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NSF NCAR @SC25: See our full agenda, and join us this week in St. Louis!

November 13, 2025

Until Friday, November 21, join NSF NCAR and CISL at Booth #4032 at SC25. The conference is taking place in the America's Center Convention Complex in St. Louis. This is a great opportunity to meet directly with staff experts and explore a wide range of topics. Key presentations and activities featuring CISL staff include: • Workshops & Panels: Sheri Voelz and Helen Kershaw are involved in th...

SIParCS 2026 summer internship applications are now open!

November 10, 2025

Applications are now being accepted for the 2026 Summer Internships in Parallel Computational Science (SIParCS) program. This opportunity, at NSF NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Lab (CISL), is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The application deadline is January 20, 2026, at 5:00 pm MT. Technical projects are available in areas like machine learning, data science,...

Join NSF NCAR and CISL at the SC25 conference!

November 10, 2025

NSF NCAR and the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) will be at SC25 in St. Louis, Missouri, from November 16–21, 2025. Visit us at Booth #4032 at the America's Center Convention Complex to meet our staff experts and explore new opportunities. Our team is participating in a wide range of program activities, including: • Workshops and Panels: Staff are involved in sessions ...

Reminder: Apply by this Wed. 11/12 for the NERSC End-to-End AI for Science Bootcamp

November 10, 2025

Just a quick reminder that the application deadline for the NERSC End-to-End AI for Science Bootcamp is Wednesday, November 12, 2025. Don't miss the opportunity to apply! NERSC, in collaboration with NVIDIA and the OpenACC organization, will host this bootcamp from Wednesday, December 10 to Thursday, December 11, 2025. For more information see the event page. The event will use Perlmutter GP...

New GPU syntax and software environment on Derecho and Casper

November 6, 2025

As previously announced, the GPU specification syntax for PBS jobs has changed as of the Nov 4-5 maintenance. The gpu_type resource is no longer specified on the job, but rather on chunks within a PBS select statement. For example, here is how you would now ask for 1 node of 4 A100s on Casper: #PBS -l select=1:ncpus=128:mpiprocs=4:ngpus=4:gpu_type=a100 Additionally, we have expanded the gpu_...

Save the Date for the Joint MPAS/WRF workshop in June 2026

November 3, 2025

Save the date! The NSF NCAR Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory will be hosting the 2026 Joint MPAS/WRF Users Workshop from Monday, June 22 to Friday, June 26, 2026 at NSF NCAR's Center Green campus in Boulder, Colorado, with a virtual attendance option. Call for abstracts will be announced early February 2026. Stay tuned!