HPC-SIG Meeting – University of Strathclyde

When:
05/03/2025 @ 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
2025-03-05T10:00:00+00:00
2025-03-05T16:00:00+00:00
Where:
Executive Suite (Level 9 – Conference Facilities), Technology Innovation Centre
99 George Street
Glasgow
G1 1RD

Tickets

Please book your tickets via this link: https://buytickets.at/hpcsig/1574274

Registration deadlines:

  • In-person attendance: February 27th, Thursday
  • Online participation: March 4th, Tuesday

Agenda: 

10:00 Arrival and refreshments
10:30 Chairs Business
10:50 Strathclyde Update, Ricky Martin
11:00 Peering Inside Black Boxes with Computational Chemistry, Dr David Nelson, University of Strathclyde
11:30 HPC emissions: raising awareness in the user community, Andy Turner, EPCC, University of Edinburgh
12:00 Considering Direct Liquid Cooling?, Simon Atack, University of Birmingham
12:30 Lunch and refreshments
13:30 Summarising the Technical Meetup Breakout at CIUK, Simon Atack, University of Birmingham
13:50 Fishbowl panel (including remote participants if possible)
14:45 Lightning talks:

  • Introducing the HPC RSE SIG – opportunities for collaboration, Andy Turner, EPCC, University of Edinburgh
  • ‘Get your Skates on Mate’: Benchmarking Italian Jobs on Turin, Richard Martin, University of Strathclyde
  • Aire and beyond – New HPC capacity at the University of Leeds, Jon Whitwell, University of Leeds
  • HPC-SIG Survey – Steven Chapman, University of Exeter
15:00 Refreshments
15:15 Unconference, facilitated by Ed

·        HPC-SIG Survey

·        Membership models

·        …

16:00 Close of Meeting

Venue Information

Executive Suite (Level 9 – Conference Facilities), Technology Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD

Parking

Duke Street Car Park: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/multistoreycarparks – All day parking £6
(5 min walk to Moxy hotel, 10 min walk to Premier Inn, 12min walk to AC Hotel)

Hotels

Here are some local hotels options all within very close proximity to the meeting venue: