Take part in this large gathering of the University's Research Computing Community.

Hear inspirational speakers, learn how fellow researchers use HPC to advance their research and share best practices.

The event is a also great opportunity for you to network and establish collaborations with other supercomputing users.

Agenda

9.30 Registration and refreshments in the foyer
10.00 Welcome and introduction

10.05 Official launch of the Nimbus cloud supercomputer,
Professor Ian White, Vice-Chancellor and President

10.15 Modelling clouds in the cloud. Keynote by Richard Lawrence, IT Fellow - Supercomputing, Met Office
11.00 Break and delegation photography

11.30 Contributed talks from the Bath's Research Computing Community

• Surface-to-space atmospheric waves from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption, Dr Corwin Wright

12.45 Lunch in the foyer

13.30 Poster Session and short talks (3 minutes)

14.00 External speaker and contributed talks from Bath's Research Computing Community
15.15 Break and poster viewing

15.45 Future development of the Azure HPC platform, applications and intelligent services by Laura Parry, Senior HPC + AI Senior Specialist at Microsoft

16.45 Presentation of prizes
16.50 Close of symposium
17.00 Pizza reception in the foyer

Who should attend

• Current and prospective users of Bath's Research Computing environments
• Researchers and PhD students doing computationally and data intensive research

Talk and poster submission

Help us make this a great Research Computing Community event!

We are now inviting your submissions of contributed talks or posters on all aspects of HPC-enabled research.

Submissions from all supercomputing groups are highly encouraged - from PhD students through to senior researchers and research groups. The symposium is an internal University event that provides a friendly and informal setting for knowledge sharing.

Submit your title and abstract. Deadline: Monday 22 August

Prizes

At the end of the Symposium, we will award four Surface Earbuds for the best contributions to the Symposium. The prizes are kindly sponsored by Microsoft.

• Best Contributed Talk
  
• Best Poster
  
• Runner-up Best Contributed Talk
  
• Runner-up Best Poster

Symposium Organising Committee

• Shaunagh Downing, Mathematical Sciences
  
• Steven Chapman, Research Computing
  
• Lee Nissim, Mechanical Engineering
  
• Conn O'Rourke, Research Computing
  
• Sanne Terry, Research Computing
  
• Ji Wu, Chemistry
  

Accessibility

The Chancellor's Building has level access with double-width automatic doors and lifts inside the building. Detailed info about venue accessibility. The symposium will be held in CB 2.6.