Allocations

15th Call for Proposals

15th Call for Proposals

For each Call, the RAC produces a set of documentation that includes a number of forms that every applicant must complete. The RAC also provides a comprehensive set of guidance notes.

Please note that all applicants must submit a technical case (technical application form) otherwise a full proposal submission will not be accepted.

15th Call for Proposals Documentation

The Announcement, Forms and Guidance Notes for the 15th Call can be accessed at the links below are below.

Announcement

 DiRAC Resource Allocation Committee 15th Call for Proposals 

 The DiRAC Resource Allocation Committee 15th Call for Proposals is now open. The UK theory and modelling communities in Astronomy and Cosmology, Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics are invited to apply for computational resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC Facility. 

The deadline for proposal submissions for the 15th Call is Tuesday 4th October 2022 at 16:00 UK time. The following documents should be sent direct to STFC via email to DiRACRAC@stfc.ac.uk

1. Scientific application form 

2. Scientific case for support 

3. Project Management and Data Management Plan 

4. Relevant publications (annex) 

5. References (annex) 

6. Any letters of verification (non-mandatory, maximum of 3, if the work proposed is dependent on other scientific results or being part of a large collaboration) 

7. Technical application form 

8. RSE application form – if applicable 

STFC recommends that applicants send their documents via secure email. 

Please note that all applicants must submit a technical case (technical application form) otherwise a full proposal submission will not be accepted. 

Successful awards will be scheduled to begin on 1st April 2023. 

All proposal types will be accepted, including Research Software Engineering Support. Seedcorn proposals can be submitted at any time https://dirac.ac.uk/seedcorn/

The application forms and guidance notes, plus descriptions of the DiRAC services are available at https://dirac.ac.uk/callforproposals/

STFC welcomes applications from Early Career Researchers. 

Please note that no single application can request more than 80% of the availability of a DiRAC machine within a given year (availability figures are provided in the guidance notes at annex 1). 

There have been some changes to the guidance for RAC15 which are summarized in section 1.2 of the guidance notes. Applicants are strongly advised to read the RAC Guidance Documentation for the 15th Call. 

Enquiries: 

Enquiries should be directed as follows: 

• RAC process and remit: STFC Swindon Office: DiRACRAC@stfc.ac.uk 

• Technical questions: RSE Team: dirac-support@epcc.ed.ac.uk 

• Direct allocations or discretionary requests: DiRAC Director, Prof Mark Wilkinson (miw6@leicester.ac.uk) 

By Alastair Williams, ago

14th Call for Proposals

14th Call for Proposals

For each Call, the RAC produces a set of documentation that includes a number of forms that every applicant must complete. The RAC also provides a comprehensive set of guidance notes.

In addition to the scientific proposal application form, applicants must also submit a technical case (one per proposal) and an RSE Support application.

14th Call for Proposals Documentation

The Announcement, Forms and Guidance Notes for the 14th Call can be accessed at the links below are below.

14th Call for Proposals Webinars

Announcement

 DiRAC Resource Allocation Committee 14th Call for Proposals 

The DiRAC Resource Allocation Committee 14th Call for Proposals is now open. The UK theory and modelling communities in Astronomy and Cosmology, Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics are invited to apply for computational resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC Facility. 

The deadline for proposal submissions to the 14th Call is Tuesday 5th October 2021 at 16:00 UK time. The following documents should be sent direct to STFC via email: DiRACRAC@stfc.ac.uk

• Full scientific proposal 

• Technical Case 

• Research Software Engineering (RSE) Support proposals 

STFC recommends that applicants send their documents via secure email. 

Please note that all applicants must submit a technical case otherwise a full proposal submission will not be accepted. 

Successful awards will be scheduled to begin on 1st April 2022. 

All proposal types will be accepted, including Research Software Engineering Support. Seedcorn proposals can be submitted at any time https://dirac.ac.uk/seedcorn/

The application forms and guidance notes, plus descriptions of the DiRAC services are available at https://dirac.ac.uk/callforproposals/

Please note that no single application can request more than 80% of the availability of a DiRAC machine within a given year (availability figures are provided in the application form and guidance notes). 

Applicants are strongly advised to read the RAC Guidance Documentation for the 14th Call. 

Enquiries: 

Enquiries should be directed as follows: 

• RAC process and remit: STFC Swindon Office: DiRACRAC@stfc.ac.uk 

• Technical questions: RSE Team: dirac-support@epcc.ed.ac.uk 

• Direct allocations or discretionary requests: DiRAC Director, Prof Mark Wilkinson.

By Alastair Williams, ago

13.5 Call for Proposals

13.5 Special Call for Proposals

For each Call the RAC produces a set of documentation that includes a number of forms that every applicant must complete. The RAC also provides a comprehensive set of guidance notes.

In addition to the scientific proposal application form, applicants must also submit a technical case (one per proposal).

13.5 Special Call for Proposals Documentation

The Announcement, Forms and Guidance Notes for the 13.5 Special Call can be accessed at the links below are below.

Announcement

The DiRAC Resource Allocation Committee Call 13.5: Special Call for proposals for DiRAC-3 resources is now open.  The UK theory and modelling communities in Astronomy and Cosmology, Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Nuclear Theory are invited to apply for computational resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC Facility.  

This Call will cover computing resources during a 6 month period from 1st October 2021 to 31st March 2022.  Details of the new hardware available are provided in the call documents.

The deadline for proposal submissions is as follows:

  • Expression of Interest:  Monday 14th June 2021, 17:00
  • Full proposal (Scientific and Technical Cases):  Wednesday 30th June 2021, 17:00

Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the RAC guidance notes. 

Enquiries:

Enquiries should be directed as follows:

  • RAC process and remit: STFC Swindon Office (email)
  • Technical questions: Technical Working Group (email)
  • Direct allocations or discretionary requests: DiRAC Deputy Director and Project Scientist, Dr Clare Jenner (email)

By Alastair Williams, ago

13th Call for Proposals

13th Call for Proposals

For each Call the RAC produces a set of documentation that includes a number of forms that every applicant must complete. The RAC also provides a comprehensive set of guidance notes.  

In addition to the scientific proposal application form, applicants must also submit a technical case (one per proposal).  The technical case must be submitted at least two months before the call closing date.

13th Call for Proposals Documentation

The Announcement, Forms and Guidance Notes for the 13th Call can be accessed at the links below are below.

Pre-announcement

The DiRAC Resource Allocation Committee 13th Call for Proposals will be opening shortly. The UK theory and modelling communities in Astronomy and Cosmology, Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics will be invited to apply for computational resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC Facility.

The deadline for proposal submissions to the 13th Call will be as follows:

  • Technical Case deadline: Tuesday 4th August 2020 17:00 UK time
  • RSE Support deadline: Tuesday 4th August 2020 17:00 UK time
  • Full proposal submission deadline: Thursday 1st October 2020 17:00 UK time

Please note that all applicants must submit a technical case by the 4th August deadline, otherwise a full proposal submission will not be accepted.

Successful awards will be scheduled to begin on 1st April 2021.

All proposal types will be accepted at this call, including Research Software Engineering Support. Seedcorn proposals can be submitted at any time (you can find more information here).

The application forms and guidance notes, plus descriptions of the DiRAC services will be available here shortly.

Technical case and RSE support webinars:

To assist applicants in the preparation of technical cases and RSE support requests, DiRAC will be running two webinars for potential applicants as follows:

  • Technical case webinar: Wednesday 3rd June 2020.

    DiRAC Webinar: The RAC Technical Assessment
    1400 BST, Wed 3 June 2020
    Andy Turner, EPCC, The University of Edinburgh
    Join here.

    In this webinar we will introduce the DiRAC RAC Technical Assessment (TA) form and process. We will walk through a sample completed TA form explaining what details are required and why to help you prepare for the recently opened DiRAC RAC call. We will also describe the TA process and what you can expect from your technical reviewer. There will be plenty of opportunities for discussion and questions throughout the webinar.
  • RSE Support webinar: Wednesday 10th June 2020.

    DiRAC Webinar: Applying for RSE Support
    1400 BST, Wed 10 June 2020
    Andy Turner, EPCC, The University of Edinburgh
    Join here.

    The DiRAC Research Software Engineering (RSE) team provides support for improving software running on DiRAC facilities. These improvements can cover a range of different areas, including: adding new functionality, improving the sustainability of the software, understanding and investigating performance issues, optimising the performance and improving the scalability. In this webinar we will describe how DiRAC researchers can access support from the RSE team to improve their research using DiRAC facilities and what support they can expect. As well as the main presentation, there will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions.

Enquiries:

Enquiries should be directed as follows:

  • RAC process and remit: STFC Swindon Office (email)
  • Technical questions: Technical Working Group (email)
  • Direct allocations or discretionary requests: DiRAC Deputy Director and Project Scientist, Dr Clare Jenner (email)

By DiRAC Admin, ago

Extreme Scaling

Time & Storage Allocations

Current Allocations at April 2022 for Extreme Scaling Edinburgh. All projects start on the first of the month and end on the last of the month.

For more information please email the Project Office.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 15 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Extreme Scaling Edinburgh.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 14 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Extreme Scaling Edinburgh.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 13.5 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Extreme Scaling Edinburgh.

Previous Time Allocations

  time storage  
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date ES / Mhours home / GB work / TB data / TB RSE / month
PPTM201 dp006 Extreme QCD: Quantifying the QCD Phase Diagram IIb C. Allton May ‘19 Mar ‘22 309.91 57.93 5.79 28.96 3.00
PPTM203 dp007 Strong dynamics in the structure of matter R. Horsley May ‘19 Mar ‘22 109.22 1456.31 2.91 2.91  
PPTM204 dp008 UKQCD–DWF: physics with dynamical chiral quarks A. Juettner May ‘19 Mar ‘22 688.83 41747.57 333.98 1603.11 18.00

By DiRAC Admin, ago

Memory Intensive

Time & Storage Allocations

Current allocations at April 2022 for Memory Intensive Durham. All projects start on the first of the month and end on the last of the month.

For more information please email the Project Office.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 15 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Memory Intensive Durham.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 14 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Memory Intensive Durham.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 13.5 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Memory Intensive Durham.

Previous Time Allocations

  time storage  
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date MI / Mhours COSMA8 / Mhours home / GB work / TB data / TB RSE / month
ACSP221 dp149 Precessing Binary Black Holes: Waveform Systematics and Double Spin Effects Geraint Pratten Apr ‘20 Mar ‘21 0.00 3.20 100.00 10.00 0.00
ACSP222 dp148 Modelling gravitational waves from double neutron stars and neutron star – black hole binaries Patricia Schmidt Apr ‘20 Mar ‘21 2.80 8.00 100.00 100.00 15.00
ACTP212 dp145 Tracing the small-scale structure of the cosmic web over 12 billion years. James Bolton Apr ‘20 Mar ‘21 0.00 18.00 50.00 20.00 60.00
  time storage  
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date COSMA7 / Mhours COSMA8 / Mhours home / GB work / TB data / TB RSE / month
ACTP177 dp004 Virgo: a DiRAC 2.5y Thematic Project 2019 – 2022 C. Frenk Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 179.80 9.18   960.78 1784.31 6.00
ACTP178 dp034 Modelling Gravitational Waves from Precessing Black-Hole Binaries M. Hannam Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 11.76 16.80 39.22   39.22  
ACTP183 / PPTM206 dp002 Cosmos Consortium: Unveiling the Structure of the Universe P. Shellard Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 4.12   68.63 10.29 20.59  
ACTP184 dp012 Towards the next frontier of reionization and galaxy formation simulations D. Sijacki Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 13.73   7.53 13.73 205.88 1.00
ACTP194 dp036 Chemodynamical Simulations of galaxies II C. Kobayashi Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 6.67   333.33 3.33 3.33 3.00

time storage
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date MI / Mhours COSMA8 / Mhours home / GB work / TB data / TB RSE / month
dp015 ACTP138 High perfromance computing support for Exeter Astrophysics Prof Bate, Matthew May ’18 Mar ’21 7.00 180.00 1.80 10.80
dp004 ACTP144 Virgo Consortium Prof Frenk, Carlos May ’18 Mar ’21 47.00 5.00 112.00 168.00 705.60
dp040 ACTP145 Stellar hydrodynamics, evolution and nucleosynthesis (SHEN) Dr Hirschi, Raphael May ’18 Mar ’21 14.00 100.00 10.00 5.00 12.00
dp016 ACTP151 Modelling galaxy baryon physics: from cosmological to sub-galactic scales Prof. Slyz, Adrianne May ’18 Mar ’21 5.20 10.00 40.00 20.00

By DiRAC Admin, ago

Data Intensive Leicester

Time & Storage Allocations

Current Allocations at April 2022 for Data Intensive Leicester. All projects start on the first of the month and end on the last of the month.

For more information please email the Project Office.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 15 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Leicester.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 14 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Leicester.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 13.5 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Leicester.

Previous Time Allocations

Time Allocations and Storage from the 13th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Leicester.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 12th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Leicester.

  time storage  
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date DI-L / Mhours home / GB work / TB data /  TB RSE / month
ACSP224 dp031 Heating and Acceleration through Magnetic Reconnection in Space Plasma Turbulence Daniel Verscharen Apr ‘20 Oct ‘20 3.35 0.10 32.00 32.00  
ACTP211 Discontinuous Galerkin methods and time implicit solver applied to various astrophysical problems Isabelle Baraffe Apr ‘20 Mar ‘23 15.30 0.00 7.00 40.00  
ACTP216 dp147 Simulations and Models of the ALMA Atomium Project Data Jeremy Yates Apr ‘20 Mar ‘23 10.56 500.00 5.00 751.00  
PPSP226 dp032 Precision LHC Phenomenology
Vincent Drach
Apr ‘20 Mar ‘21 0.79  
PPSP228 dp102 Composite Dynamics signatures at the LHC Andrea Banfi Apr ‘20 Mar ‘21 16.8

Time Allocations and Storage from the 11th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Leicester that are still active.

  time storage  
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date DI-L / Mhours home / GB work / TB data /  TB RSE / month
ACTP173 dp119 Signposts of planets R. Alexander Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 5.33 65.04 38.37 18.21  
ACTP174 dp015 High Performance Computing Support for Exeter Astrophysics M. Bate Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 62.16 1703.09 46.83 110.70  
ACTP175 dp110 Impact crater scaling and inner solar system bombardment G. Collins Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 1.81 3.42 0.30 2.05 2.00
ACTP180 dp065 Modelling of Stellar and Planetary Interiors (UKMHD1) D. Hughes Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 12.82 14.10 3.85 8.97  
ACTP181 dp121 Dynamic accretion in astrophysics C. Nixon Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 5.95 254.22 30.51 5.08  
ACTP182 dp122 UKMHD3: Astrophysical MHD G. Sarson Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 19.08 123.08 24.62 123.08  
ACTP183 / PPTM206 dp002 Cosmos Consortium: Unveiling the Structure of the Universe P. Shellard Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 6.18 143.59 21.54 43.08  
ACTP187 dp060 Spectroscopy of hot exoplanets S. Yurchenko Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 2.05 4.10 205.13 205.13 2.00
PPTM201 dp006 Extreme QCD: Quantifying the QCD Phase Diagram IIb C. Allton May ‘19 Mar ‘22 74.73 15.30 1.53 7.65 3.00

Time Allocations and Storage from the 10th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Leicester that are still active.

time storage
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date DI-L cluster / Mhours home / GB work / TB data / TB RSE / month
dp015 ACTP138 High perfromance computing support for Exeter Astrophysics Prof Bate, Matthew May ’18 Mar ’21 14.29 680.27 6.80 51.02
dp031 ACTP139 Turbulence, Shocks and Dissipation in Space Plasmas Prof Burgess, David May ’18 Mar ’21 1.43 476.67 2.38 4.77
dp005 ACTP143 Theoretical Astrophysics at Leicester Prof Dehnen, Walter May ’18 Mar ’21 8.16 79.85 83.84 7.98
dp100 ACTP146 Photoevaporation and properties of the circumstellar environment Dr Owen, James May ’18 Mar ’21 4.07 357.14 7.14 21.43
dp079 ACTP149 Understanding the Milky Way and disc galaxies with Gaia Dr Schoenrich, Ralph May ’18 Mar ’21 1.32 85.71 0.71 3.57 3.00
dp016 ACTP151 Modelling galaxy baryon physics: from cosmological to sub-galactic scales Prof. Slyz, Adrianne May ’18 Mar ’21 25.71 10.94 109.42 27.36
dp064 PPTM166 First principle predictions of large nuclei and nucleonic matter Dr Barbieri, Carlo May ’18 Mar ’21 13.71 857.14 1.43 1.43
By DiRAC Admin, ago

Data Intensive Cambridge

Time & Storage Allocations

Current Allocations at April 2022 for Data Intensive Cambridge. All projects start on the first of the month and end on the last of the month.

For more information please email the Project Office.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 15 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Cambridge.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 14 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Cambridge.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 13.5 Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Cambridge.

Previous Time Allocations

Time Allocations and Storage from the 13th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Cambridge.

Time Allocations and Storage from the 12th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Cambridge.

CSD3 time CSD3 storage
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date CPU / Mhours KNL / khours GPU / khours home / GB work / TB data / TB RSE / month
dp130 ACSP217 SNDUST: Dust Survival Rates in Supernova Remnants Prof Barlow, Mike Apr ’20 Mar ’21 4.5 1.0 1.00 10.00
dp131 ACSP218 Exploring fundamental fields with strong gravity Katy Clough Apr ’20 Mar ’21 3.6 50.00 8.00 8.00
dp131 ACSP219 Cosmological Simulation of Fuzzy Dark Matter with Self-Interaction Anastasia Fialkov Apr ’20 Jan ’21 1.2 100.00 20.00 20.00
dp178 ACSP220 Deposition of interstellar ices Pierre Ghesquiere Apr ’20 Mar ’21 0.2 1.00 0.50 2.00
dp149 ACSP221 Precessing Binary Black Holes: Waveform Systematics and Double Spin Effects Geraint Pratten Apr ’20 Mar ’21 6.4 100.00 30.00 0.00
dp033 ACSP223 Simulating Radiative Transfer in Supernovae Stuart Sim Apr ’20 Mar ’21 2.0 200.00 3.00 4.00
dp033 ACSP223 Simulating Radiative Transfer in Supernovae Stuart Sim Apr ’20 Mar ’21 2.0 200.00 3.00 4.00
ACTP211 Discontinuous Galerkin methods and time implicit solver applied to various astrophysical problems Isabelle Baraffe Apr ’20 Mar ’23 8.28 0.00 3.00 20.00
dp145 ACTP212 Tracing the small-scale structure of the cosmic web over 12 billion years. James Bolton Apr ’20 Mar ’23 12.00 360.00 100.00 30.00 60.00
dp047 ACTP213 DISCSIM II: Evolution of dust and gas in protoplanetary discs Cathie Clarke Apr ’20 Mar ’22 2.25 90.00 10.00 2.00 5.00
dp150 ACTP214 Solar Energetic Particle propagation in the 3D heliosphere Timo Laitinen Apr ’20 Mar ’22 2.70 20.00 1.50 4.00
dp150 ACTP215 ARIEL Space Mission Atmospheric Modelling Ingo Waldmann Apr ’20 Mar ’22 2.25 18 10.00 1.00 1.00
dp147 ACTP216 Simulations and Models of the ALMA Atomium Project Data Jeremy Yates Apr ’20 Mar ’23 25.76 500.00 5.00 318.00
dp032 PPSP226 Precision LHC Phenomenology Andrea Banfi Apr ’20 Mar ’21 3.312
dp141 PPSP227 Transport properties of finite-density SU(2) lattice gauge theory Pavel Buividovich Apr ’20 Oct ’20 20.7
dp099 PPSP225 Lattice Holographic Cosmology Antonin Portelli Apr ’20 Mar ’21 20

Time Allocations and Storage from the 11th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Cambridge that are still active.

  CSD3 time CSD3 storage  
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date CPU / Mhours KNL / khours GPU / khours home / GB work / TB data / TB RSE / month
ACTP173 dp119 Signposts of planets R. Alexander Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22     58.38 26.84 5.90 2.42  
ACTP176 dp127 Galactic Dynamics in the Era of Gaia V. Debattista Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 3.19     631.58 6.32 0.63 0.50
ACTP179 dp010 UKMHD Consortium 2 – Solar Atmosphere (UKMHD2) A. Hood Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 19.19     189.47 157.89 252.63 1.00
ACTP183 / PPTM206 dp002 Cosmos Consortium: Unveiling the Structure of the Universe P. Shellard Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 6.63 630.00   73.68 22.11 44.21  
ACTP184 dp012 Towards the next frontier of reionization and galaxy formation simulations D. Sijacki Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 14.74   56.45 7.37 14.74 221.05 1.00
ACTP186 dp128 Extreme Gravity and Gravitational Waves U. Sperhake Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 7.00 329.00   52.63 52.63 35.09  
ACTP187 dp060 Spectroscopy of hot exoplanets S. Yurchenko Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 6.74   100.80 8.51 85.11 85.11 2.00
PPTM202 dp019 High Precision B physics from lattice QCD (HPQCD) C. Davies May ‘19 Mar ‘22 50.53     84.21 8.42 505.26  
PPTM203 dp007 Strong dynamics in the structure of matter R. Horsley May ‘19 Mar ‘22 31.88     500.00 1.05 1.05  
PPTM204 dp008 UKQCD–DWF: physics with dynamical chiral quarks A. Juettner May ‘19 Mar ‘22     151.70 3.61 1.81 1.81 18.00
PPTM207 dp051 Hadron Resonances from Lattice QCD C. Thomas May ‘19 Mar ‘21 15.37     28.21 28.21    

Time Allocations and Storage from the 10th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Cambridge that are still active.

CSD3 time CSD3 storage
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date CPU / Mhours KNL / khours GPU / khours home / GB work / TB data / TB RSE / month
dp015 ACTP138 High perfromance computing support for Exeter Astrophysics Prof Bate, Matthew May ’18 Mar ’21 90.00 1000.00 10.00 60.00
dp040 ACTP145 Stellar hydrodynamics, evolution and nucleosynthesis (SHEN) Dr Hirschi, Raphael May ’18 Mar ’21 2.56 85.47 4.27 2.14 12.00
dp079 ACTP149 Understanding the Milky Way and disc galaxies with Gaia Dr Schoenrich, Ralph May ’18 Mar ’21 3.75 120.00 5.00 25.00 3.00
dp019 PPMT167 High Precision QCD (computing resources for the hPQCD collaboration) Prof Davies, Christine May ’18 Mar ’21 22.50 351.50 100.00 600.00 600.00 2.00

By DiRAC Admin, ago

11th Call Allocations

After each Call has been concluded we publish the compute time allocated to each project, in terms of CPU-Mhours on the DiRAC Resource on which the calculations are to be run, as well as the Storage Space [TB] allocated. In DiRAC we have three compute services and due to the different architectures on each service, the CPU-Mhours awarded to projects using different services may not be directly comprable. All projects start on the first of the month and end on the last of the month.

For more information please email the Project Office

Table 1: Time Allocations and Storage from the 11th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Cambridge.

CSD3 time / Mhours CSD3 storage / TB
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date CPU KNL GPU home work data RSE / month
ACTP173 dp119 Signposts of planets R. Alexander Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 58.38 26.84 5.90 2.42
ACTP176 dp127 Galactic Dynamics in the Era of Gaia V. Debattista Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 3.19 631.58 6.32 0.63 0.50
ACTP179 dp010 UKMHD Consortium 2 – Solar Atmosphere (UKMHD2) A. Hood Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 19.19 189.47 157.89 252.63 1.00
ACTP183 / PPTM206 dp002 Cosmos Consortium: Unveiling the Structure of the Universe P. Shellard Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 6.63 630.00 73.68 22.11 44.21
ACTP184 dp012 Towards the next frontier of reionization and galaxy formation simulations D. Sijacki Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 14.74 56.45 7.37 14.74 221.05 1.00
ACTP186 dp128 Extreme Gravity and Gravitational Waves U. Sperhake Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 7.00 329.00 52.63 52.63 35.09
ACTP187 dp060 Spectroscopy of hot exoplanets S. Yurchenko Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 6.74 100.80 8.51 85.11 85.11 2.00
ACSP189 dp129 Wave-particle diffusion in the inhomogeneous magnetic fields of the Earth’s Outer Radiation Belt O. Allanson Apr ‘19 Sep ‘19 0.60 10.00 5.00
ACSP190 dp130 SNDUST: Dust Survival Rates in Supernova Remnants M. Barlow Apr ‘19 Mar ‘20 0.28 5.00 1.00 25.00
ACSP191 dp131 Exploring fundamental fields with strong gravity K. Clough Apr ‘19 Mar ‘20 2.63 23.38 3.90 3.90
ACSP192 dp132 Constraining inflation and neutrino masses with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument A. Font-Ribera Apr ‘19 Mar ‘20 4.47 736.84 14.74 29.47
ACSP195 dp133 Diagnosing the high redshift growth of supermassive black holes from local super-critical accretion flows M. Middleton Apr ‘19 Mar ‘20 156.25 50.00 10.00 40.00 1.00
ACSP196 dp134 The impact of dynamical friction in gas on structure formation in the Universe B. Morton,
J. Onorbe,
S. Khochfar		 Apr ‘19 Sep ‘19 0.50 1.00 7.00
ACSP197 dp135 Gizmo300: Three Hundred Clusters with Gizmo-Simba F. Pearce Apr ‘19 Mar ‘20 1.00 10.00 10.00 1.00
ACSP198 dp033 Simulating Radiative Transfer in Supernovae S. Sim Apr ‘19 Mar ‘20 1.68 168.42 2.53 3.00
PPTM202 dp019 High Precision B physics from lattice QCD (HPQCD) C. Davies May ‘19 Mar ‘22 50.53 84.21 8.42 505.26
PPTM203 dp007 Strong dynamics in the structure of matter R. Horsley May ‘19 Mar ‘22 31.88 500.00 1.05 1.05
PPTM204 dp008 UKQCD–DWF: physics with dynamical chiral quarks A. Juettner May ‘19 Mar ‘22 151.70 3.61 1.81 1.81 18.00
PPTM205 dp099 Lattice Holographic Cosmology A. Portelli May ‘19 Mar ‘20 14.74 736.84 14.74 73.68
PPTM207 dp051 Hadron Resonances from Lattice QCD C. Thomas May ‘19 Mar ‘21 15.37 28.21 28.21
PPSP208 dp136 Simulation of Sp(2N) gauge theories for Composite Higgs models L. Biagio,
E. Bennett		 May ‘19 Mar ‘20 13.13 7.05 4.94 28.21 5.00
PPSP209 dp098 High-order NSPT for IR conformal theories L. Del Debbio May ‘19 Mar ‘20 5.89 73.68 36.84
PPSP210 dp137 Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in the 3d Thirring Model S. Hands May ‘19 Mar ‘20 1.00 500.00 0.50 3.00

Table 2: Time Allocations and Storage from the 11th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Data Intensive Leicester.

time / Mhours storage / TB
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date DI-L cluster home work data RSE / month
ACTP173 dp119 Signposts of planets R. Alexander Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 5.33 65.04 38.37 18.21
ACTP174 dp015 High Performance Computing Support for Exeter Astrophysics M. Bate Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 62.16 1703.09 46.83 110.70
ACTP175 dp110 Impact crater scaling and inner solar system bombardment G. Collins Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 1.81 3.42 0.30 2.05 2.00
ACTP180 dp065 Modelling of Stellar and Planetary Interiors (UKMHD1) D. Hughes Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 12.82 14.10 3.85 8.97
ACTP181 dp121 Dynamic accretion in astrophysics C. Nixon Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 5.95 254.22 30.51 5.08
ACTP182 dp122 UKMHD3: Astrophysical MHD G. Sarson Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 19.08 123.08 24.62 123.08
ACTP183 / PPTM206 dp002 Cosmos Consortium: Unveiling the Structure of the Universe P. Shellard Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 6.18 143.59 21.54 43.08
ACTP187 dp060 Spectroscopy of hot exoplanets S. Yurchenko Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 2.05 4.10 205.13 205.13 2.00
ACSP188 dp123 ZXCorr: Neutrino Mass Hierarchy and Dark Energy from cross-correlations of cosmological fields F. Abdalla Apr ‘19 Mar ‘20 3.38 30.77 5.54 0.55
ACSP193 dp124 Three-dimensional models of variability in astrophysical masers M. Gray Apr ‘19 Mar ‘20 0.09 10.00 0.10 10.00
ACSP199 dp125 RAFMUS Gen: Radiation feedback in multiscale stellar genesis B. Vandenbroucke Apr ‘19 Sep ‘19 0.48 1.00 10.00 10.00
ACSP200 dp126 Identifying and Quantifying the Role of Magnetic Reconnection in Space Plasma Turbulence D. Versscharen Apr ‘19 Oct ‘19 1.97 1.00 8.21 8.21
PPTM201 dp006 Extreme QCD: Quantifying the QCD Phase Diagram IIb C. Allton May ‘19 Mar ‘22 74.73 15.30 1.53 7.65 3.00

Table 3: Time Allocations and Storage from the 11th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Memory Intensive Durham.

time / Mhours storage / TB
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date COSMA7 COSMA6 home work data RSE / month
ACTP177 dp004 Virgo: a DiRAC 2.5y Thematic Project 2019 – 2022 C. Frenk Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 179.80 9.18 960.78 1784.31 6.00
ACTP178 dp034 Modelling Gravitational Waves from Precessing Black-Hole Binaries M. Hannam Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 11.76 16.80 39.22 39.22
ACTP183 / PPTM206 dp002 Cosmos Consortium: Unveiling the Structure of the Universe P. Shellard Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 4.12 68.63 10.29 20.59
ACTP184 dp012 Towards the next frontier of reionization and galaxy formation simulations D. Sijacki Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 13.73 7.53 13.73 205.88 1.00
ACTP185 dp058 Galaxy-scale Simulations of Star Formation R. Smith Apr ‘19 Mar ‘20 4.30 100.00 10.00 20.00
ACTP194 dp036 Chemodynamical Simulations of galaxies II C. Kobayashi Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 6.67 333.33 3.33 3.33 3.00

Table 4: Time Allocations and Storage from the 11th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals for Extreme Scaling Edinburgh.

time / Mhours storage / TB
Application ID SAFE ID Project Title P.I. Start Date End Date COSMA7 COSMA6 home work data RSE / month
ACTP177 dp004 Virgo: a DiRAC 2.5y Thematic Project 2019 – 2022 C. Frenk Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 179.80 9.18 960.78 1784.31 6.00
ACTP178 dp034 Modelling Gravitational Waves from Precessing Black-Hole Binaries M. Hannam Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 11.76 16.80 39.22 39.22
ACTP183 / PPTM206 dp002 Cosmos Consortium: Unveiling the Structure of the Universe P. Shellard Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 4.12 68.63 10.29 20.59
ACTP184 dp012 Towards the next frontier of reionization and galaxy formation simulations D. Sijacki Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 13.73 7.53 13.73 205.88 1.00
ACTP185 dp058 Galaxy-scale Simulations of Star Formation R. Smith Apr ‘19 Mar ‘20 4.30 100.00 10.00 20.00
ACTP194 dp036 Chemodynamical Simulations of galaxies II C. Kobayashi Apr ‘19 Mar ‘22 6.67 333.33 3.33 3.33 3.00
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10th Call Allocations

After each Call has been concluded we publish the compute time allocated to each project, in terms of CPU-Mhours on the DiRAC Resource on which the calculations are to be run, as well as the Storage Space [TB] allocated. In DiRAC we have three compute services and due to the different architectures on each service, the CPU-Mhours awarded to projects using different services may not be directly comprable.

For more information please email the Project Office

Table 1: Time Allocations from the 10th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals.

Data Intensive @Cambridge Data Intensive @Leicester Memory Intensive @Durham DiRAC @Edinburgh
Application ID Project ID Project Title Principal Investigator GPU (khrs) KNL (khrs) Skylake (Mhrs) CPU (Mhrs) MI CPU (Mhrs) Cosma5/6 (Mhrs) CPU (Mhrs)
ACTP138 dp015 High perfromance computing support for Exeter Astrophysics Prof Bate, Matthew 90.00 0.03 14.29 7.00
ACTP139 Turbulence, Shocks and Dissipation in Space Plasmas Prof Burgess, David 6.43
ACTP140 dp047 DISCSIM: The formation and evolution of planets in the era of ALMA Prof Clarke, Cathy 299.15 2.14
ACTP141 Simba: New cosmological simulations to study galaxy-black hole co-evolution Prof Dave, Romeel 9.00
ACTP143 dp005 Theoretical Astrophysics at Leicester Dr Alexander, Richard 8.16
ACTP144 dp004 Virgo Consortium Prof Frenk, Carlos 42.00 5.00
ACTP145 dp040 Stellar hydrodynamics, evolution and nucleosynthesis (SHEN) Dr Hirschi, Raphael 2.56 7.00
ACTP146 Photoevaporation and properties of the circumstellar environment Dr Owen, James 4.07
ACTP147 Engineering Dwarfs at Galaxy Formation’s Edge Prof Read, Justin 4.29
ACTP149 dp079 Understanding the Milky Way and disc galaxies with Gaia Dr Schoenrich, Ralph 3.75 1.32
ACTP150 dp002 Cosmos Consortium: Unveiling the Structure of the Universe Prof Shellard, E. Paul 117.17 10.55
ACTP151 dp016 Modelling galaxy baryon physics: from cosmological to sub-galactic scales Prof. Slyz, Adrianne 25.71 5.20
ACSP152 The nature of wave-particle diffusion in Earth’s Outer Radiation Belt Dr Allanson, Oliver 0.28
ACSP154 UNITY: Multi-wavelength simulations of relativistic cosmology Dr Bull, Philip 0.29
ACSP155 Modelling of neutrino masses in the Dark Engery Spectroscopic Instrument Dr Font-Ribera, Andreu 0.46
ACSP156 Resolving Self-Gravitating Protstellar Disc Evolution in a Star Forming Environment Dr Forgan, Duncan 0.75
ACSP161 Impact of Reionization on the Intergalactic Medium Dr Onorbe, Jose 1.25
ACSP162 dp078 Multi-band Galaxy Shape Catalogues from DES Year 3 using im3shape Dr Rollins, Richard 1.79
ACSP163 dp033 Simulating Radiative Transfer in Supernovae Dr Sim, Stuart 0.36
PPTM165 dp006 Extreme QCD: Quantifying the QCD Phase Diagram II Prof Allton, Chris 33.85
PPTM166 dp064 First principle predictions of large nuclei and!nucleonic matter Dr Barbieri, Carlo 13.71
PPMT167 dp019 High Precision QCD (computing resources for the hPQCD collaboration) Prof Davies, Christine 351.50 22.50
PPMT168 dp007 Hadron physics of up, down and strange quarks Dr Roger Horsley 20.15
PPMT169 dp008 UKQCD–DWF: physics with dynamical chiral quarks Dr Juettner, Andreas 100.31
PPSP170 Numerical methods for high-order perturbative calculations Prof Del Debbio, Luigi 150.00
PPSP171 Signature of compositness of the LHC Dr Drach, Vincent 5.00
PPSP172 Lattice Holographic Cosmology Dr Portelli, Antonin 20.00

Table 2: Work/Scratch Storage Space from the 10th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals

Data Intensive @Cambridge Data Intensive @Leicester Memory Intensive @Durham DiRAC @Edinburgh
Application ID Project ID Project Title Principal Investigator data (TB) data (TB) data (TB) data (TB)
ACTP138 dp015 High perfromance computing support for Exeter Astrophysics Prof Bate, Matthew 10.00 6.80 1.80
ACTP139 Turbulence, Shocks and Dissipation in Space Plasmas Prof Burgess, David 2.38
ACTP140 dp047 DISCSIM: The formation and evolution of planets in the era of ALMA Prof Clarke, Cathy 1.79 1.79
ACTP141 Simba: New cosmological simulations to study galaxy-black hole co-evolution Prof Dave, Romeel 20.00
ACTP143 dp005 Theoretical Astrophysics at Leicester Dr Alexander, Richard 83.84
ACTP144 dp004 Virgo Consortium Prof Frenk, Carlos 168.00
ACTP145 dp040 Stellar hydrodynamics, evolution and nucleosynthesis (SHEN) Dr Hirschi, Raphael 4.27 10.00
ACTP146 Photoevaporation and properties of the circumstellar environment Dr Owen, James 7.14
ACTP147 Engineering Dwarfs at Galaxy Formation’s Edge Prof Read, Justin 7.14
ACTP149 dp079 Understanding the Milky Way and disc galaxies with Gaia Dr Schoenrich, Ralph 5.00 0.71
ACTP150 dp002 Cosmos Consortium: Unveiling the Structure of the Universe Prof Shellard, E. Paul 9.58 41.07
ACTP151 dp016 Modelling galaxy baryon physics: from cosmological to sub-galactic scales Prof. Slyz, Adrianne 109.42 40.00
ACSP152 The nature of wave-particle diffusion in Earth’s Outer Radiation Belt Dr Allanson, Oliver 3.00
ACSP154 UNITY: Multi-wavelength simulations of relativistic cosmology Dr Bull, Philip 3.57
ACSP156 Resolving Self-Gravitating Protstellar Disc Evolution in a Star Forming Environment Dr Forgan, Duncan 2.50
ACSP157 The Origin and Evolution of Trans-Neptunian Binaries Dr Fraser, Wesley 5.00
ACSP161 Impact of Reionization on the Intergalactic Medium Dr Onorbe, Jose 60.00
ACSP162 dp078 Multi-band Galaxy Shape Catalogues from DES Year 3 using im3shape Dr Rollins, Richard 3.57
ACSP163 dp033 Simulating Radiative Transfer in Supernovae Dr Sim, Stuart 2.14
PPTM165 dp006 Extreme QCD: Quantifying the QCD Phase Diagram II Prof Allton, Chris 7.69
PPTM166 dp064 First principle predictions of large nuclei and!nucleonic matter Dr Barbieri, Carlo 1.43
PPMT167 dp019 High Precision QCD (computing resources for the hPQCD collaboration) Prof Davies, Christine 600.00
PPMT168 dp007 Hadron physics of up, down and strange quarks Dr Roger Horsley 3.85
PPMT169 dp008 UKQCD–DWF: physics with dynamical chiral quarks Dr Juettner, Andreas 787.69
PPSP170 Numerical methods for high-order perturbative calculations Prof Del Debbio, Luigi 25.00
PPSP171 Signature of compositness of the LHC Dr Drach, Vincent 2.14
PPSP172 Lattice Holographic Cosmology Dr Portelli, Antonin 20.00

Table 3: Data Storage Space from the 10th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals

Data Intensive @Cambridge Data Intensive @Leicester Memory Intensive @Durham DiRAC @Edinburgh
Application ID Project ID Project Title Principal Investigator data (TB) data (TB) data (TB) data (TB)
ACTP138 dp015 High perfromance computing support for Exeter Astrophysics Prof Bate, Matthew 60.00 51.02 10.80
ACTP139 Turbulence, Shocks and Dissipation in Space Plasmas Prof Burgess, David 4.77
ACTP140 dp047 DISCSIM: The formation and evolution of planets in the era of ALMA Prof Clarke, Cathy 1.79 1.79
ACTP141 Simba: New cosmological simulations to study galaxy-black hole co-evolution Prof Dave, Romeel 80.00
ACTP143 dp005 Theoretical Astrophysics at Leicester Dr Alexander, Richard 7.98
ACTP144 dp004 Virgo Consortium Prof Frenk, Carlos 705.60
ACTP145 dp040 Stellar hydrodynamics, evolution and nucleosynthesis (SHEN) Dr Hirschi, Raphael 2.14 5.00
ACTP146 Photoevaporation and properties of the circumstellar environment Dr Owen, James 21.43
ACTP147 Engineering Dwarfs at Galaxy Formation’s Edge Prof Read, Justin 5.71
ACTP149 dp079 Understanding the Milky Way and disc galaxies with Gaia Dr Schoenrich, Ralph 25.00 3.57
ACTP150 dp002 Cosmos Consortium: Unveiling the Structure of the Universe Prof Shellard, E. Paul 10.42 44.64
ACTP151 dp016 Modelling galaxy baryon physics: from cosmological to sub-galactic scales Prof. Slyz, Adrianne 27.36 20.00
ACSP155 Modelling of neutrino masses in the Dark Engery Spectroscopic Instrument Dr Font-Ribera, Andreu 40.00
ACSP156 Resolving Self-Gravitating Protstellar Disc Evolution in a Star Forming Environment Dr Forgan, Duncan 5.00
ACSP157 The Origin and Evolution of Trans-Neptunian Binaries Dr Fraser, Wesley 5.00
ACSP161 Impact of Reionization on the Intergalactic Medium Dr Onorbe, Jose 51.50
ACSP162 dp078 Multi-band Galaxy Shape Catalogues from DES Year 3 using im3shape Dr Rollins, Richard 7.14
ACSP163 dp033 Simulating Radiative Transfer in Supernovae Dr Sim, Stuart 1.43
PPTM165 dp006 Extreme QCD: Quantifying the QCD Phase Diagram II Prof Allton, Chris 15.38
PPTM166 dp064 First principle predictions of large nuclei and!nucleonic matter Dr Barbieri, Carlo 1.43
PPMT167 dp019 High Precision QCD (computing resources for the hPQCD collaboration) Prof Davies, Christine 600.00
PPMT168 dp007 Hadron physics of up, down and strange quarks Dr Roger Horsley 7.69
PPMT169 dp008 UKQCD–DWF: physics with dynamical chiral quarks Dr Juettner, Andreas 1575.38
PPSP170 Numerical methods for high-order perturbative calculations Prof Del Debbio, Luigi 50.00
PPSP172 Lattice Holographic Cosmology Dr Portelli, Antonin 40.00

Table 4: RSE (Research Software Engineering) Effort from the 10th Resource Allocation Committee Call for Proposals

Application ID Project ID Project Title Principal Investigator Reseach Software Engineering effort (months)
ACTP140 dp047 DISCSIM: The formation and evolution of planets in the era of ALMA Prof Clarke, Cathy 2.0
ACTP145 dp040 Stellar hydrodynamics, evolution and nucleosynthesis (SHEN) Dr Hirschi, Raphael 12.0
ACTP149 dp079 Understanding the Milky Way and disc galaxies with Gaia Dr Schoenrich, Ralph 3.0
PPTM165 dp006 Extreme QCD: Quantifying the QCD Phase Diagram II Prof Allton, Chris 3.0
PPMT167 dp019 High Precision QCD (computing resources for the hPQCD collaboration) Prof Davies, Christine 2.0
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