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Reminder: Last Week for In-person Registration for ISS 2026

March 17, 2026

Registration is open for the 2026 Improving Scientific Software Conference, but in-person registration is only available for a few more days. The deadline for in-person registration is March 20th, and block-rate hotel lodging is available at the walking-distance Residence Inn until March 22nd. Virtual participants may register until April 3rd. The ISS Conference, hosted by the UCAR Software Eng...

Join a seminar about S2S forecast skill—refreshments served for in-person guests

March 16, 2026

On Thursday, March 26, at 2:00 pm MT, join the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory (MMM) at NSF NCAR for a presentation on subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) prediction. The talk is entitled "From Source To Skill: State-Dependent Predictability In Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Forecasts.” In this talk, Dr. Judith Berner will discuss how forecast skill in two NSF NCAR models (CESM2 and MPAS-A)...

Apply by Sun. 3/22 for travel support for the 2026 Pythia Cook-off

March 16, 2026

NSF NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Lab (CISL) will host the 2026 Pythia Cook-off from Monday, June 15 to Thursday, June 18. Project Pythia is a geoscience educational resource. This hackathon will focus on developing Pythia Cookbooks to support open-source geoscientific Python resources, enhancing programming and collaboration skills for students, researchers, and developers. The ...

Funded Conference Opportunities for Students

March 9, 2026

Undergraduate and graduate students interested in the intersection of Earth system sciences and computational sciences are encouraged to apply to the following student facing programs for major upcoming conferences. Each offers registration and travel support for accepted applicants. 1. SC26 Student Program • November 15-20th, 2026 in Chicago, IL • The SuperComputing26 (SC26) Conference is...

Summer Learning Programs for AI and Computational Science

March 9, 2026

Three community programs listed below offer learning and training opportunities for students and early career researchers interested in expanding their skills in computational sciences. The first program is also accepting applications for paid teaching assistant roles. 1. Computational Tools for Climate Science Course • July 13-24th, virtual • Application deadline: March 15th, 2026 • A N...

GeoAI on HPC: From single-task paradigm to multiple-task Geoscience Foundation Models

March 5, 2026

Purdue University, a UCAR member, is offering a training event on the evolving landscape of Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) on High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments offered through the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing. The event is scheduled from 11am to 2:30pm MT on Friday March 6th and held virtually. The workshop will begin with foundational concepts of GeoAI, introduc...