by U-M MICDE | Nov 27, 2017 | General Interest, Happenings, HPC, News
Several University of Michigan researchers and professional IT staff attended the Supercomputing 17 (SC17) conference in Denver from Nov. 12-17, participating in a number of different ways, including demonstrations, presentations and tutorials. U-M participation...
by U-M MICDE | Nov 27, 2017 | General Interest, News
Sharon Broude Geva, the Director of Advanced Research Computing at the University of Michigan, has been re-elected vice-chair of the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC). Founded in 1989, CASC advocates for the use of advanced computing technology to...
by U-M MICDE | Nov 7, 2017 | Feature, General Interest, Happenings, HPC, News
A new partnership between the University of Michigan and Cavium Inc., a San Jose-based provider of semiconductor products, will create a powerful new Big Data computing cluster available to all U-M researchers. The $3.5 million ThunderX computing cluster will enable...
by U-M MICDE | Nov 7, 2017 | Educational, Events, General Interest, Happenings
CSCAR announces a reading and discussion group Data science in understanding and addressing climate change that will meet on the third or fourth (depending on the preferences of participants) Friday of every month between 3 and 5 pm. We will discuss reports and...
by U-M MICDE | Nov 1, 2017 | Data, Educational, Flux, General Interest, HPC, News
CSCAR now provides walk-in support during business hours for students, faculty, and staff seeking assistance in getting started with the Flux computing environment. CSCAR consultants can walk a researcher through the steps of applying for a Flux account, installing...
by U-M MICDE | Oct 20, 2017 | General Interest, Happenings, News
High-resolution satellite data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 are revealing the subtle ways that carbon links everything on Earth – the ocean, land, atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems and human activities. Scientists using the first 2 1/2 years of...
by U-M MICDE | Oct 19, 2017 | Educational, Events
Registration is open for a series of ARC-sponsored training courses and workshops in high performance computing in January and February. Each session — beginning, intermediate and advanced — will be offered three times. HPC100 — Introduction to the Linux Command Line...
by U-M MICDE | Oct 19, 2017 | Educational, Events
A few seats are still open for the first HPC 100: Introduction to Linux course of the winter term. The course will familiarize students with the basics of accessing and interaction with high performance computers using the GNU/Linux operating system command line....
by U-M MICDE | Oct 19, 2017 | Educational, Events
This summer in Austin, 10 undergraduates majoring in science and engineering disciplines will be immersed in training at The University of Texas at Austin to be the next generation of ‘game changers’. Participants will explore grand challenges such as climate...
by U-M MICDE | Oct 19, 2017 | Educational, Events
LSA IT and the Clark Library are offering a series of workshops covering a broad range of GIS and data topics, from introductory to the advanced level. These workshops are open to all members of the University of Michigan community. A list of workshops and...
