DiRAC2: 100 Tflop/s HPC cluster procurement
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leicester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
This award covers the capital cost of procuring a 100 Tflop/s HPC cluster to be hosted at University of Leicester as part of the DiRAC2 facility.
Planned Impact
The pathways to impact for the project are as agreed at the DiRAC PMB meeting on 21 November 2011.
Publications
Weber M
(2016)
MODELING THE RISE OF FIBRIL MAGNETIC FIELDS IN FULLY CONVECTIVE STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Pontzen A
(2016)
Inverted initial conditions: Exploring the growth of cosmic structure and voids
in Physical Review D
Duguet T
(2016)
Ab initio calculation of the potential bubble nucleus $^{34}$Si
Stevenson P
(2016)
Skyrme tensor force in heavy ion collisions
in Physical Review C
Clarke C
(2016)
A self-similar solution for thermal disc winds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sembolini F
(2016)
nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations - II. Radiative models
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Drummond B
(2016)
The effects of consistent chemical kinetics calculations on the pressure-temperature profiles and emission spectra of hot Jupiters
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hands T
(2016)
There might be giants: unseen Jupiter-mass planets as sculptors of tightly packed planetary systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lapoux V
(2016)
Radii and Binding Energies in Oxygen Isotopes: A Challenge for Nuclear Forces.
in Physical review letters
Roth N
(2016)
Genetically modified haloes: towards controlled experiments in ?CDM galaxy formation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Frederix R
(2016)
Extending the Minlo method
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Gualandris A
(2016)
Collisionless loss-cone refilling: there is no final parsec problem
Duarte-Cabral A
(2016)
What can simulated molecular clouds tell us about real molecular clouds?
Katz Harley
(2016)
Interpreting ALMA Observations of the ISM During the Epoch of Reionisation
in ArXiv e-prints
Evans N
(2016)
The alignment of the second velocity moment tensor in galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kulkarni G
(2016)
Models of the cosmological 21 cm signal from the epoch of reionization calibrated with Ly a and CMB data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pratt J
(2016)
Spherical-shell boundaries for two-dimensional compressible convection in a star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Curtis M
(2016)
Powerful quasar outflow in a massive disc galaxy at z ~ 5
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Fletcher M
(2016)
Planets, debris and their host metallicity correlations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Suarez T
(2016)
Bursty star formation feedback and cooling outflows
Riols A
(2016)
Gravitoturbulence in magnetised protostellar discs
Suarez T
(2016)
Bursty star formation feedback and cooling outflows
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aumer M
(2016)
The quiescent phase of galactic disc growth
Dehnen W
(2016)
Symplectic fourth-order maps for the collisional N-body problem
Hu S
(2016)
Stellar spiral structures in triaxial dark matter haloes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Faure J
(2016)
Planet filtering at the inner edges of dead zones in protoplanetary disks
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Aumer M
(2016)
The quiescent phase of galactic disc growth
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Viallet M
(2016)
A Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov method for time-implicit multidimensional hydrodynamics Physics-based preconditioning for sound waves and thermal diffusion
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hall C
(2016)
Directly observing continuum emission from self-gravitating spiral waves
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Barker A
(2016)
Non-linear tides in a homogeneous rotating planet or star: global simulations of the elliptical instability
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Riols A
(2016)
Gravitoturbulence in magnetized protostellar discs
Cheung G
(2016)
Excited and exotic charmonium, D s and D meson spectra for two light quark masses from lattice QCD
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Roth N
(2016)
Genetically modified haloes: towards controlled experiments in ?CDM galaxy formation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Few C
(2016)
Testing hydrodynamics schemes in galaxy disc simulations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aumer M
(2016)
Age-velocity dispersion relations and heating histories in disc galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hu S
(2016)
Stellar spiral structures in triaxial dark matter haloes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Geroux C
(2016)
Multi-dimensional structure of accreting young stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dobbs C
(2016)
Magnetic field evolution and reversals in spiral galaxies
Helling C
(2016)
The mineral clouds on HD 209458b and HD 189733b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zubovas K
(2016)
A simple way to improve AGN feedback prescription in SPH simulations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pontzen A
(2016)
How to quench a galaxy
Smilgys R
(2016)
Star formation in Galactic flows
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | Many new results about black holes, galaxy formation and evolution, star formation and evolution have been made possible by the grant. |
| Exploitation Route | Many academic collaborations are supported by the HPC resources of DiRAC. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Creative Economy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Financial Services and Management Consultancy Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology |
| URL | http://www.dirac.ac.uk |
| Description | The DiRAC facility is being widely used by researchers across the UK. We are working closely with industrial partners to design our future systems - this interaction is expected to lead to collaborative technical projects. A significant fractino of our graduating PhD students have gone into many branches of industry, including aerospace, defence and the games industry. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education |
| Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | DiRAC2: Recurrent Costs for 100 Tflop/s HPC cluster |
| Amount | £391,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/K003259/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2012 |
| End | 01/2016 |
| Description | Royal Astronomical Society's Undergraduate Research Bursary |
| Amount | £1,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Astronomical Society |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2014 |
| End | 08/2014 |
| Description | DiRAC |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Department | Distributed Research Utilising Advanced Computing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am the PI for two research grants for the procurement and running of the Complexity@DiRAC High Performance Computing cluster at the University of Leicester. This cluster is now in active operation as a national HPC facility. |
| Collaborator Contribution | DiRAC is the facility which provides HPC resources for the theoretical astrophysics and particle physics communities within STFC. |
| Impact | The establishment and running of a new HPC cluster at the University of Leicester as part of the DiRAC national facility. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Astronomy Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I spoke to about 100 people at the Astronomy Ireland meeting in November 2013 in Trinity College Dublin. My talk was very well received and I have been invited to give another talk to this audience at a later date. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.astronomy.ie/lecture201311.php |
| Description | BBC Stargazing Live |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentations as part of the BBC Stargazing Live at the National Space Centre and at the University of Leicester, attended by approximately 50 people (2011), 50 people (2012), 300 people (2013), 100 people (2014). The presentation generated lots of questions and discussion from the audience. Local schools had an opportunity to visit the University which is good for inclusivity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | Cafe Scientifique |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I spoke to the Nottingham Cafe Scientifique about various aspects of the research that myself and others are doing with DiRAC. About 40 people attended. I gave a 25 minute presentation which was followed by more than an hour of questions and discussion. One audience member wrote a blog piece about my talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://nottinghamscience.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/talk-building-galaxies-in-office.html |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Over the course of the four day, more than 600 people attended my talks. The Friday evening presentation was followed by more than an hour of audience questions. Several audience members contacted me to ask additional questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | School Visit (Dublin) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 90 primary school students (3 classes) aged 8-12 years old attended my talks in Rathfarnham Parish National School. Following my visit, a number of students expressed interest in pursuing a career in science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Secular Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Spoke to about 50 members of the Leicester Secular Society. My talk generated considerable discussion among the members of the LSS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.leicestersecularsociety.org.uk/calendar/view_entry.php?id=1145&date=20121209 |