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Research Computing Classes (via Zoom!) March-June 2020

Thursday, March 19, 2020

We're starting our series of computing courses, this time only through Zoom!  More info (and meeting passwords) sent via e-mail

Monday Mar 30, 2pm.  An intro to linux and HPC   https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/319941261

Thurs  Apr 3'rd, 10am.  An intro to Linux and HPC  (repeat of the talk if this time is more convenient than Monday)  https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/102006357

Upcoming in April (zoom links will come via e-mail, or contact Paul or Fuz):

Friday April 24'th, 1pm Gaussian for ab initio Chemistry calculations (Kelly Peterson)

Southern Cal Simulations in Science Conf.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

We are again hosting the Southern California Simulations in Science conference - on Tues Feb 4, 2020.  We have a great mix of speakers this year to talk about both computation in industry and academia, as well as how to best prepare yourself during your time at your university.   Limited scholarships available for attendees from Cal Poly, CSU, and other So. Cal campuses.

Website is here

Winter/Spring 2019 Workshops

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

CSC will be presenting a set of courses on research computing topics during the winter quarter.  Come to any which of are interest to you - although RSVP so we're sure to have enough seating and food!  Each seminar will be 60 minutes on a topic, followed by pizza lunch where you'll have a chance to follow up with CSC staff, and other attendees.

We're going to try to make the workshops more hands on this year, so bring your laptop, and bear with us as we get this going!

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Intro to R (Sponsored by Women in Technology) Class Page - Nov 8

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

The best way to learn how to program is to do something useful, so this introduction to R is built around a common scientific task: data analysis. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop. Here is a sample of the session materials: http://swcarpentry.github.io/r-novice-inflammation/ 

Intro to MATLAB - Nov 6 - Class Page

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

The best way to learn how to program is to do something useful, so this introduction to MATLAB is built around a common scientific task: data analysis. The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop. Here is a sample of the session materials.

New HPC Cluster at CSC

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

The new Pod cluster is online and helping researchers push the boundaries of science at UCSB.  See the article in the UCSB Current

Oct 24, 2018 Intro to Python Workshop - Class Page

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Intro to Python workshop, Tues October 24, 2018, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Elings Hall 1601 (map)

Oct 23, 2018 Intro to Python Workshop - Class Page

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Intro to Python workshop, Tues October 23, 2018, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Elings Hall 1601 (map)

CSC Fall Quarter Seminar Series

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

CSC will be presenting a set of courses on research computing topics during the fall quarter.  Come to any which of are interest to you - although RSVP so we're sure to have enough seating and food!  Each seminar will be 45-60 minutes on a topic, followed by pizza lunch where you'll have a chance to follow up with CSC staff, and other attendees.

We're going to try to make the workshops more hands on this year, so bring your laptop, and bear with us as we get this going!

Related Links
Fall 2018 Workshops Flyer

Big Data Science Workshop

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Here are links to slides, examples and recordings from the workshop:

Related Links
Workshop Flyer

Are we quantum computers?

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Some recent interesting work which involved some computation on CSC systems.

Researchers ask if the human brain is a quantum computer.   

CSC Fall Quarter Computing Series (2017)

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

CSC will be presenting a set of courses on research computing topics during the fall quarter.  Come to any which of are interest to you - although RSVP so we're sure to have enough seating and food!  Each seminar will be 45 to 60 minutes on a topic, followed by pizza lunch where you'll have a chance to follow up with CSC staff, or other attendees.

All seminars are in Elings 1601 followed by lunch (also in 1601) :

 

Schedule:

Wed Oct 11, 11:30 am  - R for Scientific and Data Intensive Computing  (Register here)

Scaling to Petascale Institute

Monday, June 26, 2017

Location: Elings Hall Room:  3250

CSC is hosting the Scaling to Petascale Institute to be held on June 26-30, 2017. The institute will be broadcasted via the web and participants will be able to verbally ask questions to the presenters through two-way video conferencing facilities. Participants will receive training accounts on the Blue Waters, NERSC and TACC systems. 

Big Data Workshop

Monday, May 15, 2017

Experts from San Dieogo SuperComputer Center (SDSC) will present a one day tutorial on big data technologies and on latest SDSC resources. 

The workshop will be composed of lectures and a hands-on session (bring a laptop if you would like to participate in the hands-on session).

Coffee, refreshments and lunch will be provided.

Please register by entering your name and e-mail: Registration (closed). If you want to attend or have questions, please e-mail Burak.

ANSYS software lunch-and-learn

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Wed Feb 15, at noon.  Elings 1605

Learn how ANSYS simulation tools allow you to simulate fluid dynamics, structural dynamics and electromagnetics phenomena with great accuracy, and how they influence product design.

RSVP at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/H2KR88G

CSC Fall Quarter Computing Series (2016)

Monday, October 10, 2016

CSC will be presenting a set of courses on research computing topics during the fall quarter.

Founder of Density Functional Theory, Walter Kohn passes away

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Nobel Prize winner Walter Kohn, passed away on April 19'th.   It is hard to overestimate the impact of his work, since density functional theory is used by a a majority of our users, in fields such as Chemistry, Physics, materials science, drug design, etc..  DFT truly brought computational science into it's own as a field and it is now widely used in both initial discovery as well as understanding of experimental results, and improvement of electronic devices and materials in general.  In addition, Walter was a wonderful, modest, human being - full of stories - but who would also listen to

Big Data Methods Workshop

Monday, February 22, 2016

Experts from San Dieogo SuperComputer Center (SDSC) will present a one day tutorial on big data technologies and on latest SDSC resources. 

The workshop will be composed of lectures and a hands-on session (please bring a laptop if you would like to participate in the hands-on session).

Coffee, refreshments and lunch will be provided.

Please register by entering your name and e-mail: (REGISTRATION CLOSED)

Intel XEON Phi training

Thursday, January 21, 2016

We are pleased to announce that ETS and CNSI are hosting a workshop sponsored by Intel and presented by Colfax International titled "Parallel Programming and Optimization with Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessors" between January 21 and 22, 2016. The workshop will be a series of two-day long courses composed of introductory seminars and hand-on laboratory sessions.

So Cal. Simulations in Science Conf

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

The Southern California Simulations in Science Conference is coming up at UCSB's Corwin Pavillion.   Learn how simulations and modeling are used in industry!  Registration is free.

More info

Simulations used to study how protiens fold in the brain

Friday, February 27, 2015

Joan Shea's group used simulations to study how small molecules intereact with the tau protein in the brain, which may lead to better understanding of neurological diseases, etc.

 

Related Links
UCSB News article

Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors available!

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

We have installed a Intel Xeon Coprocessor for people to experiment with, and will soon be bringing online a node with 8 Phi's.

see the webpage in the documentation section

Southern Calif. Simulations in Science Conf

Saturday, January 31, 2015

The 2015 Simulations in Science Conference will bring in researchers from industry to explain how simulations are used in business.  Coming Oct 2015

http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/events/scssc-2015

Lumerical software training (Fri. Jan 16)

Monday, December 8, 2014

Lumerical will be at UCSB to provide a 1 day training course on their FDTD software. 9am to 5pm in Elings 1601.  Lunch is provided, please register here by Jan 4'th.

 

Is evolution predictable?

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Research conducted by UCSB scientists shows that the evolution of complex bioluminescent traits may be predictable

Researchers use CSC systems to investigate causes of CA drought

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Scientists find human-caused link to heat wave, but ties to drought and heavy rains elude them (E&E News)

Allinea DDT Training (2-4pm)

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Allinea will be leading a training session on their DDT software for parallel, and GPU, codes.

You can join from your own office (invite will come via email) or we have reserved Elings Hall room 1605 also

Please RSVP here.

 

 

Chuck Yee at Cafe KITP (SOhO Restaurant)

Monday, July 14, 2014

Chuck Yee (KITP, and active user of CSC) will be giving a talk at the Cafe KITP at 5pm on Monday July 14'th at SOhO restaurant (downtown).

Detailed info is available here

Simulations contribute to more efficient LED lighting

Friday, November 1, 2013

Density Functional calculations are used to better understand how a materials structure influences efficiency in LED lighting. 

Related Links
News Release

New High-performance Computing Cluster Expands Campus Computing Capacity

Thursday, October 6, 2011

UC Santa Barbara's Center for Scientific Computing (CSC) has added a state-of-the-art, high-performance, computing cluster to its resources for campus researchers from a variety of disciplines. The center is co-directed by Frank Brown, professor in the UCSB Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Paul Weakliem. Housed at Elings Hall, CSC is a collaboration between CNSI and the Materials Research Laboratory (MRL).

Related Links
Profiles in Research

New Equipment Boosts UCSB's Large-Scale Computer Power

Thursday, June 16, 2011

The new Hewlett-Packard cluster has the computing power of 12 TeraFLOPS, or 12 trillion floating point operations per second. It will fulfill the need for calculations and simulations that are too large for desktop computers or workstations, but below those normally run at the handful of national supercomputing centers.

For UCSB research groups that do very large calculations at national supercomputing centers, the new system provides a test bed for code development and testing before a project is moved into production on a supercomputer.

Related Links
UCSB Press Release