DIRAC-3 LAUNCH DAY

DIRAC-3 LAUNCH DAY

DiRAC held a virtual launch event for the  DiRAC-3 services on the afternoon of September 22nd 2021. The event introduced the new services and provided valuable information for our users on how to get their codes up and running on the new hardware, based on the experience gained during the Technical Commissioning process. The programme for the event and videos of the talks can be found below.

PROGRAMME

WELCOME

Jeremy Yates, Chair of DiRAC Technical Directorate

OVERVIEW OF THE NEW HPC SYSTEMS AND HARDWARE ACROSS ALL SERVICES

Mark Wilkinson, Director

OVERVIEW OF USER GUIDE

Anushka Sharma, Senior Technical Programme Coordinator

OVERVIEW OF DIRAC TRAINING

Richard Regan, Training Manager

A LATTICE FIELD THEORY ECOSYSTEM FOR DIRAC-3

L Del Debbio, University of Edinburgh

LARGE COSMOLOGICAL RUNS ON THE NEW DIRAC MI "COSMA-8" FACILITY

Matthieu Schaller, Lorentz Institute, on behalf of the Virgo Consortium

THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP EXPEREINCE OF DEPLOYING DIRAC-3

Alastair Basden, Technical Manager

THE RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEER EXPERIENCE

James Richings, Edinburgh and Athena Elafrou, Cambridge

TAUREX ON DIRAC-3

Dr. Ahmed Faris Al-Refaie, University College London

CLOSING REMARKS

Simon Hands, DiRAC Community Development Director