Über 200 Services aus der Cloud: Microsoft Azure unterstützt Mitarbeiter*innen ab sofort bei Forschung und Lehre an der Universität Wien – und das DSGVO-konform.
Zum vollständigen Artikel auf den ZID-Webseiten: https://zid.univie.ac.at/it-news/artikel/news/wolkig-bis-heiter-microsoft-azure-fuer-forschung-und-lehre/
The Austrian DataLAB and Services (ADLS) Project and its emerging long term platform, the AustrianOpenCloudCommunity (AOCC), presents their first releases:
Cloud native labs can be used in research as well as teaching and have therefore become a widely used tool in academia regardless of the field. Jupyter is one possibility.
The team of the project Austrian Datalab and Services answer the following questions in the webinar:
- What and for whom is Jupyter? - Why do we need Jupyter to teach our students and what are the benefits for research?
- What is Kubernetes and why is it a good choice for Jupyter? - What is Openstack and why is it a good choice for Kubernetes?
- How can researchers/universities benefit from this in the long run?
- What is already working?
- What are we planning to do next?
Find out more on the webpage: https://webportal.dev.austrianopencloudcommunity.org/
In April 2023 the Italian pre-exascale HPC system LEONARDO begins the regular operation of its so-called “Booster” module which draws its enormous computing power from four NVIDIA Ampere GPUs per node. Currently it is the fourth most powerful supercomputer in the world and second most powerful in Europe.
Austria has its share of LEONARDO since it is a partner in the consortium that has built the machine and Austrian users are encouraged to take this opportunity to apply for compute time at LEONARDO’s GPU-accelerated “Booster” module. In terms of computational power this share is comparable to the already available GPU partition at the current VSC-5 installation.
Hereby VSC announces this Call for Proposals that could benefit from Booster’s multi-GPU nodes.
Eligibility and responsibilities
- This call is intended for medium-sized projects (from 50,000 to 100,000 GPU hours) with a duration of 6 or 12 months from resource allocation date.
- Since the “Booster” module comprises multi-GPU nodes your application must efficiently use at least all 4 GPUs available on the node; this includes embarrassingly parallel implementations.
- Since VSC has no direct control over time allocation, granted projects need to make sure to use all the resources that have been granted to them, otherwise they are simply lost for Austrian users.
Deadlines
- Unlike the usual applications for VSC projects, which are submitted in a rolling fashion, and similar to the way it is handled with PRACE or EuroHPC this Call will include cut-offs:
- The first application cut-off date is 2023-03-15.
- The projects start in the beginning of April 2023.
Review of the projects
- The technical review is performed by VSC staff according to LEONARDO’s guidelines.
- No additional scientific review is required if the planned computations are carried out within a project that has already been approved by a recognised funding agency, such as FWF, FFG, ÖAW, WWTF, ERC, EU, etc.
High-Level support team is available
- For this type of call a user can request the assistance of specialist support.
Application for projects
- Applicants have to download the “AURELEO application form” and fill it in.
- Applications shall be done on the VSC service website https://service.vsc.ac.at with requesting a “funded project” for the project part “LEONARDO-B”. You’ll have to upload the filled “AURELEO application form” and the proof of funding.
- Note, in order to use LEONARDO every user will have to upload a proof of identity to the UserDB of CINECA (LEONARDO’s hosting entity).
- LEONARDO’s technical specifications: https://leonardo-supercomputer.cineca.eu/hpc-system
- For any questions related to this Call, access and usage of LEONARDO, please, write to: leonardo@vsc.ac.at
See also:
https://vsc.ac.at/access/aureleo-austrian-users-at-leonardo-supercomputer
#LoveData23 Many European countries have already taken the step of developing a national research portal. In Austria, some attempts were made, but nothing has come of it so far. That’s where RIS Synergy, a project of fourteen Austrian Universities and three national funding organizations, took up their work on a concept study with a bottom-up approach.
In this after-work event, we will spend an hour discussing relevant data for a national research portal in Austria.
15.02.2023 16:00-17:00
at Seminarraum 1, EG, Berggasse 7, 1090 Wien
Host: RIS Synergy
This event is free of charge and open to anyone interested in contributing to an Austrian National Research Portal.
The event is part of the International Love Data Week 2023.
“February 13-17, 2023, marks the annual international celebration of Love Data Week! This year’s theme is “Data: Agent of Change,” focusing on inspiring significant change through data, whether large or small, ranging from policy change, structural change, social change!”
Love Data Week is proudly hosted by ICPSR
https://forschungsdaten.at/wine-cheese-and-data-an-official-international-love-data-week-event/