ARC at Leeds Uni

Got all my ducks lined up today at @UniversityLeeds

I’ve been working on a new Python sampling profiler github.com/benfred/py-spy - and it’s finally ready for people to start using! It's worth checking out if I do say so myself:

Blog post by @UniversityLeeds undergraduate Ryan Cross on how he used @ARCUniLeeds hardware and staff expertise to significantly accelerate his machine learning project...with a side-order of improved reproducibility. arc.leeds.ac.uk/deep-reinforce…

Researchers at Leeds: You have access to the @nagtalk numerical libraries including the NAG Toolbox for @matlab, C and Fortran libraries (serial and parallel), interface to Python and more as part of our site license. nag.co.uk/edu/uk/leeds

If they want to improve the quality of scientific publications, rather than banning p-values or changing the 0.05 threshold, journals should make us show the data.

The @ARCUniLeeds team at @UniversityLeeds are a @swcarpentry partner and we've just renewed our membership. We run SC workshops using R, Python and occasionally @MATLAB. Blog post at arc.leeds.ac.uk/the-carpentrie…

Following @JuliaCon2018 we have installed version 1.0 of the Julia programming language on the ARC3 high performance computing system. Blog post at arc.leeds.ac.uk/the-julia-prog…

My talk, 'The Rise of the Research Software Engineer' at #julicon2018 will be streamed here youtube.com/watch?v=8ZSaAM… Slides at mikecroucher.github.io/juliacon2018/

New blog post - bitmasks! blogs.warwick.ac.uk/researchsoftwa…

This 67-year-old retiree solved a math problem that had eluded experts for decades using Microsoft Word—and nobody noticed. wired.trib.al/FgAQFtx

Refereed a paper that reported new methods but failed to say what software was used or provide any d/load link. Said that software must be made available to enable reproducibility. Cited Nature (nature.com/articles/natur…). Change comes when all referees demand reproducibility.

Apparently we're the top Russell Group Electronic & Electrical Engineering school for "Overall Satisfaction" in the National Student Survey. 97% Score! @LeedsUniEng

High Performance Computing @swcarpentry is happening at @UniversityLeeds in collaboration with @EPCCed and @ARCUniLeeds epcced.github.io/hpc-intro/

Hands-on training opportunity on Intel processors, September 12-14 cvent.com/c/express/7632…

Are you a researcher at @UniversityLeeds? Do you want to learn how to make use of our supercomputers? Sign up for HPC carpentry arc.leeds.ac.uk/summer-trainin…

Benefits of a digital presence. Interesting talk by Olivia O'Sullivan @HartreeCentre @women_in_hpc #isc18

One of our RSEs, @annakrystalli, is now on the editorial board for the @rOpenSci open peer software review system! ropensci.org/blog/2018/06/2…

Summer is a great time to catch up on training and development. We've two workshops coming up in July: Software Carpentry @swcarpentry and HPC Carpentry. More information and booking links: arc.leeds.ac.uk/summer-trainin… Don't forget to keep an eye on our blog: arc.leeds.ac.uk/blog/

#Top500: For the first time, total performance of all @top500supercomp systems exceeds one exaflop, More than half the list (273) are Petaflop+ systems You needed 716TF to make it to the June list. #HPC #ISC18