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
Bertulani C
(2021)
Examination of the sensitivity of quasifree reactions to details of the bound-state overlap functions
in Physical Review C
Bignell R
(2023)
Charm baryons at finite temperature on anisotropic lattices
Bignell R
(2022)
Charm baryons at finite temperature on anisotropic lattices
Bisbas T
(2012)
3d-pdr : a new three-dimensional astrochemistry code for treating photodissociation regions 3d-pdr : a new 3D code for treating PDRs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bisbas T
(2015)
torus-3dpdr: a self-consistent code treating three-dimensional photoionization and photodissociation regions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bisbas T
(2014)
A photodissociation region study of NGC 4038
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bonnivard V
(2015)
Dark matter annihilation and decay in dwarf spheroidal galaxies: the classical and ultrafaint dSphs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Booth R
(2015)
Smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of gas and dust mixtures
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bourne M
(2015)
Simulating feedback from nuclear clusters: the impact of multiple sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Bourne M
(2014)
Black hole feedback in a multiphase interstellar medium
Bourne M
(2015)
The resolution bias: low-resolution feedback simulations are better at destroying galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bourne M
(2014)
Black hole feedback in a multiphase interstellar medium
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bourne M
(2017)
AGN jet feedback on a moving mesh: cocoon inflation, gas flows and turbulence
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Brook C
(2013)
The Lowest Metallicity Stars in the LMC: Clues from MaGICC Simulations
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Brook C
(2014)
MaGICC baryon cycle: the enrichment history of simulated disc galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Brook CB
(2016)
The different baryonic Tully-Fisher relations at low masses.
in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Browning M
(2016)
THEORETICAL LIMITS ON MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS IN LOW-MASS STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Buckle J
(2015)
The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: SCUBA-2 observations of circumstellar discs in L 1495
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Buividovich P
(2022)
Quantum chaos in supersymmetric quantum mechanics: an exact diagonalization study
Buividovich P
(2022)
Quantum chaos in supersymmetric quantum mechanics: An exact diagonalization study
in Physical Review D
Bulla M
(2015)
Polarization spectral synthesis for Type Ia supernova explosion models
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bulla M
(2016)
Type Ia supernovae from violent mergers of carbon-oxygen white dwarfs: polarization signatures
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bulla M
(2016)
Predicting polarization signatures for double-detonation and delayed-detonation models of Type Ia supernovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Burgess D
(2016)
Microstructure in two- and three-dimensional hybrid simulations of perpendicular collisionless shocks
in Journal of Plasma Physics
Burgess D
(2016)
MULTIPLE CURRENT SHEET SYSTEMS IN THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE: ENERGY RELEASE AND TURBULENCE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Cameron A
(2023)
A novel approach to correcting T e-based mass-metallicity relations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Campbell-White J
(2020)
Shape Analysis of HII Regions -- II. Synthetic Observations
Candlish G
(2016)
Weighing the galactic disc using the Jeans equation: lessons from simulations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cashmore C
(2017)
Too small to succeed: the difficulty of sustaining star formation in low-mass haloes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Caswell J. L.
(2014)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: 6-GHz methanol multibeam maser catalogue (Caswell+, 2010-12)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Ceuster F
(2022)
3D Line Radiative Transfer & Synthetic Observations with Magritte
in Journal of Open Source Software
Chachan Y
(2019)
Dust accretion in binary systems: implications for planets and transition discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chan K
(2024)
Stability of dusty rings in protoplanetary discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chardin J
(2015)
Calibrating cosmological radiative transfer simulations with Ly a forest data: evidence for large spatial UV background fluctuations at z ~ 5.6-5.8 due to rare bright sources
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 | 05/2012 |
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 | 06/2014 |
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 |