New GPU Resources for The HPC Pool

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Two months ago the Research IT HPC Pool consisting of 4096 CPU cores of Infiniband-connected compute resource (all dedicated to true HPC work) went into production.  Many researchers are already running jobs on this new resource which was delivered via Research Lifecycle Programme (RLP) Change Project Z:  High performance compute investments.  We are now pleased to announce the arrival of further compute resources which will be available to all UoM researchers by the beginning of June.

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Do You Use VMs?

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Research IT are exploring the idea of building and hosting a library of virtual machine (VM) images, and container (Docker / Singularity) images with the aim of helping with a variety of common issues.  These include setting up a Linux / MS Windows in a VM on your PC, problems moving a computational workflow from desktop or laptop to The CSF or to AWS / Azure or even managing R or Python modules.

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Funding Available for Open Source Software

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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will soon put out a call for applications for open source software projects that are essential to biomedical research. Applicants can request funding between $50k and $250k for one year.  If you are interested in applying then please get in touch!

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Get Your Code Optimised for Free!

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Come along to the Research IT club on the 4th of June to find out more about a free service from POP (Performance Optimisation and Productivity) Centre of excellence in HPC.  They provide free of charge performance optimisation and productivity services for (your) academic AND industrial code(s) in all domains.

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May Research IT Costing Clinic

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Did you know that you have to cost for Research IT services before you submit your research grant applications? These services and costs are highly dependent on the nature of your research so it’s important that you get them right.  Come along to our Research IT Costing Clinic on the 16th May and find out more!

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Introducing our New Mobile App Development Service

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There was a bumper turn out at the April Research IT club which focused on our new mobile applications development service.  There were many new faces and a lot of questions about how the service will run, how the collected data will be stored etc.  If you were unable to make the club you can catch up now on the presentations at the links below.
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