Presentations

Below you can find the recordings and slides of all presentations given at DiRAC day 2020. (We have not yet received all.)

TimeSession
10:00
Practicalities, Welcome and Introduction
Adrian Jenkins/Alastair Basden
10:10
Introduction to The DIRAC3 Technical Case
Jeremy Yates
10:25
The new Data Intensive Service
Paul Calleja
10:35
The new Extreme Scaling Service
Antonin Portelli
Slides
10:45
The new Memory Intensive Service
Alastair Basden
Slides
10:55 Questions
11:00Break
11:15
The new Research Software Engineer Service
Andy Turner
Slides
11:25
The new Data Curation Service
Alastair Basden
Slides
11:35
The ExCALIBUR Hardware and Enabling Software Programme
Martin Hamilton
Slides
11:45
Multi-factor authentication on DiRAC resources
Jon Wakelin
Slides
12:00Break
12:15
Meet the technical team
All teams
12:25
Student Cluster Competition
Mark Wilkinson
Slides
12:35
Innovation Placement outputs
Mark Wilkinson
Slides
12:45
Suggestions for follow up meetings and projects
Alastair Basden
13:00Lunch
14:00Director’s talk
Mark Wilkinson
Slides
14:20
A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact.
Thomas Davison
Slides
14:45
B Meson Oscillations
Christine Davies
Slides
15:00
The external photo-evaporation of planet-forming discs
Tom Haworth
Slides
15:15Break
15:30
DiRAC enables prediction for matter-anti-matter asymmetry in the Standard Model.
Christopher Sachrajda
Slides
15:55

Identifying and Quantifying the Role of Magnetic Reconnection in Space Plasma Turbulence.
Jeffersson Andres Agudelo Rueda
Slides
16:10
Extreme QCD: Quantifying the QCD Phase Diagram
Aleksandr Nikolaev
Slides
16:25Hackathon Presentations
16:50Poster Competition results
16:55Closing Talk
17:00End

DiRAC Day 2020 Posters

All posters and videos can also be downloaded from this page.



Jake Bennett: Resolving shocks and the multiphase CGM (poster).



Josh Borrow: SWIFTsimIO (poster).



Victoria Clark: High temperature molecular line lists for modelling exoplanet atmospheres (poster).



Laurence Cooper: Lattice QCD: a heavy to light quark transition (poster).



Ryan Hill: Semileptonic form factors for B → πlν decays (poster).



Jack Holligan: Sp(2N) glueballs (poster).



Sophie Koudmani: The Impact of AGN Feedback on Simulated Dwarf Galaxies (poster).



Fionn O’Hogain: A Physical Point Lattice of the K → πl+l- Decay (poster).



Matthew Orkney: Dark Matter cusps and cores at the EDGE of galaxy formation (poster).



Henrique Rocha: Holographic Cosmological Models on the Lattice (poster).



Sahl Rowther: Are gravitationally unstable protoplanetary disks rare? (poster).



Rosie Talbot: High resolution simulations of Blandford-Znajek jets (poster).



James Wurster: Numerical stellar clusters: A data rich environment (poster).



Andrew Yong: QED Corrections to Hadronic Amplitudes (poster).



Poster Competition

As usual on DiRAC day we have a poster competition, and this year it will go ahead as usual, but with a slightly modified structure.

The two competitions will be sponsored by Intel. With competitions for Phds and PostDocs. Intel has very generously donated £500 prize for the winners. All entrants must complete the submission form and either tell us where we can download their submissions, or email the submission to us.

All entries are required to submit a pdf poster as well as a short 2 minute video by Monday the 7th of September 2020.

The submission form can be found here. Good Luck

Poster entries can be found here.

DiRAC Day

DiRAC day meeting will be an entirely virtual meeting. There will not be any event held in Durham this year, please do not try to travel to this event.

DiRAC Day provides an opportunity to meet and catch up with others from the DiRAC HPC community, learn about what is being done by all the different consortia, present and view posters on recent research achievements. This will be no different this year, with an online poster competition, sponsored by Intel, and the very best of last year’s research achievements being streamed live.

There will be an opportunity to learn about the future direction of the four HPC services, what new services DiRAC will be offering in the next year, and how DiRAC is collaborating with others to bring new opportunities to the DiRAC community.

So join the event, submit your poster, find out how your colleagues/reveals are doing, and how DiRAC can help you and your research.

DiRAC day will only offer remote attendance for registered participants, so do not miss out and register today.

Dirac Day Attendees

Attendees

NameInstitute
Adam Fenton
Adam Roe
Adrian Jenkins
Adrianne Slyz
Ahmad Ali
Alan Real
Alan-Francis Kirby
Alastair Basden
Alec Owens
Aleksander Dubas
Aleksandr Nikolaev
Alessandro Barone
Alessandro Lupo
Alex Richings
Alison Young
Alistair Hart
Anastasia Fialkov
Andreas Jüttner
Andrew Davis
Andrew Pontzen
Andrew Richards
Andrew Robertson
Andrew Yong
Andy Turner
Antonin Portelli
Antonio Rago
Aoife Curran
Aristeidis Amvrosiadis
Avtar Cheema
Ben Kitching-Morley
Ben Page
Biagio Lucini
Bipasha Chakraborty
Carlos Frenk
Chacasta Pritlove
Chiaki Kobayashi
Chris Allton
Chris Bouchard
Christine Collins
Christine Davies
Christophe Darras
Christopher Mountford
Christopher Sachrajda
Christopher Thomas
Clare Dobbs
Colin Bridger
Connar Rowan
Craig McNeile
Daniel Hatton
Daniel Verscharen
Darren Harkins
David Benoit
David Burgess
David Schaich
David Wilson
Davide Gerosa
Debora Sijacki
Derek Burke
Dimitar Vlaykov
Dimitrios Bachtis
Dimitris Stamatellos
Duc Nguyen
Duncan Christie
Ed Bennett
Elisabetta Boella
eric fauvet
Farzana Meru
Felix Ziegler
Filippo Spiga
Fionn Ó hÓgáin
Fionntan Callan
Fraser Innes
Frederik De Ceuster
gabriele paciucci
Gareth Collins
Georgina Ellis
Gert Aarts
Gilad Shainer
Graeme Fletcher
Henrique Rocha
Horsley Roger
Ian Wardrope
Ilian Iliev
Isabelle Baraffe
J Tobias Tsang
Jacek Dobaczewski
Jack Holligan
Jacob Chapman
Jake Bennett
James Delaney
James Legg
James McClung
James Nightingale
James Owen
James Richings
James Southern
James Wurster
Jeffersson Andres Agudelo Rueda
Jeremy Yates
Jim Roche
John Helly
Jon Wakelin
Jon Wakelin
Jonathan Flynn
Jonathan Tennyson
Joseph Lee
Josh Borrow
Julien Devriendt
Justyn Maund
Kacper Kornet
Kate Steele
Katherine Clough
Kevin Crain
Kostas Gourgouliatos
Kyle Oman
Laura Scott
Laurence Cooper
Liam Gretton
Lokesh Ragta
Louise Chisholm
Luca Franci
Luke Humphrey
Luke Shingles
Makis Kappas
Manfred Kitzbichler
Marion Weinzierl
Mark Hannam
Mark Wilkinson
Martin Haehnelt
Matthäus Schulik
Matthew Bate
Matthew Mould
Matthew Orkney
Matthew Raso-Barnett
Matthew Wingate
Michael Marshall
Michele Mesiti
Nathan Mayne
Nelson Lachini
Niall Jeffrey
Nils Asmussen
Paul Calleja
Paul Graham
Paul saffin
Paul Shellard
Per Hansen
Peter Boyle
Peter Draper
Raoul Hodgson
Raphael Hirschi
Rebecca Nealon
Richard Regan
Rinat Tagirov
Rob Crain
Robert Maskell
Rod Evans
Rod Evans
Rosie Talbot
Ryan Hill
Sahl Rowther
Sarah Garlick
Sergey Yurchenko
Simon Appleby
Simon Hands
simon lailey
Sophie Koudmani
Stacy Kim
Stan Pamela
Stephen Wilkins
Steven Gough-Kelly
Stuart Rankin
Stuart Sim
Thomas Davison
Thomas Guillet
Thomas Haworth
Thomas Spriggs
Tilly Evans
Tobias Baldauf
Tobias Weinzierl
Vera Guelpers
Victor Forouhar
Victoria Clark
Vincent Drach
Will Roper
William Parrott
Wojciech Turek
Yvonne Unruh
University of Central Lancashire
Intel Corporation UK
Durham University
University of Oxford
University of Exeter
Durham University
Swansea University
Durham
UCL
UKAEA
Swansea University
University of Southampton
University Of Edinburgh
Durham University
University of Leicester
HPE
IoA Cambridge
University of Southampton
UKAEA
University College London
Diamond Light Source
Durham University
University of Edinburgh
EPCC
The University of Edinburgh
University of Plymouth
Durham University
Durham University
BIOS IT
University of Southampton
Swansea University
Swansea
University of Cambridge
Durham University
IBM
University of Hertfordshire
Swansea University
U. of Glasgow
Queen’s University Belfast
University of Glasgow
Atempo
University Of Leicester
University of Southampton
University of Cambridge
Exeter
Amazon Web Services
University of St. Andrews
University of Plymouth
University of Glasgow
UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Nvidia networking
University of Hull
Queen Mary University of London
University of Liverpool
University of Cambridge
University of Birmingham
IoA
WekaIO
University of Exeter
Swansea University
University of Central Lancashire
UKAEA
University of Exeter
Swansea University
Lancaster University
Hewlett- Packard Enterprise
University of Warwick
University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
NVIDIA
University of Edinburgh
Queen’s University Belfast
IBM
UCL
HPE
Imperial College London
OCD Ltd
Swansea University
Mellanox
Lenovo
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
Intel
University of Sussex
University of Exeter
University of Southern Denmark
University of York
Swansea University
UKAEA
Institute of Astronomy
Cambridge
UCL
DDN
Durham University
Imperial College London
University of Southampton
HPE
University of St Andrews
University College London
STFC DIRAC
Lenovo Global Technology UK
Durham University
University of Leicester
University of Leicester
U Southampton
University College London
University of Edinburgh
Institute for Computational Cosmology
Oxford University
University of Sheffield
University of Cambridge
Lenovo
Oxford University
Intel
University of Patras – Durham University (Honorary Fellow)
Durham ICC
Keele
University of Cambridge
University of Leicester
University of Leicester
UCL
Queen Mary University of London
UK Atomic Energy Authority
Queen’s University Belfast
University of Leicester
University of Cambridge
Durham University
Cardiff University
University of Leicester
University of Cambridge
Imperial College London
University of Exeter
University of Birmingham
University of Surrey
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
University of Edinburgh
Swansea University
University of Exeter
University of Edinburgh
ENS (Paris) and UCL
University of Southampton
University of Cambridge
NVIDIA
University of Nottingham
DAMTP
Atempo Ltd.
Edinburgh
Durham University
University of Edinburgh
Keele University
University of Leicester
Durham University
Imperial College London
Liverpool John Moores University
Intel
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
IoA
University of Southampton
University of Warwick
STFC
University College London
HPE
Swansea University
Nvidia networking BU
University of Cambridge
University of Surrey
CCFE – UKAEA
University of Sussex
Jeremiah Horrocks Institute
University of Cambridge
Queen’s University Belfast
Imperial College London
University of Exeter
Queen Mary University of London
Swansea University
Durham
DAMTP
Durham University
University of Edinburgh
Durham University
University College London
University of Plymouth
University of Sussex
University of Glasgow
University of Cambridge
Imperial College London

Dirac Day Programme

Programme

Thursday 10 September

DiRAC day programme:

TimeSession
10:00
Practicalities, Welcome and Introduction
Adrian Jenkins/Alastair Basden
10:10
Introduction to The DIRAC3 Technical Case
Jeremy Yates
10:25
The new Data Intensive Service
Paul Calleja
10:35
The new Extreme Scaling Service
Antonin Portelli
10:45
The new Memory Intensive Service
Alastair Basden
10:55 Questions
11:00Break
11:15
The new Research Software Engineer Service
Andy Turner
11:25
The new Data Curation Service
Alastair Basden
11:35
The ExCALIBUR Hardware and Enabling Software Programme
Martin Hamilton
11:45
Multi-factor authentication on DiRAC resources
Jon Wakelin
12:00Break
12:15
Meet the technical team
All teams
12:25
Student Cluster Competition
Mark Wilkinson
12:35
Innovation Placement outputs
Mark Wilkinson
12:45
Suggestions for follow up meetings and projects
Alastair Basden
13:00Lunch
14:00Director’s talk
14:20
A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact.
Thomas Davison
14:45
B Meson Oscillations
Christine Davies
15:00
The external photo-evaporation of planet-forming discs
Tom Haworth
15:15Break
15:30
DiRAC enables prediction for matter-anti-matter asymmetry in the Standard Model.
Christopher Sachrajda
15:55

Identifying and Quantifying the Role of Magnetic Reconnection in Space Plasma Turbulence.
Jeffersson Andres Agudelo Rueda
16:10
Extreme QCD: Quantifying the QCD Phase Diagram
Aleksandr Nikolaev
16:25Hackathon Presentations
16:50Poster Competition results
16:55Closing Talk
17:00End

DiRAC Day

DiRAC Day provides an opportunity to meet others from the DiRAC HPC community, learn about what is being done by all the different consortia, present and view posters on recent research achievements and discuss training and support needs for DiRAC. DiRAC users will also have the chance to meet members of the technical support teams for each DiRAC service machine in person as well as to interact with the industry vendors who supplied the hardware we are now exploiting.

Previous DiRAC days

You can find below the links to the web pages of previous DiRAC days.

DiRAC Events Code of Conduct

Code of Conduct

DiRAC is committed to creating a work environment that is safe, professional and of mutual trust where diversity and inclusion are valued, and where everyone is entitled to be treated with courtesy and respect. DiRAC is committed to making all online and in-person events, and all associated activities, safe and professional environments for everyone.

Behaviours that are disrespectful to our members or events’ attendees and sponsors, or intimidate, exclude or cause discomfort to others will not be tolerated. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on characteristics that include, but are not limited to, age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and parenthood, race, religion or belief (or lack thereof), gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, technical choices, experience level or any other dimension of diversity.

This policy applies to all in person and virutal events organised or hosted by DiRAC.

Please follow these guidelines:

1. All delegates are expected to behave professionally. As such, the following behaviours are expected at all DiRAC events. Harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary comments or jokes are not appropriate. Harassment includes sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, sexual attention or innuendo, deliberate intimidation, stalking, and photography or recording of an individual without consent. It also includes offensive comments related to individual characteristics, for example: age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, nationality or religion.


2. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual or sexist language and imagery is not appropriate.

3. Be respectful and do not insult or put down other attendees or facilitators of the event. Critique ideas not people.

4. Should a participant witness events of bullying, harassment or aggression, we recommend that they approach the affected person to show support and check how they are. The witness may also wish to suggest that the person report the inappropriate behaviour. However, it is up to the affected person alone whether or not they wish to report it.

5. If participants wish to share photos of a speaker on social media, we strongly recommend that they first get the speaker’s permission. Participants may also share the contents of talks/slides via social media unless speakers have asked that specific details/slides not be shared.

Virtual events policy

Specific to virtual events on all digital platforms, delegates are required to follow the key principles of respect when attending any virtual meeting or event:

  • Delegates should not use the chat inappropriately, this includes:
    • Use of expletives / swearing.
    • Posting the same message across the same chat or multiple chats.
    • Sharing links about commercial products / services / advertising.
    • Verbally attacking a speaker or delegate.
  • Delegates should allow other participants to put across their point or question without interuption and should respect the decisions of the facilitator in their direction of the discussion.
  • Delegates should not use the share screen function unless required and directed to and should mute their microphone if requested by the facilitator.

Breaches of code of conduct
  • In the event that this code of conduct is not followed, there will be a person of contact at each event to whom any issues can be escalated. This person will be identified to all participants at the start of each event. Participants can report any violation of these guidelines to this designated person in confidence. Participants can also contact Director, Mark Wilkinson after the event to report breaches.
  • If asked to stop inappropriate behaviour, participants are expected to comply immediately and, in serious cases, may be asked to leave the event at the sole discretin of the organisers.
  • DiRAC will not tolerate retaliation against anyone reporting violations of this code of conduct.

This code of conduct was adapted, under the CC-BY license, from the code of conduct of the Alan Turing Institute.