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Day 1 opened with welcomes from UEA and the HPC-SIG Chair, followed by host and technical presentations covering a wide range of - [HPC-SIG Meeting, February 27th 2025, Strathclyde](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/events/2026/hpc-sig-meeting-february-27th-2025-strathclyde/) - The March 2025 HPC-SIG meeting was hosted by the University of Strathclyde at the Technology Innovation Centre in Glasgow, bringing together members of the UK HPC community for a day of discussion spanning sustainability, community practice, and emerging infrastructure. The meeting opened with updates from the Chairs and a host welcome from Strathclyde, followed by - [HPC-SIG Meeting, 22th - 23rd October 2025, Hartree](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/events/2026/hpc-sig-meeting-22th-23rd-october-2025-hartree/) - The October 2025 HPC-SIG meeting was hosted by the Hartree Centre at STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory, bringing together the UK HPC community for two days of technical discussion, operational insight, and networking in a historically significant computing location. Day 1 opened with a welcome from the Hartree Centre team, setting the scene with an overview of - [HPC-SIG Hartree 2025: Contributions](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/contributions/2025/hpc-sig-hartree-contributions/) - Further information about the HPC-SIG Hartree Meeting on the event page. Research data movement: operator perspectives James C. Womack (hybrid)Bristol Centre for Supercomputing, University of Bristol We are undertaking a project funded by the National Federated Compute Services (NFCS) NetworkPlus to investigate requirements and technologies for API-mediated research data transfer. Our goal is to - [Scaling GPUs](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/scaling-gpus/) - I will post more details, and this is a placeholder for that, but BIOS IT has a product which allows two useful things: Access from a container or VM to a hosted GPGPU. This would allow, for example, a workload using Robot Operation System (ROS) which is easiest to install on Ubuntu to be run - [Less than a week to go](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/test/) - Super Computing is getting close. For information on social media links see https://hpc-sig.org.uk/index.php/event/roving-reporter-at-super-computing-2019/ - [Welcome to the HPC Special Interest Group](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/about/2013/welcome/) - The HPC Special Interest Group aims to promote the use of High Performance Computing (HPC) in academia and industry, by members working together and promoting best practice in HPC provision, management and support. The group organises a range of meetings, events and workshops that are relevant to all current or potential providers of University HPC - [Solar Collisons at the limit of HPC](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/solar-collisons-at-the-limit-of-hpc/) - Visualisation of results, not during. Spatial and temporal discretisation of complex equations -> errors Chemistry of dust: hard to do (q.v. Sheffield) 300,000 Blue Waters (NCSA) Not all simulations scale (gravity) Simulations on different scales. Simulations of binary stars and their ultimate end. Nebula formation. Takes a long time (6 months wall clock) due to - [Challenges and Opportunities in Academic HPC Systems Research in 2030](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/challenges-and-opportunities-in-academic-hpc-systems-research-in-2030/) - Eurolab4HPC supporting HPC innovation. Expert view: Martin Schulz Power bound computing - use more nodes, etc. and find best configuration (makes more sense with the slides) Network contention: harder to predict execution times but cheaper in terms of hardware. Manage complex workflows Monitor the application and hardware stack at all points. [Seems more comprehensive than - [HPC-SIG Meeting, 2022-06-28, Birmingham](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/events/2022/hpc-sig-meeting-2022-06-28-birmingham/) - Location: University of Birmingham AM Group Discussion First session was a chance for the community to reconnect and to discuss the challenges that they are facing at the moment. Challenges that were particularly identified and referenced: Challenges - risk of silos developing with teams dedicated to RSE, Sysadmin, InfrastructureChallenges - scalability and complexity in terms - [HPC-SIG Meeting, 2023-03-07, Southampton](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/events/2023/hpc-sig-meeting-2023-03-07-southampton/) - Location: University of Southampton Welcome and Chair’s Business Ed briefly reviewed the recent SIG meetings (Birmingham and online Q&A). June 2022 Birmingham meeting, Nov 2022 online QA, CIUK sysadmin/infrastructure engineer session, March 2023 HPC-SIG coordinated online HPC/DRI meeting Ricky gave a financial update: Subscription fees to remain at £150 Agreed to waive fees for the - [HPC-SIG Meeting, 2023-06-13, Bath](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/events/2023/hpc-sig-meeting-2023-06-13-bath/) - Location: University of Bath Welcome and Chair’s Business The Bath team welcomed us all and set out the practicalities for the day Ed gave a brief overview of recent and future meetings up to the middle of 2024 Steven gave an update on the new EDIA role in the exec and the election to it. - [HPC-SIG Meeting, 2023-09-20, Cardiff](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/events/2023/hpc-sig-meeting-2023-09-20-cardiff/) - Location: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY / PRIFYSGOL CAERDYDD 10:30 Welcome and Chair’s Business Andrew (Ed) Edmondson and Steven Chapman 1.Welcome 2.Practicalities 3.Overview of future meetings 4.Mentorship scheme update 5.EDIA Update 6.HPC-SIG committee elections 7.HPC-SIG branding 10:45 Supercomputing Wales Prof Martyn Guest 11:00 Break 11:15 Introduction to Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) Dr Duncan MacLeod (School of - [HPC-SIG Meeting, 2024-03-04/05, RAL](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/events/2024/hpc-sig-meeting-2024-03-04-05-ral/) - Location: STFC Rutherford Appleton Labs (RAL) Day 1 – Monday 4th March 12:00: Lunch 13:00: Welcome and Chair’s Business Code of conduct: We plan to introduce a code of conduct for the HPC-SIG. Further details to follow. Elections update Many thanks to committee members stepping down at the end of their terms: Andy (secretary) and - [HPC-SIG Meeting, 18th June 2024, Sheffield](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/events/2025/hpc-sig-meeting-18th-june-2024-sheffield/) - Location: 38 Mappin St, S1 4DT, University of Sheffield 10:00: Refreshments 10:30: Welcome and Chair’s Business Exec committee and vacant roles EDIA update Finance Mentorship program update CIUK Day-Zero Event received positive feedback. Terms of Reference (ToR) Updates: Reduction in number of nominators for Chair and other roles. All roles (except Chair) must be held - [HPC-SIG Meeting, 21th - 22nd May 2025, Cambridge](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/events/2025/hpc-sig-meeting-cambridge-21th-22nd-may-2025/) - Meeting convened in the fantastic West Hub in sunny Cambridge. The meeting was very well attended by over 50 delegates from across UK institutions, as well as the same number of online participants. A wide range of topic were covered with a focus on the bleeding edge of HPC at the University of Cambridge and - [HPC-SIG Meeting, Bath, 2020-02-25](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/events/2020/hpc-sig-meeting-bath-2020-02-25/) - The next meeting will be held at Bath University, courtesy of Steve Chapman and his team. Details are as follows: Location is the Edwin and Duncan rooms within the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution. Address is 16-18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN. HPC Champions will take place the following day at the same location. - [Heterogeneous HPC](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/heterogeneous-hpc/) - DaCe Background: Optimization: Tiling for complex cache hierachicies on multicore GPGPUs, task fusion. FPGA DaCe: a way to solve this? Map application to a work and data-flow graph Have a 'performance engineer' to rework the workflow to make it more efficient in terms of data usage, cache, etc. Creates a template for that problem to - [More Exhibitors](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/more-exhibitors/) - Penguin The element that particularly struck me here was ScyldWorkstation - a 4k virtual desktop, which might be another solution for visualisation, GUIs, and other workstation replacements and instant-access use cases. Univa The two elements here were support for instances in the cloud (see mention of CycleCloud in this context from earlier) and, in a - [HPC System Testing](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/hpc-system-testing/) - Survey https://tinyurl.com/system-test-bof Survey of responses. Will find results later to copy in. Lightning Talks KAUST ~200k cores No special priveleges for tests [different to Lboro acceptance tests] Component tests (scheduler, etc) Synthetic tests (performance) VASP, WRF, etc used as well as SPEC tests. Minimised software tickets to basically zero in 24 hours following release to - [Globus](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/globus/) - I had a talk to people from Globus. This is now using a subscription model to allow software sustainability although it is still part of the University of Chicago. Its focus is now not on access to compute resources as of old but facilitating data transfers, handling credentials at each end, retrying transfers etc. The - [Microsoft](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/microsoft/) - Introduction Interesting discussions, especially concerning CycleCloud and the Microsoft partner UberCloud, led by Wolfgang Gentsch, original Sun Grid Engine developer. CycleCloud This was bought in by Microsoft and provides a dashboard that allows a researcher or IT department to do things such as provision a Sun Grid Engine cluster, or a Condor pool or specific - [Predictive Analytics for Physical Systems](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/predictive-analytics-for-physical-systems/) - Explosion of data, but how can this lead to effective decision making, especially high-consequence ones? Can't just get more data as data cannot always be easily acquired, and may not always be required. Multiscale, multiphysics an issue for modelling. High dimensionality. Imperfection in the data and the models - need to indicate the uncertainty of - [OpenSpace - Visualising the Universe](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/openspace-visualising-the-universe/) - Vision: Browse the Universe - high quality scalable graphics. It took a while before this could even be started as need the technology. Spatio-temporal representations. Binary search tree and octrees to divide-and-conquer the data efficiently - allows a choice between high resolution in time or space as required. Globebrowsing. Using quadtrees to cope with the - [Democratisation of HPC with Portals](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/democratisation-of-hpc-with-portals/) - Panel Introductions Open OnDemand Vision: web based access, easy to use. In use since 2016. Good use for the Ohio machines through this. Can also create GUIs. SGCI Associated with XSEDE. Science gateways project member. 'Full Stack' approach. Apache Airavata. Federate multiple clusters, clients. ActiveEon HPC + AI solutions. Portals. SLURM, PBS. LSF, on premise, - [Exhibitor Engagements](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/exhibitor-engagements/) - This will get expanded on with more comments and images. Due to the sheer size of the exhibitor hall it is only possible to scratch the surface without several people and coordination. Lenovo: discussed the cloud platform from Nimba (cloud in Dallas but also can use on-premise and multi-cloud) and purchases of kit. Atos: brief - [Better Education for Sysadmins](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/better-education-for-sysadmins/) - https://slides.app.goo.gl/JwW8d Talks Nicholas Thorne, TACC Teach HPC software stack. Small groups or individuals Hardware - hard to find such a resource for teaching system admins. Don't change tool stacks too often Planning for scale Parallel file systems important, but hard to get training resources. Training is viewed as good Bryan Johnston, South Africa Use older - [The Role of Cyberinfrastructure in Science: Challenges and Opportunities](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/the-role-of-cyberinfrastructure-in-science-challenges-and-opportunities/) - Important to deliver science, especially (now) workflow management. The use of Open Science Grid (USA) for work was noted. 'CI Practitoner' where CI is cyberinfrastructure. Science Gateways Community Institute - interfaces to allow people to use systems easily and effectively. Data is extremely important - collection, curation, metadata, availability, fusing data from many sources, etc. - [Cloud Scheduling](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/cloud-scheduling/) - Resource Aware Scheduling Compact and Exclusive: common in SLURM, SGE, etc. Self-contention, resource under-utlisation are issues. (C-n-E is for example, SLURM node-exclusive). Propose: spread and share model. E.g. share nodes where the resource usages allow them to do that and vice-versa. LLC issues - spreading means fewer issues with cache usage. Cache allocation technology - - [Exchanging Best Practices in Supporting Computational and Data-Intensive Research](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/exchanging-best-practices-in-supporting-computational-and-data-intensive-research/) - Who are the people that do this? Research software engineers, Research facilitators Experts (compute platform providers?) Panel: USA centric, so it will be interesting to see how this is different to the position in the UK in terms of the panel's views. Panel Presentations Bob Sinkovits, XSEDE Mission statement includes: Optimisation. Visualisation. Workflows. Using accelerators. - [Better Data Structures](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/better-data-structures/) - Graph Processing The examples of graphs seemed limited (e.g. social media) when they have also been used for things like 3D representations of small molecules for drug discovery (AURA GraphMatcher and AURAMol that I worked on) as well as in many other areas. Issue of cache misses increases as more concurrent jobs executed on the - [Keynote](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/keynote/) - These notes are fragmentary but I will rework them. First, various awards Main speaker: Discussions of the rovers on Mars Discussion of the composition of Mars. Robots sent to Mars Software for driving not written before launch Parachute.. Lander too heavy. Parachute redesign. Airbags used as terminal velocity still 200kmh. Hard to design such that - [Exhibitor Area Opening](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/exhibitor-area-opening/) - Talked to the Stuttgart HPC centre. Of particular interest was the use of visualisation of OpenFOAM simulation (in this case to determine the best way for a cyclist to sit on a bicycle) using 3D glasses. This could be useful in many contexts in many universities, not just sport. It was a huge screen, though, - [Plenary Session](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/plenary-session/) - Brief summary on the topic of the issue of software and hardware failures being a critical problem. Software failure /technology failure Noted that it's not just tech but humans Trust relationships are important. For AI good data is critical. Better governance is required. Ethics are vital. CEOs: need to be responsible for a safety culture, - [Mentor/Protege Mixer](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/mentor-protege-mixer/) - This session has a rather different format to what I expected, which is an introduction then three activities: one on research areas, one on career advice, one on community (hobbies/interests). It's clear that this is very much focused on the science rather than, say, the provider side, although the talks and sessions don't completely share - [Early Career Program: Key Professional Communications](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/early-career-program-key-professional-communications/) - Introdution I thought it was useful to look at some of the presentations on early career development. This has cropped a number of times within HPC-SIG recently, mostly in the context of recruitment for areas of skills shortages touching on things like apprenticeships. There is a related LinkedIn group for this session. This session was - [Today's Activities](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/todays-activities/) - Today I will do more orientation and dipping in and out of various things and then Mentor Protege Mixer (3:30-4:30), First Time at Super Computing (4:30-5:15), When Technology Kills plenary (5:30-6:30), Exhibit Floor opening (6:45-7:00), Student Cluster Kick Off (7:30-8:00) and will dip into the Gala Opening Reception (7:00-9:00). - [First Impressions](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/first-impressions/) - The first main day of Super Computing. I have registered, had a pre-meeting with my protege, a prospective PhD student, got on the network and downloaded the data for the app, and taken in the sheer scale of the place. - [In Denver, orienting](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/sc2019/2019/in-denver-orienting/) - I am now in Denver. I have been communicating with my mentee and we may meet today before the exhibitors' reception, or tomorrow. The early career orientation session related to this is tomorrow and there is also the first timer's meeting. I'll blog some of the mentoring experience in due course, but that requires agreement ## Pages - [Welcome to the High Performance Computing Special Interest Group](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/) - The HPC Special Interest Group aims to promote the use of High Performance Computing (HPC) and other forms of high end computing, in academia. - [Committee](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/about/committee/) - Role Name Institution Chair Andrew Edmondson (known as "Ed") University of Birmingham Vice-chair Steven Chapman University of Exeter Treasurer Richard Martin Strathclyde University Secretary Deepak Aggarwal University of Cambridge Communications Leo Turnell-Ritson University of Birmingham EDIA Officer James Earl-Fraser Jisc EDIA Officer Steph Thompson University of Birmingham If you are interested in joining the committee - [Meeting Reports](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/) - 2025-10-22 Hartree Centre 2025-05-21 Cambridge 2025-02-27 Strathclyde 2024-11-06 University of East Anglia 2024-06-18 Sheffield 2024-03-04 RAL 2023-09-20 Cardiff 2023-06-13 Bath 2023-03-07 Southampton 2022-06-28 Birmingham 2021-05-26 Online Seminar: Security 2021-04-28 Online Seminar: HPC OnDemand 2020-11-18 (Virtual) 2020-02-25 Bath HPC-SIG Meeting 2019-11-06 HPC-SIG Meeting 2019-07-01 HPC-SIG Meeting 2019-02-13 Review of Super Computing 2018 Best Practice - EasyBuild - [HPC Communities](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/related-sites/hpc-communities/) - HPC Communities is an international collaboration founded by the US Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC) and the HPC-SIG. We organise events where HPC organisations around the world can collaborate together, share their ideas and challenges and discuss issues such as sustainability. - [Membership](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/about/membership/) - Academic Members University of Aberdeen Aston university University of Bath University of Birmingham University of Bristol University of Cambridge Cardiff University Cranfield University Derby University University of Dundee University of Durham University of Edinburgh University of Exeter University of Glasgow University of Huddersfield University of Hull Institute for Cancer Research Imperial College, London Kings College, - [Administrative](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/communications/administrative/) - Email Use enquiries@hpc-sig.org.uk Administrative matters sent through other methods (e.g. the Slack channel) may not be seen or acted on. - [Future Meetings](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/future-meetings/) - This page lists future meetings of the HPC-SIG that have not yet been fully planned and as such are not yet on our official calendar. If you would like to host a future meeting then please contact us. Hartree Centre, 22/23 October 2025 "Day 0", CIUK, December 2025 HPC-SIG Future Meetings - [STEP-UP: Strategic TEchnical Platform](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/step-up-strategic-technical-platform/) - [Mentoring Programme](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/mentoring-programme/) - We launched our HPC-SIG mentorship programme in 2023/24 academic year, with people paired up with someone from another institution to mentor. Both mentor and mentee develop skills, knowledge and experience through one to one sessions (usually online) and webinars provided by Coach Mentoring. We are running our second programme in 2025, with applications open - [Becoming a member](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/about/become-a-member/) - For general enquiries or to register interest in joining the HPC-SIG as a new institution please get in touch via HPC-SIG-ENQUIRIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK There is an annual membership fee for each institution that is a member of the HPC-SIG, currently (June 2016) £150 p.a., to cover meeting costs. The membership fee is payable once per institution, - [Communications for Members](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/communications/for-members/) - Email To join, see the instructions at https://jiscmail.ac.uk/help/subscribers/faq1.html and the individual links noted below. The email lists are curated by the HPC-SIG secretary, but you should register yourself, and then will be accepted if valid. The secretary does not ordinarily add members themself. Main list HPC-SIG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK - subscribe via https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=HPC-SIG Schedulers and related matters HPC-SIG-SCHEDULING@JISCMAIL.AC.UK - [Purpose](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/about/purpose/) - The HPC Special Interest Group aims to promote the use of High Performance Computing (HPC) and other forms of high end computing, such as high throughput computing (HTC) in academia, by members working together and promoting best practice in HPC provision, management and support. It also seeks to promote the uptake of HPC and HTC - [RUGRIT – Russell Universities Group Research IT](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/rugrit-russell-universities-group-research-it/) - [HPC in the UK](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/about/hpc-in-the-uk/) - Over recent years, computational science has emerged as a major driver for innovation across the research spectrum. In fields as diverse as pharmaceuticals and nanotechnology, High Performance Computing (HPC) has dramatically accelerated the delivery of scientific insights; simulation and modelling supplanting traditional experimental-based methods through their cost efficiency. We maintain a list of related groups - [Committee Elections 2023](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/election/) - We are looking for nominations for Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Communications Officer by 20 Dec 2023. Full description below. We are also looking for people who are interested in becoming involved in Equality and Diversity activities. This is your chance to get involved and help set the direction of the community. Please do consider - [HPC-SIG Events](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/hpc-sig-events/) - The HPC-SIG holds regular in-person, hybrid or online only community meetings. These events feature a range of technical and strategic presentations and discussions, with community and industry highlights and provide an opportunity to network with the HPC community members from across UK Higher Education Institutes. Meetings reports from previous events can be found at Meeting - [EasyBuild](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/best-practice/easybuild/) - Overview This section of best practice is based on the wisdom distilled from the EasyBuild Workshop at the University of Birmingham, 22nd October 2018, hosted by Andrew Edmondson, Research Software Group Leader, Advanced Research Computing, with Kenneth Hoste, lead EasyBuild developer at the University of Ghent. 22 people from the UK academic HPC community attended - [DRI Leaders Mailing List](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/dri-leaders-mailing-list/) - The HPC-SIG facilitates a mailing list for Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) leaders in UK academia and research. The purpose of this mailing list is to enable collaboration and knowledge sharing between different DRI groups, organisations and leaders. This list is open to anyone who considers themselves a leader (e.g. a director, group leader, - [EPCC](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/related-sites/epcc/) - EPCC is a centre for excellence in high performance and parallel computing. It also hosts ARCHER2. - [STFC Scientific Computing – Systems and Platforms](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/stfc-scientific-computing-systems-and-platforms/) - [N8 CIR](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/n8-cir/) - [N8 CIR DRI Retreat](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/dri-retreat/) - [ExCALIBUR Hardware & Enabling Software](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/excalibur-hardware-enabling-software/) - [RSE Leaders](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/rse-leaders/) - [IRIS – eInfrastructure for Research In STFC](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/iris-einfrastructure-for-research-in-stfc/) - [Women in High Performance Computing](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/women-in-high-performance-computing/) - [Tier 2 Technical Working Group (TWG)](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/tier-2-technical-working-group-twg/) - [STFC Scientific Computing – Computational Science](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/stfc-scientific-computing-computational-science/) - [Jisc](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/jisc/) - [JASMIN](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/jasmin/) - [Related Groups](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/related-sites/) - There are many groups and organisations in the UK research community related to HPC or DRI. This page lists details about lots of them. If you represent another group that you would like adding to the list then please contact us. We also facilitate a mailing list for UK DRI leaders. - [DiRAC HPC Facility](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/dirac-hpc-facility/) - [CoSeC – Computational Science Centre for Research Communities](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/cosec-computational-science-centre-for-research-communities/) - [Computing Insight UK](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/computing-insight-uk/) - [Software Sustainability Institute](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/related-sites/software-sustainability-institute/) - The SSI promotes sustainability of code, code quality, community building, and others, that can help ensure that software developed in universities which may employ high performance code can flourish. - [ARCHER2](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/related-sites/archer/) - [Society of Research Software Engineering](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/related-sites/research-software-engineer-association/) - [Jobs](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/jobs/) - [HPC-SIG Meeting 2018-05-23](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2018-05-23/) - University of Birmingham Conference Park, Edgbaston Room, Lucas House https://conferences.bham.ac.uk The workshop was preceded on 22 May by a Remote Visualisation workshop. The agenda was: 10.00: Arrivals and Coffee10.30: Welcome and Introductions – Committee Introduction10.45: Datacentre Experiences – Local, Remote or in a container?Simon Burbidge (Bristol) – Experiences of using a remote facility – pros and cons? 1 - [2016-06-07 Strathclyde](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2016-06-07/) - The June 2016 meeting was held on 7th June 2016 at Strathclyde University. The agenda for the meeting was: 10.00: Coffee available 10.30: Introductions 10.35: Report from the Chair 11.00: Archer Champions (Josephine Beech-Brandt, University of Edinburgh), followed by an open discussion on future initiatives between the HPC-SIG, the Archer Champions and the Research - [2021-04-28 Online Seminar: HPC OnDemand](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2021-04-28-online-seminar-hpc-ondemand/) - Introduction This seminar was on the graphical tool for use of HPC systems, HPC OnDemand. Slides See the following link. Recorded Presentation Follow this link. Questions and Answers To added. - [2021-05-26 Online Seminar: Security](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2021-05-26-online-seminar-security/) - Introduction This seminar was on HPC security. Slides These are presented within the recording. Recorded Presentation See the following link. Questions and Answers To added. - [2020-02-25 Bath](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2020-02-bath/) - Agenda Time Title Presenter 10:00 Arrivals and coffee 10:30 Welcome (CK) 10:32 Welcome to Bath (Steve Chapman) 10:40 Cloud Bursting in Liverpool (Cliff Addison) 11:20 HPC Champions Update (James Grant) 11:35 Archer, Excalibur Call (Richard Gunn) 12:00 SIG Business Finances R. Martin Website M. Callaghan SIG Elections G. Murphy - [2020-11-18 (Virtual)](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2020-11-18-virtual/) - Agenda Time Title Presenter 13:00 - 13:10 Welcome. Meeting Format & Etiquette C. Kitchen 13:10 – 13:30 SIG Election Process Proposal C. Kitchen 13:30 – 13:40 Finance Update R. Martin 13:40 – 14:10 EPSRC, Archer-2 and Campus Champions Update A. Turner, EPCC 14:10 – 15:00 Open discussion on HPC Security 15:00 – 15:30 Sustainability - [HPC-SIG Meeting, 2019-11-06](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/hpc-sig-meeting-2019-11-06-manchester/) - Location University of Manchester Admin Attendance: See ti. to and head count. Welcome Graeme Murphy welcomed everyone. Welcome to Manchester Pen Richardson provided an overview of ITS team at Manchester touching on the research computing core services(research virtual machines, research software engineers, business analysts, applications support). She noted that the funding is mixed and this - [HPC-SIG Meeting 2017-05-11](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2017-05-11/) - The May 2017 HPC-SIG meeting was held at the University of Sussex in Brighton on Thursday 11 May 2017. It attracted 38 delegates from 26 Universities and other academic research centres. The agenda was: 10.00: Coffee available 10.30: Introductions 10.35: Report from the Chair 11.00: Experiences with build systems. Brief presentations on EasyBuild - [2017-09-13 Hull](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2017-09-13/) - The September 2017 HPC-SIG meeting was held at the University of Hull on Wednesday 13 September 2017, followed on Thursday 14 September by a one-day workshop based around the broad theme of how, or indeed if, cloud services, which may be on premises or public cloud, integrate into a central Research Computing service. The - [Remote Visualisation Workshop 2018-05-22](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2018-05-22-workshop-on-remote-visualisation/) - There was a workshop on Remote Visualisation at the University of Birmingham on 22 May 2018 held on the University of Birmingham Conference Park in the Harborne Room in Lucas House. This was followed on the 23 May by the May SIG meeting. The agenda was: 10.00: Arrival and coffee 10.30: Introduction and welcome - [HPC-SIG Meeting 2018-09-24](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2018-09-24/) - Agenda The Agenda for this meeting was: 10:00 – 10:30 Arrival & Refreshments 10:30 – 10:35 Welcome from Chair 10:35 – 10:55 Leeds’ HPC for Secure Data (Martin Callaghan) 10:55 – 11:15 Managing Secure Data at Swansea (Simon Thompson) 11:15 – 11:35 Panel Discussion 11:35 – 12:30 Breakout Sessions on the challenges of managing secure data with HPCs 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – - [Review of Super Computing 2018](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/review-of-super-computing-2018/) - This page will contain collected comments from HPC-SIG members that attended the event. - [HPC-SIG Meeting 2019-02-13](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/hpc-sig-meeting-2019-02-13/) - This was held at Queen Mary, London Agenda The Agenda for this meeting was: 10:00 Arrivals welcomed 10:00-10:30 Coffee & Refreshments 10:30-11:00 Career pathways and roles (Christine Kitchen/Jacky Pallas) 11:00-11:30 HPC Certification 11:30-12:00 Professional Learning Programmes and Masters Apprenticeships (Martin Callahagn) 12:00-12:30 Thoughts on the HPC-SIG Website (Graeme Murphy) 12:30-13:30 LUNCH 13:30-13:45 Internships at the - [HPC-SIG Meeting 2019-07-01](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/hpc-sig-meeting-2019-07-01/) - This was held at Queen's University, Belfast, with an attendance of just under 25. Agenda The original agenda was: Time Activity 10:00-10:30 Arrival, Registration and Coffee 10:30-10:45 Chair's update 10:45 – 11:30 Carpentry Connect (Martian Callahagn) 11:30 – 12:00 Belfast City Deal, Project Goals and timescales (Dr. Seamus Doyle) 12:00-12:30 Network with colleagues from the Republic - [Super Computing 2019 Schedule](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/super-computing-2019-schedule/) - The SC19 schedule is available online, and a table of potential attendance will be added below. Note, this is not complete at present – please ask me to attend sessions via the voting forms. Some choices are concurrent. Voting Links Exhibitor options Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Schedule Day Time Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 - [Super Computing 2019](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/super-computing-2019/) - This section is sponsored by a generous bursary from Introduction This is a section to hold blog posts related to Super Computing 2019. Links to other social media: Live questions/comments via sli.do event number #E374. This allows participants to ask questions or make other comments which Aaron Turner can respond to or ask others to respond to. - [Super Computing 2019 Gallery](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/super-computing-2019-gallery/) - [About](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/about/) - This section contains information on what the SIG is for, who can be in the SIG, and who helps organise the SIG. - [GDPR](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/gdpr/) - Declaration. (Please delete as appropriate) 1. I have read the HPC-SIG Privacy notice and I give my consent to the HPC-SIG for the processing of my data. 2. I have read the HPC-SIG Privacy notice and I DO NOT give my consent to the HPC-SIG for the processing of my data. Please delete my data. - [Welcome](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/welcome-2/) - The HPC Special Interest Group aims to promote the use of High Performance Computing (HPC) in academia and industry, by members working together and promoting best practice in HPC provision, management and support. The group organises a range of meetings, events and workshops that are relevant to all current or potential providers of University HPC - [Technical Head of CEMAC - University of Leeds](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/technical-head-of-cemac-university-of-leeds/) - The Centre of Excellence for Modelling the Atmosphere and Climate (CEMAC) is a major new venture to substantially enhance the research, teaching, impact and outreach capabilities of the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS), related to computer modelling, data analysis and visualisation. The use and development of advanced models of weather, climate and air - [Storage Specialist - Research Data Management - University of Birmingham](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/cit-specialist-research-data-management-university-of-birmingham/) - The University Of Birmingham is looking for an experienced and versatile storage specialist with strong Linux Systems Administrator skills to take on the challenge of managing and developing the central research data storage and archiving services.The role demands active engagement with the academic community to address the needs of researchers and their funders to secure - [Senior HPC Data and Storage Systems Engineer - Francis Crick Institute](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/senior-hpc-data-and-storage-systems-engineer-francis-crick-institute/) - This is a fantastic opportunity as the successful candidate will be directly involved in the design and implementation of the Crick's research data management systems and services, in collaboration with some of the most talented Scientists and Engineers in this field. They will also be directly involved in the operations and development of eMedlab - - [Scientific Applications Specialist at Oxford](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/scientific-applications-specialist-at-oxford/) - Scientific Applications Specialist Oxford e-Research Centre, OxfordGrade 8: £38,511 - £45,594 p.a. We are seeking a Scientific Applications Specialist to contribute to the Advanced Research Computing facility. The main role is the delivery of effective computing solutions to the research community in the University, within and beyond traditional HPC users. - [RSE/HPC systems administrator post @Bristol](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/rsehpc-systems-administrator-post-bristol/) - Junior Research Software Engineer / Junior HPC Systems Administrator BrisSynBio BBSRC/EPSRC Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Bristol The BBSRC/EPSRC-funded Bristol Synthetic Biology Research Centre (BrisSynBio) invites applications for a Junior Research Software Engineer / Junior HPC Systems Administrator, who will work with BrisSynBio in the Advanced Computing Research Centre (ACRC), one of the UK’s leading - [Research Software Developer at UCL](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/research-software-developer-at-ucl/) - The UCL Research Software Development Team works with researchers across college to ensure UCL retains the highest standards of excellence in computational research. We are recruiting an additional research software developer for the team, appointed for two years in the first instance. In this role, you will design, extend, refactor, and maintain scientific software - [HPC Systems Architect - EPCC](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/hpc-systems-architect-epcc/) - EPCC is seeking to appoint a senior systems specialist to work as part of a team designing, implementing and maintaining EPCC’s high performance computing and cloud infrastructures. You will be an experienced, hands-on professional who can provide a leadership role to other system administrators in the team. You will demonstrate the knowledge and will stay - [HPC Systems Administrator - EPCC](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/hpc-systems-administrator-epcc/) - EPCC is seeking to appoint Linux and/or Windows system administrator to work as part of a team supporting EPCC’s high performance computing and cloud systems. Under the direction of your manager you will install, configure and maintain Linux and Windows based clusters and supercomputers. You will also support end users and provide documentation. You will - [HPC Services Manager at LSE](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/hpc-services-manager-at-lse/) - We are currently looking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced manager to set up and manage an HPC Team within the School. This will include the procurement of external HPC service provision, coordinate the implementation of onsite HPC IT infrastructure, and the implementation of the service to users. http://tinyurl.com/mlhabbm Closing Date: 7th July 2014 - [HPC and Linux Lead - Kings College London](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/hpc-and-linux-lead-kings-college-london/) - King's College London's Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences is looking for a technical professional to manage and develop our high performance computing and Linux services. Reporting to the Faculty Computing Manger and leading a team of four Linux-focused computing officers, you will manage the Faculty's HPC clusters and develop Linux-based services for research and - [Francis Crick Institute - Lead Research Software Engineer](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/francis-crick-institute-lead-research-software-engineer/) - The Application Integration and Migration (AIM) Lead will be responsible for the overall performance of the AIM team (approx. 4 people) and providing support to scientists at Institute in adapting and optimizing their systems to make best use of the compute and data platforms. The AIM Lead shall coach the AIM team while performing various technical - [Computational Methods Hub at Imperial College - Teaching Fellow](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/computational-methods-hub-at-imperial-college-teaching-fellow/) - The main purpose of the post is to provide computational methods teaching for a number of EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) at Imperial College London (CDTs currently participating are Fluid Dynamics across Scales; Theory and Simulation of Materials; Neurotechnology for Life and Health; Non-destructive Evaluation; Sustainable Civil Engineering; Mathematics of Planet Earth; and Nuclear - [Vacancies](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/vacancies/) - The HPC-SIG does not maintain a list of job opportunities due to the rapidly-changing nature of vacancies. The vast majority of opportunities are posted on the jobs.ac.uk site, which carries a searchable list of international jobs in academic, science, research and administrative employment in the UK, Europe, Australasia, Africa, America and Asia & Middle East. - [HPC-SIG & US CASC MOU](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/post/hpc-sig-us-casc-mou/) - Memorandum of Understanding Between High Performance Computing Special Interest Group (UK) and The Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (US) This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) sets forth the terms and understanding between the UK High Performance Computing Special Interest Group (HPC-SIG) and the US Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC), to share information and collaborate internationally - [Executive election 2018](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/post/executive-election-2018/) - Process of Election of Executive February 2018 The term of the current HPC-SIG Executive Committee has expired so the HPC-SIG will be electing a new executive at its February meeting. Nominations close at 5 pm on Thursday 1st February. Executive Roles The new Executive will comprise the following roles, each serving for two years - [2018-02-13 Business Matters](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/post/2018-02-13-business-matters/) - A show of hands expressed interest in a Remote Visualisation Workshop. The next meetings will be: A remote visualisation workshop on 22 May 2018 at the University of Birmingham A SIG meeting on 23 May 2018 also at the University of Birmingham Details will be circulated to the SIG list as they become available. - [2018 Committee Elections](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/post/2018-committee-elections/) - The results of the election for the new HPC-SIG Executive at the Bristol meeting on 13 February 2018 were: Chair - Christine Kitchen, Cardiff. Unopposed and elected unanimously Vice-Chair - Graeme Murphy, Hull. Unopposed and elected unanimously Treasurer - Richard Martin, Strathclyde. Unopposed and elected unanimously Secretary - Aaron Turner, Loughborough. Unopposed and elected unanimously - [SIG Business](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/post/) - [Tier 2](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/related-sites/tier-2/) - Tier 2 is the layer of HPC sites that sit above the Tier 3, or university resources, and are bigger than most university systems. Tier 2s are an EPSRC initiative, and have a dedicated web page. Information on the previous generation of Tier 2 and also other related sites can be found here. - [PRACE](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/related-sites/prace/) - PRACE is PaRtnership for Advanced Computing in Europe, and is the 'Tier 0' site. - [HPCUK](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/related-sites/hpcuk/) - The EPSRC Tier-2 HPC centres and ARCHER have been working together to create a community website where people can get information on HPC facilities in the UK that have mechanisms available for them to apply to. This is an Open Source website that anyone in the community is welcome to contribute to. The source is - [Hartree Centre](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/related-sites/hartree-centre/) - The Hartree Centre is a collaborative endeavour with IBM to provide academia and industry with supercomputing facilities. It complements Archer. - [CASC](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/related-sites/casc/) - The Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation in the USA is an educational nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with member institutions representing many of the nation’s most forward-thinking universities and computing centers. - [2017 National e-Infrastructure Report](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/publications/2017-national-e-infrastructure-report/) - Click here to access the report (PDF) - [2015 National e-Infrastructure Survey Report](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/publications/2015-national-e-infrastructure-survey-report/) - 2015 Report from the NeI Project Directors Group summarising the current state of the UK NeI, reporting on recent capital investments and integration activities. Progress from the 2014 report and a number of recommendations are made based on the findings, with the intention of helping place the NeI on a more sustainable footing, underpinning UK - [2014 National e-Infrastructure Report](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/publications/2014-national-e-infrastructure-report/) - 2014 UK National E-Infrastructure Survey Summary Report - [RCUK and big data](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/publications/rcuk-and-big-data/) - Big data is a term for a collection of datasets so large and complex that it is beyond the ability of typical database software tools to capture, store, manage, and analyse them. ‘Big’ is not defined as being larger than a certain number of ‘bytes’ because as technology advances over time, the size of datasets - [HPC SIG Report 2010](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/publications/hpc-sig-report-2010/) - HPC-SIG_Report2010 (PDF) - [Publications](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/publications/) - This section contains links to publications from HPC-SIG or sister bodies. - [Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/platform-for-advanced-scientific-computing/) - The Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) Conference promotes scientific efforts to address key issues in different domains such as Climate and Atmospheric Modelling, Solid Earth Dynamics, Life Sciences across scales, Material simulations, Plasma Physics, Astrophysics and Computer Science/Mathematics. The PASC14 conference will be hosted at ETH Zurich in June 2-3, 2014. The conference aims - [News](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/members-news/) - News from our member organisations [posts-for-page cat_slug='member-news' num='4' hide_read_more='true' hide_post_content='true' show_meta='true'] - [HPC-SIG Meeting 2018-02-13](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2018-02-13/) - The February 2018 meeting was held on 13 February 2018 at the University of Bristol in the Clifton Hall House Conference Centre The agenda was: 10.00: Coffee available 10.30: Introductions 10.35: Report from the Chair 11.00: Committee elections The results of the election for the new HPC-SIG Executive at the Bristol meeting on 13 - [Central Support for Cloud Services Workshop 2017-09-14](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2017-09-14-workshop-central-support-for-cloud-services/) - This workshop followed the HPC-SIG meeting on Wednesday 13 September 2017 at the University of Hull around the broad theme of how, or indeed if, cloud services, which may be on premises or public cloud, integrate into a central Research Computing service. The agenda was: 09.30 - Registration and coffee 10.00 - Welcome, Background - [HPC-SIG Meeting 2017-02-09](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2017-02-09/) - The February 2017 HPC-SIG meeting was held at the University of Leeds on Thursday 9 February 2017, attracting 55 delegates from 36 Universities and affiliated sites. It was followed by the Archers Champions workshop on Friday 10 February 2017. The agenda for the SIG meeting was: 10.00: Coffee available 10.30: Introductions 10.35: Report from - [Workshop on Schedulers 2016-09-14](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2016-09-14-workshop-on-schedulers/) - A scheduling workshop was organised by Ash Vadgama on 14 September 2016. The WORKSHOP GOAL was to provide a detailed overview of the current HPC Scheduling Marketplace, so as to understand current scheduler capabilities, current deficiencies, developing risks and new features – thereby providing HPC-SIG members with options for the future. The THEME - [HPC-SIG Meeting 2016-09-13](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/meeting-reports/2016-09-13/) - The September 2016 meeting was held at the University of Warwick on 13 September 2016. The agenda was: 10.00: Coffee available 10.30: Introductions 10.35: Report from the Chair 11.00: Determining Return on Investment of an HPC system: Background and Loughborough experiences. Aaron Turner, Loughborough University 12.15: Lunch 13.15: Site Updates Warwick Nottingham Hull 13.45: - [Latest News](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/latest-news/) - [Communications](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/communications/) - This section contains links to pages which explain how to talk to other HPC-SIG members, or the committee or administrative functions of the SIG. - [Using new computer architecture to help improve cancer treatments](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/case-studies/cancer-treatments/) - Institute: University College London "Although we also have a PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) allocation of 24 million CPU hours, we can use this up very easily. Each simulation uses multiple replicas (at different temperatures) and so it has billions of sampling steps. The CPU time this takes is greatly reduced using - [SgurrEnergy: Using High Performance Computing for Large Scale Renewable Energy Projects](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/case-studies/sgurr-energy/) - Institute: University of Strathclyde To date SgurrEnergy has assessed over 85,000MW of renewable energy developments internationally and this figure is growing rapidly every month. Clients include utilities, financiers, developers and many other public and private sector organisations. SgurrEnergy is a leading independent engineering consultancy specialising in worldwide renewable energy projects, who has the - [Planetary Climates](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/case-studies/planetary-climates/) - Institute: University of East Anglia "My research is about understanding climate and climate change, mostly on Earth, but also on other planets. To further this aim, I use a combination of theory and models, ranging from simple numerical codes to very complex global circulation models." - Dr Manoj Joshi, UEA Lecturer - School of Environmental - [HemeLB: vascular modelling and blood flow simulation](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/case-studies/hemelb-vascular-modelling-and-blood-flow-simulation/) - Institute: University College London HemeLB is an open-source computational suite for fluid dynamics simulations of blood flow in the vasculature of the human body. Background The HemeLB suite is able to generate 3D models of the vasculature of individual human body parts based on medical images such as an angiogram, MRI or CT scan. - [Coronary Artery Stent Design for Challenging Disease](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/case-studies/coronary-artery-stent-design-for-challenging-disease/) - Institute: University of Southampton Research Team: Georgios Ragkousis Investigators: Neil Bressloff It is well known that, across all populations (based on geographic location, race, ethnicity, age, sex) coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of death. CAD is a result of atherosclerosis, and affects the coronary arteries that surround the heart. - [Calendar](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/calendar/) - [Best practice](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/best-practice/) - This section contains various collected best practices. - [Analytics](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/about/analytics/) - Google Analytics is used on these pages to determine usage statistics for the purposes of improving these pages. No identifiable information is retained. ## Events - [HPC-SIG Belfast Meeting](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-belfast-meeting/) - Get your ticket now! Key Deadlines Call for contributions: Wednesday 9th September 2026 Registration for in-person attendance: Tuesday 6th October 2026 Registration for online participation: Friday 17th October 2026 Call for Contributions Please submit your contributions by 9th September: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/dpwQt13PE5 Venue Information and Accessibility Location: Riddel Hall Conference Room, Riddel Hall Block 2, Queen's University - [HPC-SIG Imperial Meeting](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-imperial-meeting/) - Call for Contributions Please submit your responses by 11:59am 23rd April https://forms.office.com/e/X7ybYDAZu3 Registration Registration will be via TicketTailor: https://buytickets.at/hpcsig/2129677 Please note, that we cannot guarantee entry to this event if you have not pre-registered. Key deadlines Registration for in-person attendance: 6th May Registration for online participation: 12th May (before 5:30pm) Agenda: 10:00 Arrival and refreshments - [HPC-SIG Leeds Meeting](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-leeds-meeting/) - Call for Contributions Please submit your responses by 30 January 2026: https://forms.office.com/e/eYpEZAk6nH Registration Registration will be via TicketTailor: https://buytickets.at/hpcsig/2006632 Please note, that we cannot guarantee entry to this event if you have not pre-registered. Key deadlines Call for contributions: Friday 30 January 2026 Registration for in-person attendance: Friday 13 February Registration for online participation: Friday 20 - [SC26](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/sc26/) - https://sc26.supercomputing.org/ - [NFCS – NetworkPlus Event](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/nfcs-networkplus-event/) - https://nfcs-networkplus.ac.uk/events/ - [EcoCompute: Building Sustainable Scientific Computing Practices Through Academia-Industry Collaboration](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/ecocompute-building-sustainable-scientific-computing-practices-through-academia-industry-collaboration/) - https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/ecocompute-building-sustainable-scientific-computing-practices-through-academia-industry-collaboration-1475 - [Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Retreat](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/digital-research-infrastructure-dri-retreat/) - https://n8cir.org.uk/training-and-events/dri-retreat-2026/ - [KubeCon+CloudNativeCon](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/kubeconcloudnativecon/) - https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/ - [NFCS – NetworkPlus Spring Conference 2026](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/nfcs-networkplus-spring-conference-2026/) - https://nfcs-networkplus.ac.uk/events/nfcs-networkplus-spring-conference-2026/ - [CIUK](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/ciuk/) - www.ukri.org/CIUK - [RSECon26](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/rsecon26/) - [ISC 26](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/isc-26/) - https://isc-hpc.com/ - [Durham HPC Days](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/durham-hpc-days-2/) - https://hpc-days.github.io/Durham-HPC-Days-2026/ - [SysAdmin/Technical Meetup @CIUK - facilitated by HPC-SIG](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/sysadmin-technical-meetup-facilitated-by-hpc-sig/) - This year at CIUK we will again be running a meetup for technical staff to talk, learn & discuss important topics. This is for all technical people wherever you work, e.g. vendors, private companies, academic institutions, contractors and more. We would love to see as wide a representation as possible this year. After the success - [HPC-SIG Hartree Meeting](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-meeting-hartree-2025/) - Registration Registration will be via TicketTailor: https://buytickets.at/hpcsig/1811037 Please note, that we cannot guarantee entry to this event if you have not pre-registered. Key deadlines Call for contributions: Tuesday 30 September 2025 Registration for in-person attendance: Monday 13 October Registration for online participation: Monday 20 October Venue Information and Accessibility Address: The Hartree Centre STFC Laboratory - [Building central research computation facilities at London universities](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/building-central-research-computation-facilities-at-london-universities/) - Event details and registration: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stepupproject/1867192 - [SC 2025](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/sc-2025/) - https://sc25.supercomputing.org/ - [7th HPC-AI Advisory Council UK](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/7th-hpc-ai-advisory-council-uk/) - https://dirac.ac.uk/hpc-ai-advisory-council-7th-annual-uk-conference/ - [TRE Conference](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/tre-conference/) - https://lu.ma/ztryt4oq - [NFCS NetworkPlus 2nd National Conference](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/nfcs-networkplus-2nd-national-conference/) - https://indico.ph.qmul.ac.uk/event/2299/ - [HPC Communities: Working Together as Regional and National Research Organisations](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/isc2025-bof-hpc-communities/) - Overview Please note the time of this BoF has changed to 2.15pm. This Birds of a Feather (BoF) session, co-hosted by the UK High Performance Computing Special Interest Group (HPC-SIG) and the US Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC), examines the formation, organization, and funding of regional and national research-focused high performance computing (HPC) communities - [HPC-SIG Cambridge](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-cambridge/) - Registration Ticket registration: https://buytickets.at/hpcsig/1661035 Registration deadlines: In person: 14th May Online: 20th May (before 5:30pm) Venue Information and Accessibility East 2 (1st Floor), West Hub, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0US Information about the venue is available here: https://www.westcambridgehub.uk/visit Accessibility information: https://www.accessable.co.uk/university-of-cambridge/west-cambridge-site/access-guides/west-hub-shared-facilities-hub Programme Day 1: Wednesday 21 May 12:00 Arrive and lunch 13:00 Welcome - [HPC-SIG Meeting - University of Strathclyde](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-strathclyde-march-2025/) - 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, - [16th Thematic CERN School of Computing (tCSC security 2025)](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/16th-thematic-cern-school-of-computing-tcsc-security-2025/) - https://indico.cern.ch/event/1459614/overview - [Data Centre World](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/data-centre-world/) - https://www.datacentreworld.com/ - [CIUK 2025](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/ciuk-2025/) - http://www.ukri.org/CIUK - [RSEcon 2025](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/rsecon-2025/) - https://rsecon25.society-rse.org - [ISC 2025](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/isc-2025/) - https://isc-hpc.com/ - [Durham HPC Days](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/durham-hpc-days/) - https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/data-science/events-/durham---hpc-days/ - [STEP-UP - developing HPC technical professionals](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/step-up-developing-hpc-technical-professionals/) - https://www.scd.stfc.ac.uk/SiteAssets/Pages/CIUK-2024-PROGRAMME/CIUK2024_Programme.pdf - [DRI Retreat 2025](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/dri-retreat-2025/) - https://n8cir.org.uk/training-and-events/dri-retreat-2025/ - [HPC-SIG Technical/SysAdmin Meetup at CIUK 2024, Manchester](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/ciuk-manchester/) - Come and join your colleagues at CIUK for technical discussions, gather new ideas, ask questions etc. I am again running a sysadmin/technical meetup breakout session at CIUK this year, but there are a couple of differences from previous years. The first is that it is now on "day zero" (Wednesday) afternoon, between 1300-1600 (before - [HPC-SIG Meeting - University of East Anglia](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-meeting-university-of-east-anglia/) - Tickets Please book your tickets via this link: https://buytickets.at/hpcsig/1418973 Registration deadline In-person attendance: October 21st, Monday Online participation: November 5th, Tuesday Day 1: Wednesday 6 November 2024 12 noon Arrival, lunch and coffee 1pm Welcome to UEA Ian Callaghan 1.05pm Welcome and Chair's Business Andrew (Ed) Edmondson, Chair, HPC-SIG 1.30pm Host presentation Jimmy Cross, University of - [HPC-AI, Leicester](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-ai-leicester/) - https://www.hpcadvisorycouncil.com/events/2024/uk-conference - [HPC-SIG Meeting - University of Sheffield](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-meeting-university-of-sheffield/) - Tickets Please book your tickets via this link: https://buytickets.at/hpcsig/1253736 Registration deadlines: In-person attendance: June 11th, Tuesday Online participation: June 17th, Monday Agenda 10:00 Refreshments 10:30 Chairs business Exec committee and vacant roles EDIA update Finance Mentorship programme Overview of past and future meetings 11:00 Introduction to Research Computing at Sheffield Saul Cozens, University of Sheffield 11:30 Running - [HPC-SIG Meeting - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory [Hybrid]](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-meeting-rutherford-appleton-laboratory/) - Registration page is available at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hpcsig/1091658 - deadline for registrations for in-person tickets is midday on Tuesday 20th February. It is anticipated that this will be a fully hybrid event. Important: It is important that ALL attending bring photo-ID when visiting RAL to register with security and be allocated your pass. Acceptable forms - [Durham HPC Days, Durham](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/2380/) - https://excalibur.ac.uk/events/hpc-days-2024 - [PEARC24, Providence RI, USA](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/pearc24-providence-ri-usa/) - https://pearc.acm.org/pearc24/ - [PASC24, Zurich, Switzerland](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/pasc24-zurich-switzerland/) - More Information - [CUG 2024, Perth, Australia](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/cug-2024-perth-australia/) - https://cug.org/cug-2024/ - [ARCHER2 Celebration Science, Edinburgh](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/archer2-celebration-science-edinburgh/) - https://www.archer2.ac.uk/community/events/celebration-of-science-2024 - [SC24, Atlanta](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/sc24-atlanta/) - http://sc24.supercomputing.org - [RSECon24, Newcastle](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/rsecon24-newcastle/) - https://rsecon24.society-rse.org - [ISC24, Hamburg](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/isc24-hamburg/) - https://www.isc-hpc.com - [Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat, Manchester](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/digital-research-infrastructure-retreat-manchester/) - https://web.cvent.com/event/f446f6ec-a9a2-4f9c-a997-4fe2c5cec428/summary - [CIUK TECHNICAL / SYSADMIN MEETUP​ (2)](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/ciuk-technical-sysadmin-meetup-2/) - Follow up session from Thursdays meetup - further technical discussion - [CIUK Technical / SysAdmin Meetup​](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/ciuk-technical-sysadmin-meetup/) - Technical / SysAdmin Meetup: Organiser Simon Atack (Bristol Unversity) A meeting for techncial staff and systems administrators to discuss the latest topics in the field and share information and ideas. - [Computing Insight UK 2023](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/computing-insight-uk-2023/) - Computing Insight UK 2023 will take place at Manchester Central Convention Complex on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 December 2023. From the CIUK website: The theme for this year's conference is "Productive Supercomputing (Accessible and diverse large scale computing)" with sub-themes including "User Support", "Industry Use of HPC", “Making HPC More Accessible”, “User Portals”, “Convergence of - [HPC-SIG MEETING WEDNESDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2023 – CARDIFF UNIVERSITY / PRIFYSGOL CAERDYDD](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-meeting-wednesday-20th-september-2023-cardiff-university-prifysgol-caerdydd/) - Agenda: Time Presenter 10:00 Refreshment 10:30 Welcome and Chair’s Business1.Welcome2.Practicalities3.Overview of future meetings4.Mentorship scheme update5.EDIA Update 6.HPC-SIG committee elections 7.HPC-SIG branding Ed Edmondson and Steven Chapman 10:45 Supercomputing Wales Prof Martyn Guest 11:00 Break 11:15 Introduction to Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) Dr Duncan MacLeod (School of Physics and Astronomy) 11:30 - [HPC-SIG Meeting Tuesday 13th June 2023 - University of Bath / Hybrid](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-meeting-tuesday-13th-june-2023-university-of-bath-hybrid/) - Deadline for in-person registration closed at the end of Friday 26 May 2023 - online attendence is still available. The next HPC-SIG meeting will take place as a hybrid event (in person and online) kindly hosted by the Unversity of Bath on Tuesday 13 June 2023. The meeting will run from 1015 - 1600 - [EasyBuild User Meeting (EUM'23)](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/easybuild-user-meeting-eum23/) - Registration is free and open, please follow this link: https://easybuild.io/eum23 Deadline for registration is Sunday 2 April 2023. Places for physical attendance are limited but then we got nearly unlimited Zoom places if you want to ask question, or watch it live or later on YouTube if you want to watch it with your - [HPC-SIG Meeting Tuesday March 7th 2023 – University of Southampton](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-meeting-tuesday-march-7th-2023-university-of-southampton/) - HPC-SIG Meeting Tuesday March 7th 2023 – University of Southampton Building 38, Hartley Suite, Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1BJ Arrival at meeting: Please go to building 38 at Highfield Campus tomorrow when looking for the Hartley Suite, NOT building 40. Building 38 can be found on https://maps.southampton.ac.uk/#17/50.93540/-1.39661/nojump,doors near the centre, or - [Network Workshop](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/network-workshop/) - Networking Workshop held the day before the HPC-SIG meeting More information to follow For more information, contact Christopher.Walker@jisc.ac.uk - [HPC Sysadmin / Research Infrastructure Engineers Meetup at CIUK](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sysadmin-research-infrastructure-engineers-meetup-at-ciuk/) - Following the presentation by Simon Atack, University of Bristol, (Thursday 1 December, 12:30), there will be a meeting for systems administrators / research infrastructure engineers in Exchange Room 3 starting at 13:20. This room can be found upstairs at Manchester Central. No presentations, this is an opportunity for a discussion on mutual topics of interest. - [Computing Insight UK 2022](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/computing-insight-uk-2022/) - Computing Insight UK 2022 will take place at Manchester Central Convention Complex on Thursday 1 and Friday 2 December. The theme for the conference this year is "Sustainable HPC" with sub-themes including "Sustainable Computer and Data Centres", "Sustainability and Systems Administration", "Software Engineering to Improve Code Performance" and "Industry Perspective on Sustainability". CIUK 2022 will include an - [2022 European HTCondor Workshop](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/2022-european-htcondor-workshop/) - [HPC-SIG Meeting Tuesday June 28th 2022 - The University of Birmingham](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-meeting-tuesday-june-28th-2022-the-university-of-birmingham/) - HPC-SIG face-to-face meeting: 28,29 June 2022; University of Birmingham The first face-to-face HPC-SIG meeting will take place over 1.5 days at the University of Birmingham on 28 and 29 June. The first (full) day will look at how we can reconnect the HPC-SIG community and gather input on what the HPC-SIG can do to support - [Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) 22](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/practice-and-experience-in-advanced-research-computing-pearc-22/) - Revolutionary. Disruptive. Game-changing. These terms describe the technologies that have helped us extend our research and our horizons, even in the midst of unprecedented challenges. They describe the dramatic changes that make up the current state of computer science, high performance computing, and cyberinfrastructure. This year’s theme, Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You, acknowledges rapid shifts that have become a - [SC22](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/sc22/) - The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis Key dates: Registration opens July 13, 2022 - [RSECon22](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/rsecon22/) - https://rsecon2022.society-rse.org/ Key date: Wednesday 8th June 2022: Conference programme published on website; registration opens - [ISC High Performance 2022](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/isc-high-performance-2022/) - THE EVENT FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING, MACHINE LEARNING AND DATA ANALYTICS ISC 2022 is our first in-person conference and exhibition since the pandemic. Regular attendees continue to express the wish to gather in person and we would like to honor this preference after providing them with a virtual experience for two consequent years. In bringing - [The Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) Conference](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/the-platform-for-advanced-scientific-computing-pasc-conference/) - The PASC Conference series is an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of knowledge in scientific computing and computational science with a strong focus on methods, tools, algorithms, application challenges, and novel techniques and usage of high performance computing. (Hybrid event) - [International Conference on Computing Science](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/international-conference-on-computing-science/) - The International Conference on Computational Science is an annual conference that brings together researchers and scientists from mathematics and computer science as basic computing disciplines, as well as from other various application areas, who are pioneering computational methods in sciences such as physics, chemistry, life sciences, and engineering, as well as in arts and humanitarian fields, - [Sustainable Storage Workshop](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/sustainable-storage-workshop/) - A sustainable storage workshop, facilitated by Jon Lockley (ICR). This will cover how to build a storage solution that can be funded and maintained over a significant period of time, for the benefit of providers and researchers. Provisional Agenda (subject to change): Royal Marsden Hospital NHS (TBC): Data exchange challenges / Access to academic - [Cyber Threats and Security](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/cyber-threats-and-security/) - Overview Cyber Threats and Security with Joe Pitt from Jisc. Joe will be talking through the threats facing HPCs, picking up on some real world examples. Having set the scene he will work through key controls that need to be in place to reduce the risk of successful attacks. There will be an - [HPC On Demand](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-on-demand/) - HPC On Demand with contributions by: Alan Chalker, Ohio Supercomputing Center Tom Green from Cardiff. Open OnDemand helps computational researchers and students efficiently utilize remote computing resources by making them easy to access from any device. It helps computer center staff support a wide range of clients by simplifying the user interface and experience. This - [Sustainable Storage](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/sustainable-storage/) - Sustainable Storage presented by Jon Lockey (ICR) More details to follow. - [](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/1998/) - This SIG meeting sees the return of Site Updates to the programme. If you would like to provide the SIG membership with an interesting update on activity at your site then please contact me with details and we will add you to the programme. Site updates will generally be limited to 10 minutes but if - [4TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOG AND EDGE COMPUTING (ICFEC 2020)](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/1999/) - =============================================================== 4TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOG AND EDGE COMPUTING (ICFEC 2020) 11-14 May, 2020, Melbourne, Australia In conjunction with IEEE/ACM CCGrid 2020 URL: http://dream-lab.cds.iisc.ac.in/icfec2020/ ================================================================ We are delighted to invite you to Melbourne, Australia for the 4th IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing. The Conference will be held as part of and - [Roving reporter at Super Computing 2019](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/roving-reporter-at-super-computing-2019/) - Aaron Turner of HPC-SIG has been funded by UCISA to visit Super Computing 2019. Outputs will include a report for UCISA and HPC-SIG but there will also be an interactive element supported by: Blogging via the HPC-SIG site. Live questions/comments via sli.do event number #E374. This allows participants to ask questions or make other comments - [HPC-SIG Meeting, Manchester](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-meeting-manchester/) - Theme AI & Big Data Location F41, Sackville Building. This is very close to Piccadilly Train Station. People can hopefully figure out the route from there or other public transport to the building. Let me know if detailed advice needed. A link to our maps and travel page: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/maps There are multiple entrances to the - [IDC HPC User Forum](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/idc-hpc-user-forum/) - IDC HPC User Forum Edinburgh 10-11 October Dear Colleagues, I'd like to draw your attention to the upcoming IDC HPC User Forum, being hosted at the University of Edinburgh on the 10-11 October. Its a one day event midday to midday to allow for travel. Details and registration (free) are here - [EMiT 2019](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/emit-2019/) - Further details here: https://www.emit.tech This is the next instalment in the international series that provides a platform for discussion around new and emerging computing technologies and its applications. Previous years have seen a focus on technologies like GPUs, the Xeon Phi and FPGA's, this year is expected to see more of this as well as an - [ICT4S](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/ict4s/) - The theme of the 2019 conference is “Sisu”. Perhaps having no direct English equivalent, Sisu defines the soul of Finland: tenacity of purpose; a relentless perseverance to transform barriers into opportunities; courage in the face of adversity; an action-oriented mindset; a collective choice – we are strong together; and, a love for the long-term potential. - [Unconference](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/unconference/) - Un-conference Conference: How to support and develop the 'technical community' This is a concept workshop to look at what it will take to attract the 'next generation of technical service engineers' - be it system administrators, system engineers, or dev/res ops. This indicates part of the problem in that we cannot even get a standard - [HPC AI Advisory Council](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/1807/) - Dear Colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the inaugural UK conference of the HPC AI Advisory Council which is being held in Leicester on 16/17 September. Registration is free, and is now open at: http://hpcadvisorycouncil.com/events/2019/uk-conference/register.php The HPC and AI Advisory Council is an international, “for community benefit” organization that collaborates with - [HPC-SIG Meeting, Queen's University Belfast](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-meeting-queens-university-belfast/) - Agenda Time Activity 10:00-10:30 Arrival, Registration and Coffee 10:30-10:45 Chair's update 10:45 - 11:30 Carpentry Connect (Martian Callahagn) 11:30 - 12:00 Belfast City Deal, Project Goals and timescales (Dr. Seamus Doyle) 12:00-12:30 Network with colleagues from the Republic of Ireland 12:30-13:30 Lunch and networking 13:30 - 14:00 ICHEC Update (Dr. Simon Wong): ICHEC Overview and the - [RSECon19](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/rsecon19/) - This event is now full, but see https://rseconuk2019.sched.com/ for schedule details, etc. - [HPC Champions/Tier-2 HPC Workshop](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-champions-tier-2-hpc-workshop/) - Following the successful HPC Champions/Tier-2 HPC Workshop @ RSECon18 we will again be co-locating with the main conference for an afternoon of talks and discussion. This half day workshop is organised by James Grant (Bath) and Andy Turner (Edinburgh) funded by the Society of Research Software Engineering. Registration is separate to the RSEConUK registration and - [HPC-SIG Meeting, QMUL](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc-sig-meeting-qmul/) - Location for the meeting Robin Brook Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A Agenda 10:00 Arrivals welcomed 10:00-10:30 Coffee & Refreshments 10:30-11:00 Career pathways and roles (Christine Kitchen/Jacky Pallas) 11:00-11:30 HPC Accreditation (TBC) 11:30-12:00 Professional Learning Programmes and Masters Apprenticeships (Martin Callahagn) 12:00-12:30 Thoughts on the HPC-SIG Website (Graeme Murphy) 12:30-13:30 LUNCH 13:30-13:45 Internships at Hull(Graeme - [Fortran Modernisation Course](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/fortran-modernisation-course/) - Fortran Modernisation Workshop. University of Manchester, 4-5 April 2019 This two day practical hands-on workshop is aimed at Fortran programmers who want to write modern code, or to modernise existing codes, to make it more maintainable by encouraging good software engineering practices. Tools, scientific libraries and techniques for Fortran are covered to help you develop - [ICT4S Call for Papers Deadline (Full Papers)](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/ict4s-call-for-papers-deadline-full-papers/) - On behalf of the ICT4S Organising Committee, we are delighted to invite you to contribute to the 2019 edition of ICT4S (Information Communication Technology for Sustainability). *** Papers *** Abstracts due: Friday, 21st Dec 2018 (via easychair) Full Papers: Saturday, 5th January 2019 (via easychair) Acceptance notification: Friday, 1 Feb 2019 Camera Ready copy due: - [ICT4S 2019: Paper Deadline (Abstracts)](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/ict4s-2019-paper-deadline-abstracts/) - On behalf of the ICT4S Organising Committee, we are delighted to invite you to contribute to the 2019 edition of ICT4S (Information Communication Technology for Sustainability). *** Papers *** Abstracts due: Friday, 21st Dec 2018 (via easychair) Full Papers: Saturday, 5th January 2019 (via easychair) Acceptance notification: Friday, 1 Feb 2019 Camera Ready copy due: - [Collaborations Workshop](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/collaborations-workshop/) - The Software Sustainability Institute will be running next year’s Collaborations Workshop from Monday 1st to Wednesday 3rd April 2019 at Loughborough University in the West Park Teaching Hub. The themes for CW19 are interoperability, documentation, training & sustainability. To find out more and register, please visit the CW19 page. The Collaborations Workshops bring together researchers, - [FOSDEM 2019](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/fosdem-2019/) - https://www.fosdem.org/2019/ FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. - [FOSDEM'19 Quantum Computing Devroom](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/fosdem19-quantum-computing-devroom/) - https://qosf.github.io/fosdem19/ Quantum computing is a new emerging field that coming out of the lab and finding its applications in the real world. The space of the open source software for quantum computing is blooming with this trend, with researchers and hardware providers alike investing in creating software infrastructure for this new computing paradigm. With that - [Int'l Workshop on Big Data](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/5th-international-workshop-on-big-data/) - *********************************************************************** 5th INTERNATIONAL WINTER SCHOOL ON BIG DATA January 7-11, 2019Cambridge, United Kingdom Co-organized by Cambridge Big Data Initiative, University of Cambridgehttp://bigdat2019.irdta.eu/ *********************************************************************** BigDat 2019 will be a research training event with a global scope aiming at updating participants on the most recent advances in the critical and fast developing - [Globus Workshop](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/globus-workshop/) - There is a free Globus workshop being hosted by STFC at the Harwell campus on 10th January. More details can be found at https://www.globusworld.org/tour/program?c=16 - [2nd Joint CCP9-MCC-UKCP-EPCC Workshop on Ab initio Periodic Codes](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/2nd-joint-ccp9-mcc-ukcp-epcc-workshop-on-ab-initio-periodic-codes/) - 2nd Joint CCP9-MCC-UKCP-EPCC Workshop on Ab initio Periodic Codes To register please follow this link: http://www.cvent.com/d/jbqf27 Following a previous edition in 2016, this workshop is aimed at existing users of periodic codes on high performance compute (HPC) services who wish to: Learn to tailor the choice of code to the project, to increase efficient exploitation of - [EMiT Abstract Deadline](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/emit-abstract-deadline/) - Further details here: https://www.emit.tech. 1 page abstract deadline 16th December 2018 - [CIUK 2018](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/ciuk-2018/) - [Super Computing 2018](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/super-computing-2018/) - [RSE Seminar on Meltdown and Spectre](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/1706/) - You and your users may be interested in the next free RSE webinar this Wednesday at 1300 BST (Wednesday 10 Oct 2018) where David Henty will be presenting "Meltdown for Dummies": News of the Meltdown Security Vulnerability caused a big stir at the start of 2018. This was not surprising as it meant that *any* user could read - [EasyBuild Workshop](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/easybuild-workshop/) - At the recent HPC-SIG we decided we needed an EasyBuild workshop. We will meet at the University of Birmingham for the day and discuss how it is deployed at different sites, discuss some of its history and future directions and discuss any difficulties attendees are having trying to deploy it. Potential agenda: 1) EasyBuild introduction/history - [HPC_SIG Meeting, Crick Institute, London](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hpc_sig-meeting-crick-institute-london/) - On Sunday there will be an opportunity to socialise from 7:30pm at http://www.thesomerstowncoffeehouse.co.uk Agenda 10:00 – 10:30 Arrival & Refreshments 10:30 – 10:35 Welcome from Chair 10:35 – 10:55 Leeds’ HPC for Secure Data (Martin Callaghan) 10:55 – 11:15 Managing Secure Data at Swansea (Simon Thompson) 11:15 – 11:35 Panel Discussion 11:35 – 12:30 Breakout Sessions on the challenges of managing secure data - [July HPC-SIG Meeting 23/07/14 in Birmingham](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/july-hpc-sig-meeting-230714-in-birmingham/) - The next meeting of the HPC-SIG will be at the Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre on 23rd July 2014. Could those planning on attending register at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-hpc-sig-tickets-12134080361 For travel planning - assume a 10:30 start (10:00 coffee available) and 16:00 meeting close. We look forward to seeing you in Birmingham. - [International Workshop on OpenCL](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/international-workshop-on-opencl/) - The International Workshop on OpenCL (IWOCL) is an annual meeting of OpenCL users, researchers, developers and suppliers to share OpenCL best practise, and to promote the evolution and advancement of the OpenCL standard. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in contributing to, and participating in the OpenCL community. IWOCL is the premier - [International Supercomputing Conference](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/international-supercomputing-conference/) - Once again we will be providing our attendees with exclusive and timely content that matches their needs. By attending ISC, you will be connecting with 300 expert speakers who can share their perspectives on the latest developments in high performance computing. Featured this year, are topics such as the future direction of HPC technologies, life - [Hartree Centre Summer Schools 2016](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/hartree-centre-summer-schools-2016/) - Save the date! Four Weeks, four subjects: Big Data: w/c 13th June Engineering Simulation: w/c 27th June Visualisation: w/c 11th July HPC: w/c 18th July Registration opens: Monday 4th April 2016 Delegate rate: £150 per week Enhance your skills in these highly demanded core technologies and exploit their potential for research and business. - [February 2017 meeting](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/february-2017-hpc-sig-meeting/) - The next HPC-SIG meeting will be at the University of Leeds on Thursday 9 Feb 2017, to be followed by the Archers Champions workshop on Friday 10 Feb 2017. The booking site with a skeletal agenda is at https://hpc-sig-feb2017.eventbrite.co.uk/; this also has information about accommodation for anyone who will be staying over for the Champions - [CASC Fall Meeting 2014](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/casc-fall-meeting-2014/) - The Coalition for Advanced Scientific Computing (CASC) will be holding its fall meeting at the Westin Hotel in Arlington, VA on the 17th-19th of September Further Details Available here - [2018-05-23 SIG meeting at Birmingham](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/2018-05-23-sig-meeting-at-birmingham/) - Location: University of Birmingham Conference Park, Edgbaston Room, Lucas House https://conferences.bham.ac.uk/ The workshop was preceded on 22 May by a Remote Visualisation workshop. The agenda was: 10.00: Arrivals and Coffee 10.30: Welcome and Introductions - Committee Introduction 10.45: Datacentre Experiences – Local, Remote or in a container? Simon Burbidge (Bristol) – Experiences of using a - [September 2016 meeting](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/september-2016-meeting/) - The September 2016 meeting was held at the University of Warwick on 13 September 2016. The agenda was: 10.00: Coffee available 10.30: Introductions 10.35: Report from the Chair 11.00: Determining Return on Investment of an HPC system: Background and Loughborough experiences. Aaron Turner, Loughborough University 12.15: Lunch 13.15: Site Updates Warwick Nottingham Hull 13.45: An - [SC16 WHPC workshop](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/sc16-whpc-workshop/) - Call for Early Career Poster Presenters for the Women in High Performance Computing workshop at Supercomputing 2016 http://www.womeninhpc.org/women-in-hpc-at-sc16/workshop/ Sunday, November 23, 2016 Are you an early career woman who uses HPC or works in developing new HPC technologies? We want to hear from you! As part of the 2016 SC WHPC workshop we invite submissions - [SC14 in New Orleans Nov 16th - 21st](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/sc14-in-new-orleans-nov-16th-21st/) - SC14 brings together the most respected minds in high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis to debut the research and innovation that will open the door to new scientific and economic opportunities. http://sc14.supercomputing.org - [Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/platform-for-advanced-scientific-computing/) - The Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) Conference promotes scientific efforts to address key issues in different domains such as Climate and Atmospheric Modelling, Solid Earth Dynamics, Life Sciences across scales, Material simulations, Plasma Physics, Astrophysics and Computer Science/Mathematics. The PASC14 conference will be hosted at ETH Zurich in June 2-3, 2014. The conference aims - [June 2016 meeting](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/june-meeting/) - The June 2016 meeting was held on 7th June 2016 at Strathclyde University. The agenda for the meeting was: 10.00: Coffee available 10.30: Introductions 10.35: Report from the Chair 11.00: Archer Champions (Josephine Beech-Brandt, University of Edinburgh), followed by an open discussion on future initiatives between the HPC-SIG, the Archer Champions and the Research Software - [2018-05-22 workshop – Remote Visualisation](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/2018-05-22-workshop-remote-visualisation/) - There was a workshop on Remote Visualisation at the University of Birmingham on 22 May 2018 held on the University of Birmingham Conference Park in the Harborne Room in Lucas House. This was followed on the 23 May by the May SIG meeting. As always, the workshop was followed by refreshment and lively discussion in - [2018-02-13 SIG meeting at Bristol](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/2018-02-13-sig-meeting-at-bristol/) - The February 2018 meeting was held on 13 February 2018 at the University of Bristol in the Clifton Hall House Conference Centre. The agenda was: 10.00: Coffee available 10.30: Introductions 10.35: Report from the Chair (pdf, 23KB) 11.00: Committee elections 11.15: meltdown and spectre - implications, experiences and reactions There has been much discussion on the - [2017-09-14 workshop - central support for cloud services](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/2017-09-14-workshop-cloud/) - This workshop followed the HPC-SIG meeting on Wednesday 13 September 2017 at the University of Hull around the broad theme of how, or indeed if, cloud services, which may be on premises or public cloud, integrate into a central Research Computing service. The agenda was: 09.30 - Registration and coffee 10.00 - Welcome, Background to - [2017-09-13 SIG meeting at Hull](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/2017-09-13-meeting-hull/) - The September 2017 HPC-SIG meeting was held at the University of Hull on Wednesday 13 September 2017, followed on Thursday 14 September by a one-day workshop based around the broad theme of how, or indeed if, cloud services, which may be on premises or public cloud, integrate into a central Research Computing service. The agenda - [2017-05-11 meeting – Brighton](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/2017-05-11-meeting-brighton/) - The May 2017 HPC-SIG meeting was held at the University of Sussex in Brighton on Thursday 11 May 2017. It attracted 38 delegates from 26 Universities and other academic research centres. The agenda was: 10.00: Coffee available 10.30: Introductions 10.35: Report from the Chair 11.00: Experiences with build systems. Brief presentations on EasyBuild by Andrew - [2017-02-09 meeting - Leeds](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/2017-02-09-meeting-leeds/) - The February 2017 HPC-SIG meeting was held at the University of Leeds on Thursday 9 February 2017, attracting 55 delegates from 36 Universities and affiliated sites. It was followed by the Archers Champions workshop on Friday 10 February 2017. The agenda for the SIG meeting was: 10.00: Coffee available 10.30: Introductions 10.35: Report from the Chair - [2016-09-14 workshop – Schedulers](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/2016-09-14-workshop-schedulers/) - HPC-SIG - Scheduling workshop 14 September 2016 (Leeds) I have collated a list of the schedulers used by sites at the HPC-SIG scheduling workshop - and grouped them by scheduler. As always, thanks to the sites, but all errors are mine. Christopher J. Walker These are summarised in this document (PDF, 112KB) - [2016-09-14 workshop - Scheduling workshop](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/september-2016-scheduling-workshop/) - A scheduling workshop was organised by Ash Vadgama on 14 September 2016. The WORKSHOP GOAL was to provide a detailed overview of the current HPC Scheduling Marketplace, so as to understand current scheduler capabilities, current deficiencies, developing risks and new features – thereby providing HPC-SIG members with options for the future. The THEME GOAL was - [test](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/event/test/) ## News - ['Greenest' supercomputer unveiled at Cambridge University](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/news/greenest-supercomputer-cambridge/) - A supercomputer that is the "greenest of its kind" has been built at Cambridge University. Wilkes - named after computing pioneer Maurice Wilkes - will be used for development of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). When complete the SKA will be the biggest radio telescope ever made. The computer's power is the - [Registration Now Open for CHPC National Meeting](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/news/registration-now-open-for-chpc-national-meeting/) - The Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) invites the world’s HPC policy-makers, researchers, vendors, industrial and academic partners and members of the public to attend their eight annual meeting to be held in Kruger National Park, Skukuza, Mpumalanga, South Africa 1-5 December 2014. Register for the conference at www.chpcconf.co.za. - [ARCHER supercomputer inaugurated](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/news/archer-supercomputer-inaugurated/) - A new generation supercomputer, capable of more than one million billion calculations a second, is to be inaugurated at an event at the National Museum of Scotland today (Tuesday 25 March 2014). The £43 million ARCHER (Academic Research Computing High End Resource) system will provide high performance computing support for research and industry projects - [Softiron announces Worlds first production 64-bit Arm based enterprise server motherboard](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/news/softiron-announces-worlds-first-production-64-bit-arm-based-enterprise-server-motherboard/) - Southampton, UK, 19th June 2014 - SoftIron today announced it will showcase its 64-bit ARMv8 based enterprise-grade server motherboard at the 2014 International Supercomputing Conference (ISC), taking place in Leipzig, Germany from June 22-26, 2014 - [Wilkes Supercomputer at Cambridge remains "Greenest"](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/news/wilkes-supercomputer-at-cambridge-remains-greenest/) - The supercomputer that is the “greenest of its kind” remains at Cambridge University. Wilkes (named after computing pioneer Maurice Wilkes) is used for development of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). While it is some way off being the most powerful in the world – Wilkes was built to be efficient rather than powerful. “Energy-efficiency is the - [Call for papers - HPBench](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/news/call-for-papers-hpbench/) - [Bristol joins Intel Parallel Computing Center Program to collaborate on parallel computing](https://hpc-sig.org.uk/news/bristol-parallel-computing/) - Modern computer systems are becoming increasingly parallel, which can make them much more challenging to use efficiently. Intel® Parallel Computing Centers (IPCCs) are being established with leading high performance computing (HPC) research groups in order to directly combat the challenge of using modern computer systems more efficiently. 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