TechLink Community Seminar: Research Computing Services, Community Update

PrerequisitesSpecial

The Research Computing Services team will provide an update on some recent and engaging developments by the division, including:

• An overview of current CSD3 (Cambridge Service for Data-Driven Discovery) platforms as well as some key news about planned upgrades in the forthcoming months.
• The Data Accelerator - high performance, all-flash ephemeral storage for a new kind of scratch tier. New storage offering for the most demanding science workloads.
• Bare metal cloud with Openstack - taking a peek into the future of the research computing infrastructure.
• Secure Research Computing Platform - Using OpenStack, GitlabTerraform, Ansible to deliver secure (and movable) computing environments. Includes a demonstration.

There will also be a brief TechLink Community update, including an overview of a developing joint pilot for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with Cambridge, Oxford, Glasgow, Edinburgh (COGENT).

• TechLink members
• IT staff
• Research staff
• Members of the UIS Techlink scheme

• Members of the UIS Techlink scheme

Number of sessions: 1

• Research Computing
• Research cloud computer service
• TechLink Scheme and Community

• Presentation and Q&A

• Stuart Rankin
• Matt Raso-Barnett
• Paul Browne
• Mark Sharpley
• Ronald Haynes

• Approximately a 60-minute presentation followed by Q&As and light refreshments