enough and fast enough to make a differe...

Apply by 9/2 for travel and dependent care support for US-RSE conference

August 15, 2024

The US Research Software Engineer Association (US-RSE) has announced a travel support program for its second annual conference, US-RSE’24, which will take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from October 15 to 17, 2024. US-RSE aims to increase conference diversity by providing financial support to individuals from traditionally underrepresented groups and diverse domain backgrounds, as well as t...

This Tuesday, join the conversation: “Deep dive into the heart of the Derecho supercomputer”

August 15, 2024

Join a virtual NSF NCAR Explorer Series conversation on supercomputers on Tuesday, August 20th, from 10:00 to 11:00 am MT. Register here. Have you ever looked inside a supercomputer? Join a guided tour inside Derecho, NSF NCAR's newest supercomputer! Systems Engineers Jenett Tillotson and Connor Scott will dive deep into the heart of the machine, exploring the processors, memory, and specializ...

Abstracts sought for FAIR data and software session at AMS 2025

August 9, 2024

Earth system science researchers can submit an abstract to a session being co-chaired by NCAR’s Doug Schuster at the AMS 2025 annual meeting titled "FAIR and Open Data and Software within the Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences to Support Transparent, Reusable, and Efficient Research and Operations." The abstract submission deadline is Thursday, August 15. The full solicitation call is at the AMS ...

SEA Open Discussion on GPUs and Accelerators

August 8, 2024

Join the UCAR Software Engineering Assembly at 11 AM MT on Tuesday, August 13 for a lightly-moderated discussion on the use of GPUs or any other hardware accelerators across UCAR. Any discussion topics are welcome, as are all experience levels. We encourage you to share your experiences, good and bad. Some potential discussion topics include: • Current uses of GPUs and accelerators, includin...

Deadline September 10 for large university allocation requests

July 24, 2024 Updated: August 5, 2024

CISL is now accepting large-scale allocation requests from university-based researchers for the Derecho system as well as the Casper data analysis and visualization cluster. Those requests are due September 10. We are actively seeking projects that can take advantage of Derecho’s 328 NVIDIA A100 GPUs. At the CISL HPC Allocations Panel (CHAP) fall 2024 meeting, CISL will allocate up to 500 mill...