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Thursday 22 September 2022, 9:30am - 17:00pm
The Research Computing Symposium and Nimbus Launch Event
Join us to hear inspirational speakers, learn how fellow researchers use HPC to advance their research and share best practices.
Confirmed speakers include Richard Lawrence, IT Fellow - Supercomputing, Met Office and Laura Parry, HPC + AI Specialist, Microsoft. We will also have a varied lineup of contributed talks from University academics, posters and short three minute presentations.
The event is a great opportunity for you to network and establish collaborations with other users of the University's powerful high performance computing environments.
Outline 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 Session One - Met Office's new supercomputing capability over the next 10 years. Keynote by Richard Lawrence, IT Fellow - Supercomputing, Met Office
11.00 Break and poster viewing
11.30 Session Two - Contributed talks
12.45 Lunch in the foyer
13.30 Session Three - Poster Session and short talks (3 minutes)
14.00 Session Four - Keynote speaker and contributed talks
15.15 Break and delegation photograph
15.45 Session Five - Contributed talks
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
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.