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Project Pythia Cook-off 2026: Apply for travel support by Sun. 3/22!

February 23, 2026

Please share with those who may be interested in this opportunity. On Monday, June 15 to Thursday, June 18, the Computational and Information Systems Lab (CISL) at NSF NCAR will host the Pythia Cook-off 2026 at the Mesa Lab in Boulder, CO. This NSF-funded event focuses on developing Pythia Cookbooks to create open-source resources for the global scientific community. Project Pythia is an educ...

Upcoming SEA Discussion: Confessions of a Vibe Coder

February 23, 2026

On March 11th at 10 AM MT, the UCAR Software Engineering Assembly (SEA) will host an open discussion in which we take an informal look at the potential and pitfalls of using LLMs as code contributors and collaborators. Ben Kirk, from NSF NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) will facilitate the discussion. Over the past few months, Ben has used the Claude LLM to tackle ...

2026 EdEc ASP Summer Colloquium

February 20, 2026

Final reminder, the NSF NCAR Advanced Study Program (ASP) invites graduate students who are interested in learning how to conduct innovative convergence research that uses a systems approach to strengthen resilience against compound hazards to apply to the 2026 ASP Summer Colloquium scheduled July 13–24, 2026 in Boulder, CO. This year’s theme will be “Beyond Boundaries: Training Earth System S...

Register now to attend the 2026 Improving Scientific Software Conference!

February 17, 2026

Registration is now open for the 2026 Improving Scientific Software Conference. The ISS Conference, hosted by the UCAR Software Engineering Assembly, will be held April 6-9, 2026 in Boulder, CO with the theme of Maintaining the Joy of Software Development. Join us either in person or virtually for our four day program (details coming soon!) featuring talks, tutorials, and keynote sessions on a ...

Join Us for the NHUG February Meeting: Running MPAS-JEDI on Derecho

February 17, 2026

The next NCAR HPC User Group (NHUG) meeting will be held today, Monday, February 17, 2026, at 1:00 PM MST. All NCAR HPC users are welcome to attend! This month's agenda includes announcements and updates, followed by a presentation on running MPAS-JEDI on Derecho. The talk will provide an overview of MPAS-JEDI and the MPAS-Workflow framework, highlighting how they support cycling experiments ...

Join a seminar about solving solar mysteries with deep learning

February 13, 2026

On Monday, February 23, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm MT, join the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) for a colloquium on the intersection of space weather and artificial intelligence. The talk is entitled “What Kinds Of Problems In Solar Physics And Space Weather Are Well Solved By Deep Learning?” Dr. Yong-Jae Moon will introduce recent deep learning applications tailored to solar and space weather ...