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Participate in a talk about AI-enhanced solar wind forecasting

November 24, 2025

On Wednesday, December 10, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm MT, join the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) at NSF NCAR for a colloquium entitled: “Neural Enhancement of the Traditional WSA Solar Wind Relation.” The presenter is Dr. Prateek Mayank, a NASA Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellow with CPAESS at UCAR and SWx TREC at CU-Boulder. The colloquium will introduce WSA+, a neural enhancement to the Wang–Sheel...

Join a seminar about propagating convection over New Guinea — refreshments served for in-person guests!

November 24, 2025

On Thursday, December 4, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm MT, join the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory (MMM) at NSF NCAR for a seminar with Dr. Mingyue Tang from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The talk is entitled: “Cold Pools, Breezes, and Monsoons: Propagating Convection over New Guinea.” Dr. Tang's research highlights the critical role of multi-scale density currents and hybrid ...

Reminder: Two in-person CISL Town Halls coming up — at AGU in December and AMS in January!

November 24, 2025

NSF NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Lab (CISL) invites you to two upcoming in-person Town Halls. The AGU Town Hall will take place on Thursday, December 18, and the AMS Town Hall on Wednesday, January 28. Learn more about the two on-site annual meetings here: AGU 25 and AMS 26. Join CISL at the conventions to learn about our strategic roadmap for integrating Artificial Intellige...

2026 Improving Scientific Software Conference now accepting abstracts

November 19, 2025

The UCAR Software Engineering Assembly's Improving Scientific Software Conference is returning in 2026! Next year's ISS will take place April 6-10, 2026 at NSF NCAR's Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, CO. The theme of the conference will be: Maintaining the Joy of Software Development. We are now accepting abstract submissions for talks, tutorials, and panel sessions. As always, we welcome anyone wit...

CISL Staff Participating in the Annual Supercomputing Conference - Potentially Slowed Response Times

November 17, 2025

The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis Conference is occurring the week of 11/17 in St. Louis, MO, with strong participation from much of NSF NCAR’s CISL staff. We will continue to monitor system performance and help desk tickets during this time, however response times may be delayed.

Join CISL for two upcoming Town Halls at the AGU and AMS annual meetings

November 13, 2025

NSF NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Lab (CISL) will be hosting two Town Halls at upcoming major conferences, AGU and AMS, to share its strategic roadmap for integrating AI/ML into Earth System Science (ESS) and showcase the latest advancements in its cyberinfrastructure. These sessions are essential for researchers looking to understand NCAR’s vision for a collaborative, inclusive,...