Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) Newsletter This month, we have exciting news about award-winning research in the international HPCwire awards, plus three posts available within Advanced Research Computing. Further to October’s newsletter, our two student teams for the CIUK Cluster Challenge, return-1 and TED, have now completed challenge 3. Results are still to be … Continue reading “November BEAR Newsletter”
Author: Yajie Zhang
October BEAR Newsletter
Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) Newsletter We have been busy meeting lots of new PhD researchers this month at their inductions, as well as over 100 members of staff at the Staff Benefits Fair last week. Welcome to those who have just joined the mailing list – it is great to see all the … Continue reading “October BEAR Newsletter”
September BEAR Newsletter
Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) Newsletter September is the month for RSECon and this year, several of our Research Software Engineers (RSE) headed to Newcastle, where Gavin Yearwood and James Tyrrell led a successful lunchtime meeting of RSE’s involved in their own regional subgroups, with a large number of our local RSE Midlands members attending. Data-related … Continue reading “September BEAR Newsletter”
July BEAR Newsletter
As we head into the summer after a successful BEAR Challenge (see below), July is a quieter month for events, and there will be no BEAR newsletter in August. This month we have updates on BEAR services, including the doubling in capacity of our supercomputer, BlueBEAR, and an excellent job opportunity for finishing PhD students … Continue reading “July BEAR Newsletter”
June BEAR Newsletter
This month we cover lots of past and future events, with blog posts on the BEAR Conference and Baskerville Showcase, together with details on a session at the Postgraduate Research Festival and the BioFAIR Roadshow. We also have some articles on life within the Advanced Research Computing team, to give you an insight into our … Continue reading “June BEAR Newsletter”
May BEAR Newsletter
We’re excited to announce the winner of our 2024 ‘IT Needs of Active Research’ survey prize, with the £500 Amazon voucher going to a researcher in Computer Science! Matt said, “I’m grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the improvement of our computing services. Winning the prize is an unexpected bonus!” We extend our thanks … Continue reading “May BEAR Newsletter”
April BEAR Newsletter
Welcome to the BEAR Newsletter, bringing you the latest news from the BEAR team (Birmingham Environment for Academic Research), as well as other relevant computing and data-related news from both within the University of Birmingham and outside. April sees us welcome five new members to the Advanced Research Computing team! It is also a busy … Continue reading “April BEAR Newsletter”
March BEAR Newsletter
Welcome to the BEAR Newsletter, bringing you the latest news from the BEAR team (Birmingham Environment for Academic Research), as well as other relevant computing and data-related news from both within the University of Birmingham and outside. Exciting times ahead! Get ready to mark your calendars because the BEAR Conference 2024 is just around the … Continue reading “March BEAR Newsletter”