CISL Daily Bulletin

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Holiday schedule for Help Desk and Consulting Services

November 23, 2021

The CISL Help Desk team and Consulting Services Group will be taking Thursday and Friday off so staff members can enjoy the holiday weekend along with the rest of NCAR and UCAR. Users can still submit help requests as needed or call 303-497-2400 to report issues that might require attention during the weekend.

Part of an image from a state-of-the-art flow simulation that replicates the nature of the Coral Triangle between the Pacific and Indian oceans. Source: CISL Visualization Gallery

New look, other web changes coming soon for CISL

November 22, 2021

When you visit cisl.ucar.edu in early December, you’ll find yourself in colorful new surroundings that showcase the work we do to support the rest of the Earth system science community. You’ll get a fresh look at what CISL is all about, from supercomputing and data services, to research and software development, to outreach and internships. As we prepare to show off our flashy new public face, ...

System downtimes for week of November 22-26

November 22, 2021

Quasar will be down from 9 AM - 10 AM, Monday, November 22nd for software upgrade. Nothing planned for Cheyenne, Casper, GLADE, Campaign Store, JupyterHub, or Stratus.

User survey seeks input on GPU training needs

November 18, 2021

CISL’s High Performance Computing Division (HPCD) is asking users for their input on GPU-computing training needs as it develops new learning resources for early 2022. In preparation for greater availability of GPU resources on the Casper cluster and the new Derecho system, HPCD asks GPU and non-GPU users of NCAR’s high-performance computing resources to complete this survey by November 30. Res...

New learning opportunities in GPU computing

November 16, 2021

CISL encourages current and future users of GPU computing resources to participate in training and code-development events like the NOAA AI Science Bootcamp on December 10. Bootcamp participants will learn the basics of GPU computing and artificial intelligence (AI) concepts, particularly as they relate to applying deep learning to addressing scientific problems. The deadline to apply is Novemb...

New tutorial online: Job Scheduling with PBS Pro

November 15, 2021 Updated: November 16, 2021

Video and slides for the “Job Scheduling with PBS Pro" tutorial are now available here in the CISL training library. CISL's Consulting Services Group presented this tutorial on November 9, 2021, to introduce new Cheyenne and Casper users to the PBS Pro job scheduler and to update experienced users on recent upgrades. Topics covered include: • Starting batch and interactive jobs on Cheyenne and ...