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New deadline 12/27: Apply soon for early-2023 Open Hackathon
December 19, 2022

NCAR, NOAA, NVIDIA and OpenACC.org are hosting an Open Hackathon on February 21 (an online-only introduction) and February 28 through March 2 at the NCAR Mesa Lab in Boulder (hybrid format). Open Hackathons are opportunities for scientists and research software engineers to collaborate with expert mentors from national labs, universities, and industry leaders to accelerate their high-performanc...

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Survey seeks data on scientists’ research software funding needs
December 19, 2022

A survey by the Research Software Funders Forum is focused on understanding the needs of scientists with regard to funding the development and enhancement of research software and associated ecosystems, including training, education, and policy. The goal is to strengthen the software infrastructure aimed specifically at supporting research. The survey is estimated to take about five minutes. Da...

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No system downtimes for week of December 19 - 23
December 19, 2022

None planned for Cheyenne, Casper, GLADE, Campaign Storage, Quasar, Stratus, or JupyterHub. 

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Match your memory request to your job’s needs
December 15, 2022

A lot can go wrong if a job you try to run on NCAR’s HPC systems requires more memory than what’s available on the nodes you want. If you request a lot more memory than you need, on the other hand, your job may be slow to start. What do you do? CISL provides several options to help you determine how much memory your program is using so you can request the right amount and avoid problems. See Ch...

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NCAR seeking new Earth Observing Laboratory director
December 13, 2022

NCAR has posted a job opening in its search for a new director of the Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL), which provides state-of-the-art atmospheric observing systems, leadership, and scientific expertise to enable the university-based research community to advance climate, weather, and related Earth system science. EOL manages the majority of the NSF Lower Atmosphere Observing Facilities and de...

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No system downtimes for week of December 12 - 16
December 12, 2022

None planned for Cheyenne, Casper, GLADE, Campaign Storage, Quasar, Stratus, or JupyterHub.  

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