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
Dobbs C
(2022)
The formation of massive stellar clusters in converging galactic flows with photoionization
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dobbs C
(2022)
The formation of clusters and OB associations in different density spiral arm environments
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dobbs C
(2016)
Magnetic field evolution and reversals in spiral galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dobbs C
(2013)
The exciting lives of giant molecular clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dobbs C
(2015)
The interstellar medium and star formation on kpc size scales
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dobbs C
(2020)
The formation of young massive clusters by colliding flows
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Dobbs C
(2015)
The frequency and nature of 'cloud-cloud collisions' in galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dobbs C
(2013)
The dependence of stellar age distributions on giant molecular cloud environment
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Dobbs C
(2020)
The formation of young massive clusters by colliding flows
Dogan S
(2015)
Tearing up a misaligned accretion disc with a binary companion
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Drummond B
(2018)
The 3D Thermal, Dynamical, and Chemical Structure of the Atmosphere of HD 189733b: Implications of Wind-driven Chemistry for the Emission Phase Curve
in The Astrophysical Journal
Drummond B
(2016)
The effects of consistent chemical kinetics calculations on the pressure-temperature profiles and emission spectra of hot Jupiters
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Drummond B
(2020)
Implications of three-dimensional chemical transport in hot Jupiter atmospheres: Results from a consistently coupled chemistry-radiation-hydrodynamics model
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Duarte L
(2015)
Helicity inversion in spherical convection as a means for equatorward dynamo wave propagation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Duarte-Cabral A
(2017)
The evolution of giant molecular filaments
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Duarte-Cabral A
(2016)
What can simulated molecular clouds tell us about real molecular clouds?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Duarte-Cabral A
(2015)
Synthetic CO, H2 and H i surveys of the second galactic quadrant, and the properties of molecular gas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dubois Y
(2014)
Dancing in the dark: galactic properties trace spin swings along the cosmic web
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dubois Y
(2014)
Black hole evolution - III. Statistical properties of mass growth and spin evolution using large-scale hydrodynamical cosmological simulations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dubois Y
(2014)
Black hole evolution - II. Spinning black holes in a supernova-driven turbulent interstellar medium
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dubois Y
(2013)
Blowing cold flows away: the impact of early AGN activity on the formation of a brightest cluster galaxy progenitor
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dubois Y
(2013)
AGN-driven quenching of star formation: morphological and dynamical implications for early-type galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Duguet T
(2016)
Ab initio calculation of the potential bubble nucleus $^{34}$Si
Duguet T
(2017)
Ab initio calculation of the potential bubble nucleus Si 34
in Physical Review C
Duguid C
(2020)
Convective turbulent viscosity acting on equilibrium tidal flows: new frequency scaling of the effective viscosity
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
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dunhill A
(2013)
The curiously circular orbit of Kepler-16b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dunhill A
(2014)
Misaligned accretion on to supermassive black hole binaries
Dunhill A
(2015)
Precession and accretion in circumbinary discs: the case of HD 104237
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Eager-Nash J
(2020)
Implications of different stellar spectra for the climate of tidally locked Earth-like exoplanets
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Elahi P
(2016)
nIFTY galaxy cluster simulations - III. The similarity and diversity of galaxies and subhaloes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Elsender D
(2023)
On the frequencies of circumbinary discs in protostellar systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fancher J
(2023)
On the relative importance of shocks and self-gravity in modifying tidal disruption event debris streams
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fauchez T
(2021)
TRAPPIST Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI) workshop report
Fauchez T
(2021)
TRAPPIST Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI) Workshop Report
in The Planetary Science Journal
Faure J
(2016)
Planet filtering at the inner edges of dead zones in protoplanetary disks
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Fendyke S
(2014)
On the corotation torque for low-mass eccentric planets
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Few C
(2014)
Chemodynamics of a simulated disc galaxy: initial mass functions and Type Ia supernova progenitors
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
Fiacconi D
(2018)
Galactic nuclei evolution with spinning black holes: method and implementation
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 |