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Register for the next two sessions of the the Generative AI Workshop Series

October 16, 2024

The GenAI workshop is a hybrid workshop that will span across several sessions over the next few months. The second and third sessions will occur October 24th and October 30th at 2:00 pm MT. The October 24th session, called “How to Use GitHub Copilot on NCAR Supercomputers (Derecho/Casper),” will feature Brett Neuman, Rory Kelly, and Ben Kirk from NSF NCAR. In this session, participants will le...

Take a virtual tour of NSF NCAR buildings with this cool app!

October 14, 2024

Want to see for yourself what NSF NCAR looks like inside—without ever leaving your chair? This high-tech touring app lets you take a 360° virtual tour of two NSF NCAR buildings: the Mesa Lab and the NCAR Wyoming Supercomputing Center. All without needing ground transportation, comfortable shoes, or even a lunch break. Click on the blinking hotspots to learn more about what NSF NCAR does. You...

Join an upcoming seminar on actionable hydrometeorological climate change research

October 9, 2024

On Wednesday, October 30, at 12:00 pm MT, join a seminar called “Advancing Actionable Hydrometeorological Climate Change Research,” hosted by NSF NCAR’s Research Application Laboratory (RAL). In the seminar, Andy Newman of NSF NCAR will discuss partner-driven science to develop new datasets and understanding of regionally focused hydrometeorological climate change impacts. Recent advances are...

HPC Systems Scheduled Maintenance - November 5, 2024

October 7, 2024

Derecho and Casper resources will undergo maintenance on Tuesday, November 5th from approximately 7am-8pm. JupyterHub, Derecho, and Casper login and compute nodes will be unavailable for the full duration of this time window, and Quasar will be down for approximately 2 hours. The primary maintenance activity will be to update GLADE file system client software on all Derecho and Casper compon...

Reminder: SEA Event on Developer Exchange Programs this Thursday

October 7, 2024

Join the UCAR Software Engineering Assembly (SEA) at 2:00 pm MT on October 10th for a short presentation on developer exchange programs, followed by a lightly-moderated discussion. Inspired by the “visiting scientist” concept, NSF NCAR’s Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling (ACOM) department and NSF Unidata piloted a Developer Exchange Program. From January to July of last year, Kyle ...

Read the article: iCAS 2024 Symposium engages the international community

October 2, 2024

In September, nearly 50 attendees from 10 countries came together in Stresa, Italy, for the 2024 International Computing in the Atmospheric Sciences Symposium (iCAS 2024). Participants discussed interdisciplinary and international collaboration for advancing Earth system science. iCAS 2024 presentations are being assembled in a Figshare collection. NSF NCAR’s Thomas Hauser, director of the C...