[committee] Fwd: [RA] Calls are open for supercomputing time on Magnus at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in 2020

Wes Wilson wesley.wilson at research.uwa.edu.au
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Subject: 	[RA] Calls are open for supercomputing time on Magnus at the 
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in 2020
Date: 	Fri, 9 Aug 2019 08:04:43 +0000
From: 	Robyn Owens <dvcr at uwa.edu.au>
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[RA] Calls are open for supercomputing time on Magnus at the Pawsey 
Supercomputing Centre in 2020
If you are interested in using supercomputing resources for your 
meritorious research between January and December in 2020, please 
consider applying.
	
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  Calls are open for supercomputing time on Magnus
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Calls are open for supercomputing time on Magnus at the Pawsey 
Supercomputing Centre in 2020. If you are interested in using 
supercomputing resources for your meritorious research between January 
and December in 2020, please consider applying.

The 2020 calls are for the following schemes:

  * *National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS)
    <https://uwa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a0078b5433c806dccc51b21f&id=f2e2b4c7a5&e=afbc06c091>* -
    supports computational research in all science disciplines across
    Australia. There are *100 million* core hours available on Magnus
    for this call. NCMAS also provides access to the new NCI Gadi system
    and other resources.
  * *Energy and Resources Merit Allocation Scheme
    <https://uwa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a0078b5433c806dccc51b21f&id=ec33160c70&e=afbc06c091>* -
    supports Energy and Resources-focused research projects from across
    Australia. Energy examples include generation, storage and
    distribution. Resources examples include exploration, minerals
    extraction and processing, groundwater, and waste management. There
    are *55.5 million* core hours available on Magnus for this call.
  * *Pawsey Partner Merit Allocation Scheme
    <https://uwa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a0078b5433c806dccc51b21f&id=014cd1a8f8&e=afbc06c091>* -
    supports the whole range of computational research at Pawsey Partner
    institutions. Partner institutions are CSIRO, Curtin University,
    Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and The University of
    Western Australia. Western Australian Government researchers are
    also eligible for the Partner Scheme. There are *110 million* core
    hours available on Magnus for this call.

*NCMAS closes on 20th **September 2019 and the other two schemes on the 
4th **October 2019*

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Pawsey's petascale supercomputer, Magnus, is available for allocations 
through the current call. Magnus supports capability-scale computational 
research. It is a Cray XC40 system, with 1,488 compute nodes (35,712 
cores) using Intel Xeon 'Haswell' CPUs, linked by the Cray Aries 
interconnect. Some applicants may be allocated onto the Zeus cluster, 
which contains a CPU partition and a modest GPU partition, so 
Zeus-specific users are also encouraged to apply (and make this clear in 
the application).

As a guide, we anticipate requests to be in the order of 1-10 million 
core hours, although smaller (and larger) requests will be considered. 
Applicants should confirm their software can run effectively on Magnus 
(or Zeus), provide detailed justification/benchmarks of how they have 
estimated their compute-time requirements, and state why they need to 
run at a Tier-1 supercomputing centre (e.g. capability-scale jobs, high 
throughput, data-intensive). Pawsey staff have developed a guide for 
Writing a Strong Competitive Merit Application 
<https://uwa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a0078b5433c806dccc51b21f&id=f2cd768c1c&e=afbc06c091>. 
There is a short course on NCMAS at learning.hpc-australia.org.au 
<https://uwa.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a0078b5433c806dccc51b21f&id=9c5ccff4da&e=afbc06c091>.

We encourage experienced research groups to apply for the NCMAS to 
maximise their opportunities and to establish a track record in NCMAS 
for the future. We also encourage researchers to apply for both Magnus 
and NCI’s Gadi system where appropriate and justified.

There are no significant changes for the Pawsey Partner and Energy and 
Resources schemes. There is a new NCMAS Terms of Reference, improvements 
to the NCMAS application portal, and NCI’s Gadi system will be available.

Pawsey is offering a technical pre-submission check for proposals. Upon 
request, Pawsey supercomputing staff will check an application, 
highlighting any potential omissions or errors they identify, plus 
suggesting changes that may improve the technical assessment for the 
proposal. For NCMAS applications this must occur via email (send us a 
copy /*before*/ submission) rather than by Pawsey staff accessing the 
form. Project leaders should email a request to help at pawsey.org.au 
<mailto:help at pawsey.org.au> in advance of 9th September 2019 for NCMAS 
and 23rd September 2019 for the other schemes.

For assistance with your application or for any other enquiries, please 
contact the Pawsey Helpdesk at help at pawsey.org.au 
<mailto:help at pawsey.org.au>.

*Robyn Owens*
*Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)*
M460, Perth WA 6009 Australia
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