Announcements and Events

**Important NCAR MSS Announcement**

CISL to begin transition to HPSS system from NCAR MSS

To continue providing the highest quality services to the scientific community, CISL is transitioning from the current NCAR Mass Storage System (MSS) to an IBM High Performance Storage System (HPSS) for data storage and archival services. read more »

• Preparations for new 65-TFLOPS supercomputer bluefire: April 2, 2008 presentation by Tom Bettge, CISL Director of Operations and Services.

• The 2009 CISL annual report describes our accomplishments and plans for computing facilities, cyberinfrastructure, research, knowledge development, and education and outreach.

• The Daily Bulletin provides a calendar of events and daily news for NCAR supercomputer system users.

• CISL seminars, workshops, and panels

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CISL News

Construction to start on NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center Construction to start on NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and its managing organization, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), announced today that they will break ground on the construction of a supercomputing center at a ceremony on Tuesday, June 15, at 10:30 a.m.


New Supercomputer for Testing and Evaluation New Supercomputer for Testing and Evaluation
NCAR is acquiring a Cray XT5m Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) supercomputer to be used as a test platform.


Feature

Breaking ground on a groundbreaking center Breaking ground on a groundbreaking center: NCAR's next home for supercomputing begins to take shape
More than 100 people assembled on the outskirts of Cheyenne, Wyoming, on 15 June for the official kickoff of construction on the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center.


2010 Theme of the Year (TOY) 2010 Theme of the Year (TOY)
Every year, CISL's Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences (IMAGe) hosts a series of outreach activities around a particular topic. TOY10 topic is "Mathematicians and Climate" with the goal of engaging applied mathematicians to work on problems related to climate modeling.


CISL in the News

Supercomputer facility moves on with full design
WyomingNews.com (November 12, 2009)
UW trustees to consider funding for NCAR
Post-Tribune (October 6, 2009)