ARCHER News

Wednesday 13th May 2020

• ARCHER2 Spectrum of Support - Webinar
• Invitation to the HPCCF Virtual Workshop(s): Toward a Globally Acknowledged and Free HPC Certification
• Other upcoming ARCHER training
• HPC-Europa3 Transnational Access programme - call closing this week

ARCHER2 Spectrum of Support

Wednesday 13th May 2020 15:00 - 16:00 BST

George Beckett (EPCC), Josephine Beech-Brand (EPCC) and Xu Guo (EPCC)

ARCHER2 CSE’s mission is to help people take full advantage of the opportunities provided by a world-class HPC systems, such as ARCHER2. EPCC has a strong track recording in helping researchers to exploit the complexities of a supercomputer, through our work on ARCHER, DiRAC, and Cirrus, to name just a few. Building on that experience, and responding to feedback from the HPC community, we have assembled a package of support for ARCHER2 which we call the Spectrum of Support. The package will benefit all, from first-time users who wish to upscale their research-computing capabilities through to long-standing experts who want to exploit every aspect of the service to maximise their science.

For existing ARCHER users, the Spectrum of Support will have much that is familiar but also some new functions, intended to bridge the gap between queries to address specific problems through to large-scale eCSE funding awards, including technical mini-project and lightweight eCSE options. We have also expanded the ways in which people can engage with us and embraced new technology to enable users to share their experience and expertise to the benefit of the whole community.

This online session is open to all.

Join link and full details : https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/courses/200513-archer2-support/

Invitation to the HPCCF Virtual Workshop(s): Toward a Globally Acknowledged and Free HPC Certification

The goal of the organised workshops is to discuss the opportunities for establishing a globally acknowledged HPC certification process. To make sure this is an independent community-wide effort, we invite anyone interested in HPC teaching and training to participate in the discussion. The workshop(s) will be recorded and YouTube videos will be provided.

Organisers: J. Kunkel, A. Gerbes, C. Meesters, J. Mullen.

When?

• US/EU Workshop: May 18th, 15-18 BST; 9-12 am Central time.
• EU/Eastern Workshop: May 20th, 9-11 BST; 18-20 AEST.

To register, see: https://www.hpc-certification.org/2020/05/04/workshop.html

Other upcoming ARCHER2 Training

• ARCHER2 Spectrum of Support, Online, Wednesday 13th May 2020 15:00-16:00 BST
• The determination of clusters structures combining infrared spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations, Online, Wednesday 20th May 2020 15:00-16:00 BST
• Preparing to run biomolecular QM/MM simulations with CP2K using AmberTools, Online, 9 June 2020 13:00-16:00 BST

Further details https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training

HPC-Europa3 Transnational Access programme

Collaborative research visits using High Performance Computing

Call for applications: next closing date 14th May 2020, for visits during the second half of 2020.

HPC-Europa3 funds research visits for computational scientists in any discipline which can use High Performance Computing (HPC).

Visits can be made to research institutes in Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain or the UK.

UK-based researchers can benefit in two ways: either by visiting a research group elsewhere in Europe, or by hosting a research visitor from another country.

Coronavirus travel restrictions: Applicants will be notified of the selection panel’s decisions around the end of June. We hope that the travel situation should be returning to normal by this time. Visits should be planned for July to December, but there can be some flexibility if there are continuing restrictions on travel at that stage.

What does HPC-Europa3 provide?

• Funding for travel, living and accommodation expenses for visits of up to 13 weeks.
• Access to world-class High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities.
• Technical support to help you make best use of the HPC systems.
• Collaborative environment with an expert in your field of research.

Who can apply?

• Researchers of all levels, from postgraduate to full professors.
• Researchers from academia or industry.
• Researchers currently working in a European Union country or Associated State (see http://bit.ly/AssociatedStates for full list of Associated States).
• Researchers may not visit a group in the country where they currently work.
• A small number of places may be available for researchers working outside these countries - please contact staff@hpc-europa.org for more information.

How do I apply?

Apply online at http://www.hpc-europa.org

The next closing date is 14th May 2020. Closing dates are held 4 times per year. Applications can be submitted at any time. You should receive a decision approximately 6 weeks after the closing date.

For more information and to apply online, visit: http://www.hpc-europa.org/
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