By Cecilie Maagaard Winther, 30/06/21
This is news from the EuroCC project. Learn more about EuroCC on the website.
As a part of the EuroCC project the work package 6 (WP6) has been doing extensive outreach about HPC. WP6 among other things aims to facilitate access and create a pool of knowledge about HPC to raise the general competences.
You will study the core concepts of Deep Neural Networks, how to build Deep Learning models as well as how to measure and improve the accuracy of your models. You will also learn essential data pre-processing techniques to ensure a robust Machine Learning pipeline. This 2-day online Bootcamp is a hands-on learning experience where you will be guided through step-by-step instructions with teaching assistants on hand to help throughout.
The application deadline is on September 29th.
By Cecilie Maagaard Winther, 21/05/21
Before long LUMI in Finland will be online and open for the first pilot projects. To prepare both the scientists, support personnel, administration in different countries and the staff at LUMI, the supercomputer will commence with pilot projects, where everyone can learn to work the giant HPC before LUMI is expected to open for further calls later in 2021.
By Cecilie Maagaard Winther, 07/05/21
The first of a total of 8 new European supercomputers is now up and running, and through a series of ongoing small calls for projects, researchers can apply for computing time for smaller projects.
By Nicolai Devantier, 04/05/21
2020 was in the glow of Covid-19 an eventful year for DeiC.
The DeiC activity that has been most affected by the pandemic is without a doubt the video service Zoom.
The version of Zoom, which is offered to universities and institutions, has thus experienced homework up close. In connection with the repatriations in March 2020, there was an explosion in the number of users, and for the whole year, it became more than 15 million meeting hours.
By Nicolai Devantier, 23/04/21
DeiC is looking for an HPC specialist who will help ensure that we reach our goals in relation to the users of HPC in Denmark.
We coordinate the national HPC effort for all universities in Denmark, including participation in the large EuroHPC LUMI project, which is a unique European supercomputer effort. It includes ten countries, which together invest in a very large research computer with the highest level of performance.
By Birgitte Vedel Thage, 24/03/21
Denmark is a member of PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), which gives the right to all Danish researchers and Danish Industry to apply for compute time. However, only companies with their headquarters or their primary research in Europe can apply for computational resources.
By Cecilie Maagaard Winther, 17/03/21
On March 1, the national HPC landscape was significantly expanded. DeiC national HPC Type 1 was expanded to include infrastructure at Aalborg University, just as DeiC national HPC Type 3 is now also in operation.
“The target group for Type 1 is researchers who want quick access to large resources. Type 1 is easier to go to than e.g. Type 2, and should also act as a springboard for new users who are not so familiar with HPC. For them, it should just feel like another program on their computer”, says Claudio Pica, head of SDU eScience Center.
The EuroHPC initiative is a joint effort by the European Commission and 31 countries to establish a world-class ecosystem in supercomputing to Europe (read more here). One of its first concrete efforts is to install three flagship supercomputers, each of which being among the top 10 systems in the world.
The 10-country LUMI consortium, consisting of Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland, will collaboratively host one of these systems in Kajaani, Finland.
By Nicolai Devantier, 20/10/20
The procurement process of LUMI (Large Unified Modern Infrastructure) has now been completed and the system vendor has been selected so that the supercomputer can become operational for next year.
LUMI is a unique European supercomputer initiative that includes ten countries, including Denmark, and EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), which together invest in a very large research computer with a top performance of 552 petaflop / s. Danish Universities are part of LUMI with DeiC as administrator.
