CISL News 2005

     
CISL's Tim Scheitlin gives a demo  in the Vislab  
Dec 30, 2005
CISL staff recognized for outstanding performance
Education and outreach, NCAR Command Language cited as significant achievements
     
A presenter at the IMAGe Theme-of-the-Year workshop makes a point  
Dec 15, 2005
IMAGe workshops examine new mathematical approaches to atmosphere and climate modeling
High interest in Theme-of-the-Year program leads to addition of fourth workshop
     
CISL's Rich Loft gives a presentation at SC05  
Nov 23, 2005
CISL presentations from SC05 conference available online
CISL staff participate in SC05 technical program, assist with StorCloud initiative, track evolving technologies
IMAGe workshop participants explore topics related to atmospheric science, applied mathematics   Oct 10, 2005
IMAGe workshop looks at new mathematical strategies for modeling atmosphere, climate
Workshop theme chosen to promote multidisciplinary interactions
     
CISL director Al Kellie welcomes participants to CAS 2005   Sept 29, 2005
CAS 2005 examines role of advanced technologies in atmospheric research
85 atmospheric scientists, meteorologists, modelers, and high-performance computing experts from 12 countries attended the eighth biannual Computing in the Atmospheric Sciences workshop
     
Bluevista will nearly double the number of computational cycles available to users   Sept 28, 2005
New NCAR supercomputer slices turnaround time in half
First challenge: To study the effects of tropical convection on hurricanes and other tropical weather systems
     
Crane lowers new chiller into Mesa Lab   Sept 19, 2005
Computer room upgrade will support pursuit of research by NCAR scientific community
Reliable electrical and cooling infrastructure essential to support today's hot supercomputers
     
New chiller cools the NCAR Computing Room   Sept 19, 2005
Behind the scenes: Chillers, pumps, and pipes
Keeping NCAR Computer Room cool is critical to support of atmospheric research
     
CISL's Tom Engel and Tom Bettge shake hands over acquisition of bluevista   Sept 3, 2005
Bluevista is here
New IBM system expected to double computational cycles provided by SCD to users
     
Equipment arrives for bluevista   Aug 15, 2005
New IBM supercomputer coming to NCAR August 26
‘Bluevista' will have a peak performance of 4.74 teraflops
     
IMAGe workshop participants attend a presentation on geophysical turbulence   Aug 3, 2005
Vortices, eddies, and flows: IMAGe workshop focuses on geophysical turbulence
Scientists examine fundamental processes that play crucial role in the Earth system
     
CISl's Cecelia DeLuca leads an ESMF tutorial   Aug 3, 2005
Plug-and-play modeling
Fourth ESMF Community Meeting showcases new climate simulations
     
Tutorial participants learn about ESMF   June 30, 2005
Fourth ESMF Community Meeting to be held at MIT July 20-22
NCAR's Scientific Computing Division will lead meeting, offer presentations
     
CISL's Mike Martinez installs network cable   June 16, 2005
SCD installs new communications network at Center Green
Reliable, high-speed network is essential to the effective use of NCAR/UCAR's scientific resources
     
CISL's Erich Thanhardt and John Merril point out MSS growth   June 7, 2005
MSS growth creates a new era of conservation
SCD provides tools and services to help users manage their archived data
     
Poster session at CISL 2005 User Forum   May 27, 2005
CISL 2005 User Forum offers chance to share ideas, establish connections
Program includes presentations, tutorial, roundtable, posters, and reception
     
BlueGene/L in the NCAR Computer Room   May 4, 2005
Blue Gene/L is up and running
SCD researches ways to utilize new computer architecture for atmospheric science
     
CISL's Henry Tufo and Rich Loft stand next to BlueGene/l   April 18, 2005
Small but quick, Blue Gene arrives at the mesa
Experimental system from IBM has peak capability of 5.73 teraflops
     
CISL's David Stepaniak shows new datasets from SCD   March 22, 2005
New datasets from NCAR's Scientific Computing Division make ERA-40 data easier to use
Selected segments of ERA-40 reanalysis now available on a T85 grid
     
SCD takes delivery of IBM e1350 supercomputer   Feb 4, 2005
SCD takes delivery on new supercomputer for Antarctic weather forecasts
"Pegasus" has a peak computational capability of nearly 580 gigaflops
     
Blackforest is wrapped in shrinkwrap for shipping   Jan 28, 2005
Blackforest, a computational workhorse at NCAR from 1999-2005, is decommissioned
Once a leading-edge supercomputer, the IBM SP cluster reaches the end of its lifecycle
     
     
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