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Wednesday 2nd September 2020

ARCHER2- EPCC early experiences from the test and development platform - webinar
ARCHER Image and Video Competition 2020
HPC Champions
HPC-Europa3 Transnational Access visitor programme
Other upcoming ARCHER training

ARCHER2- EPCC early experiences from the test and development platform

Wednesday 2nd September 2020 15:00-16:00 BST

Andy Turner, EPCC

EPCC have recently had remote access to the ARCHER2 test and development system (TDS) installed in the HPE Cray factory in the US. This is a small system (just 8 compute nodes) with an early version of the Shasta software stack. We have been using this access to prepare for the full ARCHER2 service - configuring the system, testing processes, testing system software and porting software.

In this webinar, I will present our experience so far with the TDS with a particular focus on topics of interest to users, including: software available, scheduler and job submission scripts, porting software and initial performance data.

Full details and join link : https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/courses/200902-archer2-tds/

ARCHER Image and Video Competition 2020

The ARCHER Image and Video Competition opens today with your chance to win prizes of £150 for each of

Best Image
Best Video
Best entry from an Early-career researcher

Plus a bonus prize of £100 for the best overall entry from the above three winners.

Show us how you demonstrate "ARCHER Enabling Research"

Full details and entry form at https://www.archer2.ac.uk/community/image-comp/

Closing date : 5th October 2020

HPC Champions: Registration and call for submissions of talks, discussion sessions and working groups.

The next HPC Champions workshop will be held virtually over 2 afternoons on the 17th/18th September through the International Series of Online Research Software Events (SORSE), and will involve talks, discussion sessions and working group sessions. Topics covered will include updates from the national and regional supercomputing sites, training, and plans for knowledge and skills repositories.

Please register here to attend the workshop, and we encourage you to also submit a lightning talk, discussion session or working group suggestion: https://bit.ly/2D6jjoW

HPC Champions is a network of individuals with the goal of supporting HPC users in the UK to learn about HPC, find the most appropriate system for their purposes and to get the most out of that system. It includes a wide number of HPC communities including RSEs and system administrators from the local, regional and national supercomputing centres, as well representatives of HPC consortia. We encourage anyone with an interest in supporting researchers and RSEs to make the best possible use of the HPC resources to attend.

HPC-Europa3 Transnational Access visitor programme

Call for applications: next closing date 17th September 2020.

HPC-Europa3 funds collaborative 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 October. We hope that international travel will be returning to normal at this time, but restrictions are changing at all times. Therefore, visit dates are flexible, and the dates proposed in the form can of course be changed if need be. Nevertheless, all visits must be complete by 31st October 2021, when the funding ends.

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 17th September 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/

Other upcoming ARCHER2 Training

The state of containers - Webinar Wednesday 26 August 2020 15:00 - 16:00 BST
ARCHER2: EPCC early experiences from the test and development platform - webinar, Online, Wednesday 2nd September 15:00 - 16:00 BST
ARCHER2 for software package users, Online, Date to be confirmed
Introduction to ARCHER2 for software developers, Online, Date to be confirmed

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

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