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
Welker C
(2014)
Mergers drive spin swings along the cosmic web
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Vorabbi M
(2024)
Microscopic optical potentials for medium-mass isotopes derived at the first order of Watson multiple-scattering theory
in Physical Review C
Burgess D
(2016)
Microstructure in two- and three-dimensional hybrid simulations of perpendicular collisionless shocks
in Journal of Plasma Physics
Aumer M
(2017)
Migration and kinematics in growing disc galaxies with thin and thick discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ziampras A
(2024)
Migration of low-mass planets in inviscid discs: the effect of radiation transport on the dynamical corotation torque
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pontzen A
(2015)
Milking the spherical cow - on aspherical dynamics in spherical coordinates
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dunhill A
(2014)
Misaligned accretion on to supermassive black hole binaries
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dunhill A
(2014)
Misaligned accretion on to supermassive black hole binaries
Dunhill A
(2014)
Misaligned accretion on to supermassive black hole binaries
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aly H
(2015)
Misaligned gas discs around eccentric black hole binaries and implications for the final-parsec problem
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aly H
(2015)
Misaligned gas discs around eccentric black hole binaries and implications for the final-parsec problem
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Weber M
(2016)
MODELING THE RISE OF FIBRIL MAGNETIC FIELDS IN FULLY CONVECTIVE STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ali A
(2018)
Modelling massive star feedback with Monte Carlo radiation hydrodynamics: photoionization and radiation pressure in a turbulent cloud
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Acreman D
(2015)
Modelling multiwavelength observational characteristics of bow shocks from runaway early-type stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Petkova M
(2021)
Modelling of ionizing feedback with smoothed particle hydrodynamics and Monte Carlo radiative transfer on a Voronoi grid
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ziampras A
(2023)
Modelling planet-induced gaps and rings in ALMA discs: the role of in-plane radiative diffusion
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
Winther H
(2015)
Modified gravity N -body code comparison project
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Winther H
(2015)
Modified gravity N -body code comparison project
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Winther H
(2015)
Modified Gravity N-body Code Comparison Project
Somà V
(2021)
Moving away from singly-magic nuclei with Gorkov Green's function theory
in The European Physical Journal A
Ross J
(2017)
MRI turbulence and thermal instability in accretion discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Geroux C
(2016)
Multi-dimensional structure of accreting young stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Geroux C
(2016)
Multi-dimensional structure of accreting young stars
Burgess D
(2016)
MULTIPLE CURRENT SHEET SYSTEMS IN THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE: ENERGY RELEASE AND TURBULENCE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Monnier J
(2019)
Multiple Spiral Arms in the Disk around Intermediate-mass Binary HD 34700A
in The Astrophysical Journal
Rocco N
(2019)
Neutrino-nucleus cross section within the extended factorization scheme
in Physical Review C
Iršic V
(2017)
New constraints on the free-streaming of warm dark matter from intermediate and small scale Lyman- a forest data
in Physical Review D
Katz H
(2020)
New methods for identifying Lyman continuum leakers and reionization-epoch analogues
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Spriggs T.
(2023)
New results for thermal interquark bottomonium potentials using NRQCD from the HAL QCD method
in Proceedings of Science
Sembolini F
(2016)
nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations - I. Dark matter and non-radiative models
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
Elahi P
(2016)
nIFTY galaxy cluster simulations - III. The similarity and diversity of galaxies and subhaloes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cui W
(2016)
nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations - IV. Quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties
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 |