| June 2022 | Science Highlights, Announcements & Upcoming Events | | | XSEDE helps the nation's most creative minds discover breakthroughs and solutions for some of the world's greatest scientific challenges. Through free, customized access to the National Science Foundation's advanced digital resources, consulting, training, and mentorship opportunities, XSEDE enables you to Discover More. Get started here. | | | Bridges Study Tracks Artificial-Light Impact on Migratory Birds | | | Analysis of 42 species in Western hemisphere suggests most effective steps for reducing city lights' harm | | | Human-made lights at night bring us benefits, but also carry downsides to human health and the environment; – one of which being that it interferes with the movement of migratory birds. A study led by scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology used the XSEDE-allocated Bridges system at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) to analyze the effects of night-time artificial light on birds in the Western hemisphere as recorded in a vast, crowdsourced database collected by volunteer bird watchers. Their results suggest places in North and Central America where stopping or reversing the spread of city lights at night could most help these bird species. | | | (a, left): The brightness of artificial lighting at night (ALAN) in the Western hemisphere; (b, right): changes over time in ALAN between 1992 and 2013 (red increasing, blue decreasing). Credit: La Sorte et al. | | | Cooperation Rewards Water Utilities | | | XSEDE helps to simulate water supply in inter-utility agreement study | | | Mark Twain is attributed with the quote, "Whisky is for drinking, and water is for fighting over!" But what if cooperation yielded more benefits than just going it alone when it comes to urban water utilities? A new study of water supply in the North Carolina Research Triangle found that agreements between water utilities can help mitigate their risks. The research used XSEDE allocations on TACC's Stampede2 supercomputer to simulate the water supply for two million people in the North Carolina Research Triangle out to 2060. The findings are generalizable to any location where water providers allocate regional water resources among users that face challenges in supply and demand and in affordably financing infrastructure improvements. | | | Six population centers (colors) of this study in the Research Triangle of North Carolina. Water demands (in annual average millions of gallons per day) are given from 2015 to 2060 on inset plots based on utility projections (Hazen & Sawyer, 2020; TJCOG, 2014). Credit: Gorelick et al. | | | Simulating Carbon in Earth's Outer Core | | | XSEDE computational allocations help researchers use advanced simulation techniques to set constraints on carbon content | | | Carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential elements for the formation and sustenance of life on Earth. Thus, it is important to know how much of these elements were delivered to the Earth via the planetary building materials so we can understand the condition of forming habitable rocky planets. With help from XSEDE allocations on multiple supercomputers, a research team from Florida State University (FSU) and Rice University have estimated the amount of carbon in the Earth's outer core. The work suggests that the core could be the planet's largest reservoir of carbon, with the chemical element making up 0.3 to 2.0 percent by weight of the planet's outer core. | | | The internal structure of the Earth is layered. Dark circles in the core represent iron, and tan circles represent carbon atoms. Tan lines show the paths taken by carbon atoms during the simulation. Credit: Suraj Bajgain | | | Next XSEDE Allocation Period Opens June 15 | | | The next XSEDE allocation period for awards running October through December 2022 opens June 15. XSEDE will set up this allocation process and the ACCESS program, specifically the RAMPS project, will fulfill the requests. This will be the first transition to the ACCESS project. | | | | ACCESS Public Town Hall Webinar | | | The National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) will conduct a Town Hall to promote awareness among S&E researcher communities about the new Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) program. The ACCESS program builds upon, and will transition from, the high-performance computing successes of the XSEDE program, while also expanding the ecosystem with capabilities for new modes of research and further democratizing participation. This webinar will take place on June 14, 2022, from 1-2:30 p.m. ET. Register at the link below. | | | | The Ookami cluster consists of Fujitsu A64FX nodes (the same as in the Fugaku supercomputer) and is a new XSEDE service provider. On June 15 at 2 p.m. ET, the Ookami team will hold a webinar about their resource. The webinar will provide an overview of the system, its characteristics and features, as well as insights on what applications benefit from the A64FX architecture. Allocation requests for the June–July submission period are accepted, with allocations starting in October. | | | | Frontera Pathways and LSCP Allocations Now Open | | | Frontera Pathways and LSCP Opportunities now open for proposals through June 15. To submit an allocation request, please begin by reading the Allocations Policy & Submission Guidelines that provides information regarding who is eligible to apply, minimum and maximum allocation sizes, and an outline of the information that is required to be included in your proposal. After reading the allocations policy and guidelines, you may determine that a startup allocation would be beneficial to do code performance and benchmarking to be incorporated into your Pathways or LSCP proposal. Instructions for obtaining a Startup allocation may be found at the link below. | | | | Join the BE@MDS22 Community! | | | Undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups: Want to explore the world of data science and join the professional community? Apply by Friday, June 17, 2022, for BE@MDS22, the Broader Engagement Program at Mathematics of Data Science Conference (MDS22)! The Broader Engagement program seeks to catalyze change and create a more inclusive and diverse society through engagement with students from diverse backgrounds. Through BE@MDS22, MDS22 Conference attendees can gain financial support and an enhanced conference program. | | | | Gateways 2022 Call for Participation | | | The Gateways 2022 conference (Oct. 18-20, 2022 in San Diego, California, with online tutorial sessions held Oct. 4-13) will be an opportunity for gateway creators and enthusiasts to learn, share, connect, and shape the future of gateways. Important Dates - Deadline for tutorials, papers, demos, and panels: June 6, 2022
- Deadline for poster abstracts and open forum: August 8, 2022
- Registration closes: October 4, 2022
| | | | PEARC Seeking Nominations for 2024 Conference Chair and Steering Committee Members | | | The Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) Conference seeks nominations for individuals to serve as the PEARC 2024 Conference General Chair(s) or as PEARC Steering Committee Members-at-Large. Self-nominations and nominations of others will be accepted from June 1 – July 1, 2022, at 11:59 pm CT. | | | | Globus Flows is a foundational service for defining and executing secure, reliable automated data flows at scale. Use cases abound where automation is required to cope with growing data volumes and velocities like those generated by cryo-electron microscopes, next-generation sequencers, and advanced light sources. A Globus flow can be as simple as replicating data across multiple storage systems or as intricate as managing multiple conditional data analysis and results distribution tasks, with optional human intervention where needed for review and confirmation. | | | | Cybersecurity Centers ResearchSOC and OmniSoc Merge | | | Universities and research institutions often pool resources to save money and share mutual benefits. One such area that is becoming increasingly critical where institutions need to share resources is cybersecurity. That's why several Big Ten Academic Alliance schools pooled resources to create a new security operations center, OmniSOC. Recently, OmniSOC merged with ResearchSOC, meaning benefits extend to large NSF research facilities. | | | | Upcoming Dates and Deadlines | | | | | | |
