ARCHER News
Wednesday 3rd June 2020
- ARCHER2 Outreach Webinar
- ARCHER2 Embedded CSE (eCSE) call
- Supercomputing MOOC
- Other upcoming ARCHER training
- KNL unavailable
ARCHER2 Outreach Webinar
Wednesday 3rd June 2020 15:00 - 16:00 BST
Jane Kennedy (EPCC)
In the webinar, we will give an overview of some of the activities planned as part of ARCHER2 outreach, and introduce some of our existing outreach materials that are used currently in trips to schools and science festivals.
This online session is open to all.
Join link and full details : https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/courses/200603-archer2-outreach/
ARCHER2 Embedded CSE (eCSE) call
We are very pleased to announce that the 1st ARCHER2 eCSE call (ARCHER2 eCSE01) is now open for proposals. The deadline for submitting documents for technical evaluations is 16 June 2020, with the final deadline for proposal submission being 7 July 2020.
Embedded CSE (eCSE) support provides funding to the ARCHER2 user community to develop software in a sustainable manner, to run on the ARCHER2 system. For this call, only software which results in research which is within the remit of EPSRC is eligible and funding for this call does not include software within the remit of NERC
More details of how to apply are available by following the link to the eCSE calls page from here
https://www.archer2.ac.uk/ecse/together with details of the application and review process, assessment criteria eligibility, etc. Please note that the process for applying for an eCSE project under ARCHER2 has been updated since ARCHER eCSE programme. More details available via the above link.
The 1st ARCHER2 eCSE call (eCSE001) opened on:19 May 2020
Deadline for submitting documents for technical evaluation: 16:00 BST on Tuesday 16 June 2020
Deadline for final submission: 16:00 BST on Tuesday 7 July 2020
Supercomputing MOOC
Our 5-week online Supercomputing MOOC, developed as part of the PRACE project, is running from 15th June 2020. All material can be accessed for free, although there are paid options if you want a completion certificate. See https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/supercomputing/.
Note that the MOOC is now running in an "un-facilitated" mode, so although there will be ample opportunity for you to interact with fellow learners there is no hands-on involvement from EPCC staff.
Other upcoming ARCHER2 Training
- ARCHER2 Outreach webinar, Online, Wednesday 3rd June 2020 15:00 - 16:00 BST
- ExCALIBUR - an algorithmic approach to exascale design, webinar, Online, Wednesday 10th June 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 BST
- Software Packages in HPC with Spack and EasyBuild webinar, Online, Wednesday 17th June 2020 15:00 - 16:00 BST
Further details https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training
KNL unavailable
The KNL is currently unavailable following the recent ARCHER security incident. Whilst our team are continuing to work to restore all parts of the ARCHER service, we anticipate that the KNL will not be available for some time. Please contact the ARCHER Service Desk if you have any concerns regarding this and apologies for any inconvenience caused by this outage.
