A Note from XSEDE PI, John Towns |
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All —
Happy New Year to everyone, and I hope that you had the opportunity to spend some time with family and friends—at least to the extent that COVID-19 restrictions would allow. It is also my sincere hope that you are remaining safe, and that, barring any restrictions preventing you from doing so, you have been fully vaccinated and have taken advantage of getting your booster.
As we embark upon this new year, I look forward to the work ahead of us. To be clear, the year does hold uncertainties as we look toward the end of the operational period of XSEDE and have hopes for what NSF's ACCESS program might hold for us. As we work on our next report, IPR17, I continue to be impressed by the impact of the project as a catalyst for research and education as exemplified by the set of science highlights I am currently reviewing.
This has also spurred my hopefulness to re-engage the community in ways we have not been able to for nearly two years, specifically through in-person events. Supporting the participation of researchers, technical staff, and students in events that facilitate developing interpersonal networks and provide professional development opportunities benefits the broader community. While we often look to the research enabled via XSEDE, we sometimes forget the impact we have on the careers of those who connect with the project.
As always, I continue to be honored and humbled to play the role that I have played and greatly appreciate the efforts of all.
Thanks!
John
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Please Upload Staff Publications by January 31 |
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The third quarter of our XSEDE Reporting Year 6 is fast approaching on January 31. If you’ve published anything during the past few months (or given a presentation!) and haven’t already uploaded it to the XSEDE User Portal, please remember to upload those before the end of January. So far this year we are falling far short of our target of 40 staff publications for this year. The XUP offers the option to import using the DOI which makes it pretty effortless. Don’t forget to choose “XSEDE Staff Publication” from the Related XSEDE Projects dropdown. If you have any questions, please contact Leslie Froeschl at lfroesch@illinois.edu.
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Submit Content to Inside XSEDE |
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This newsletter is produced by XSEDE staff, for XSEDE staff. It's sent on the last Thursday of every month. If you or your team have something to share with the rest of the project, or something you'd like to see in the monthly newsletters, please contact XSEDE's External Relations team at er@xsede.org.
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Take CaRCC's Decadal Survey |
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Dear research computing and cyberinfrastructure colleagues,
The Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC) wants to hear from you! We are reaching out to professionals in the research cyberinfrastructure space to ask for your participation in the XSEDE-supported Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC) Decadal Survey aimed at helping to forecast developments expected in the field in the coming decade.
Decadal surveys have been instrumental in guiding the direction of research and funding in disciplines like astronomy, climate science, and bioinformatics. This is your opportunity to tell us your needs and priorities in advancing research computing and cyberinfrastructure through the next decade. As a community of experts, we have the unique view of both the variety of research we support and the equipment we use and maintain. As such, we are in the best position to identify what innovations and investments are necessary for the field of cyberinfrastructure to thrive in the future.
The survey should not take more than 10 minutes to complete, and your responses are completely anonymous. All data will be reported in the aggregate and removed of any identifying information inadvertently disclosed in your text comments.
To help reflect on the decade ahead, here are a few examples of where the field stood approximately 10 years ago:
- GPUs start being used in HPC
- Remote sensing data processing becomes widespread
- Cloud computing has been commercially available for 5 years
- System-level virtualization comes into focus
- Carpentry instructor training starts, and Software Carpentry launches its current model of instruction: 2-day workshops
- The XSEDE program begins
- The top performing computer in 2011, Sequoia, has 17.2 PFlops processing speed
- Fault-tolerance research flourishes
- Pandas, github initially released in 2008
- Tensorflow initially released in 2015
- IBM Blue Gene/Q announced in 2011
- iPad first released in 2010
- GPUBlast introduced in 2010
- Ceph Argonaut released in 2012
- Gluster acquired by RedHat in 2011
- Windows Azure became commercially available in 2010
- In 2011, the entry level into the TOP50 was 205 Teraflop/s
- NSF Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) started in 2012
- Julia programming language first appeared in 2012
- Go programming language first appeared in 2009
- Ansible’s initial release was in 2012
- Spack was released as an open-source project in 2014
- World’s largest storage array in 2011 was 120 petabytes using 200,000 hard drives
Help us chart the course to where our field goes next! Complete this important survey to let us know your thoughts.
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HuBMAP Accepting Summer 2022 Internship Applicants |
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The HuBMAP Underrepresented Student Internship Program is now accepting applications for summer 2022! This program provides the opportunity for undergraduate students to receive mentorship and training over the summer, in either a remote or in-person setting for 2022. Selected students will gain an immersive research experience at one of the HuBMAP labs, working at the cutting edge of single cell biology on experimental or computational projects and gain valuable research experience. This program is ideal for students in STEM fields, especially those interested in biology, data science, and medicine.
During the internship program, students will conduct cutting-edge research, greatly expanding their knowledge of biology and data analysis. Students will develop a variety of skills throughout the summer, preparing them for future research endeavors. In computational experiences, students will learn coding languages such as GitHub, Python, and JavaScript. In experimental lab experiences, students will work with lab techniques and technologies, such as sample preparation, pipetting, and analysis. All summer interns will learn skills that are applicable to all sciences and even other fields, such as reading publications, giving scientific presentations, resume writing, and conducting journal reviews.
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PEARC22 Call for Submissions |
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The PEARC22 Technical Program Committee invites XSEDE staff to submit content to the PEARC22 technical program held in Boston this summer. The "Full Paper" deadline has been moved up to February 18 to allow declined full papers to be resubmitted for acceptance as a short paper on April 8. See our Call For Proposals for more info and deadlines.
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Upcoming Opportunities at TACC |
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Frontera Computational Science Fellowships
TACC is pleased to announce the Frontera Computational Science Fellowship program, a unique opportunity for graduate students to perform cutting-edge computations on the most powerful supercomputer available to academic researchers in the world. The deadline for application is February 18, 2022.
High Performance Computing on Frontera Training Series
High Performance Computing on Frontera is a three-day training series from 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. offered on consecutive Thursdays starting February 17, 2022. This event will be offered via webinar. Registrants will receive a Zoom link and other course information prior to the start of the training. Registrants for this event are encouraged to attend all three days.
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