In this interview with NERSC HPC Consultant Steve Leak, learn about the new NERSC software support policy: what it is, how it works, and its benefits for users and NERSC staff alike.

NERSC Power Upgrade; David Topete Interview

Jul 6th, 2020 12m 27s

In this interview with Berkeley Lab Infrastructure Modernization Division's David Topete, learn about the power upgrade happening this weekend, the work that has to be done, and the steps taken to ensure the safety of the workers involved in th

Dynamic Fan; Norm Bourassa Interview

Jun 8th, 2020 31m 11s

In this interview with NERSC Building Infrastructure Group's Norm Bourassa, learn about how NERSC is saving energy with the dynamic fan setting on the Cori supercomputing cabinets, and what we are doing to make the cabinets even more energy eff

GPU Hackathons; Kevin Gott Interview

May 11th, 2020 12m 13s

In this interview with NERSC Application Performance Specialist Kevin Gott, learn about the upcoming GPU Hackathon sponsored by NERSC: what it's for, the format of the event, and how to apply.

The RAPIDS Library; Nick Becker Interview

Feb 24th, 2020 19m 44s

In this interview with NVIDIA RAPIDS senior engineer Nick Becker, learn about the RAPIDS library, how it can accelerate your data science, and how to use it.

How Slurm Works; Chris Samuel Interview

Feb 10th, 2020 25m 58s

In this interview with NERSC HPC Systems Engineer Chris Samuel, learn all about Slurm: the life cycle of a job submitted to the batch queue, how Slurm decides which jobs should run when, and tips and tricks on making Slurm work for you.

IO Middleware; Quincey Koziol Interview

Jan 27th, 2020 13m 49s

In this interview with NERSC Principal Data Architect Quincey Koziol, learn about IO middleware: what it is, how you can benefit from using it in your code, and how it is evolving to support data-intensive computing and future supercomputing ar

NERSC 2019 in Review and Looking Forward, Sudip Dosanjh Interview

Jan 13th, 2020 12m 19s

NERSC Director Sudip Dosanjh discusses the highlights of 2019 at NERSC, as well as what to look forward to in 2020 and beyond.

Community File System; Kristy Kallback-Rose, Greg Butler, and Ravi Cheema Interview

Dec 9th, 2019 10m 49s

In this interview with NERSC Storage Systems Group's Kristy Kallback-Rose, Greg Butler, and Ravi Cheema, learn all about the new Community File System (CFS): why we're introducing it, how your data will be migrated to it, and advice for using i

Alvarez and Hopper Postdoctoral Fellowships; Brian Friesen Interview

Nov 4th, 2019 8m 34s

In this interview with NERSC Application Performance Specialist Brian Friesen, learn about the Luis W. Alvarez and Grace M. Hopper Postdoctoral Fellowships: what they are, how to apply, and how the Hopper fellowship compares with the NERSC NESA

Introducing the IRIS System; Gabor Torok and Mark Day Interview

Oct 7th, 2019 13m 11s

In this episode we introduce the new IRIS allocation banking and identity and access management system that NERSC has developed to replace NIM. Learn from NERSC Infrastructure Services Group's Gabor Torok and Mark Day about how the system was b

Monitoring System Performance; Eric Roman Interview

Sep 23rd, 2019 16m 58s

In this interview with NERSC Computational Systems Group's Eric Roman, learn about how NERSC is monitoring the performance of our systems, what we're doing with that data, and how we plan to use it in the future.

The Superfacility Concept; Debbie Bard Interview

Sep 9th, 2019 19m 44s

In this interview with NERSC Data Science Engagement Group Lead Debbie Bard, learn about the superfacility concept: what it means, how facilities interact, and what NERSC and partner experimental facilities are doing to prepare for the future o

Optimizing I/O in Applications; Jialin Liu Interview

Aug 19th, 2019 18m 53s

In this interview with NERSC HPC Data Analytics Engineer Jialin Liu, learn about a case study on I/O optimization, in which the team took the Etalumis learning application from spending 75% of its time on I/O down to spending only 5% of its tim

ERCAP Allocation Requests; Clayton Bagwell Interview

Aug 12th, 2019 10m 3s

Learn about ERCAP, the allocation request process for NERSC, which opens today (August 12), in this interview with NERSC allocations and account support specialist Clayton Bagwell.

Roofline Model for Application Performance; Charlene Yang Interview

Jul 29th, 2019 12m 17s

In this interview with NERSC Application Performance Specialist Charlene Yang, learn about the roofline model for application performance: what it is and how it works, how to use it to improve your application's performance, and future directio

Parallelware Trainer; Manuel Arenaz Interview

Jul 8th, 2019 23m 13s

In this interview with Appentra Solutions CEO and co-founder Manuel Arenaz, learn about the Appentra Parallelware Trainer tool: how it can help you learn to code with OpenMP and OpenACC, the features of the tool, and how to use it on Cori.

July Power Outage; Ben Maxwell Interview

Jul 1st, 2019 17m 31s

In this interview with NERSC Building Infrastructure Group lead Ben Maxwell, learn about the mechanical substation work that will take NERSC offline the last weekend of July: what it's for, what work will be performed, and how NERSC plans these

NERSC User Group; Richard Gerber Interview

Jun 17th, 2019 11m 59s

Learn about the NERSC User Group (NUG), the upcoming NUG annual meeting (July 19, 2019 in Rockville, MD), and what NUG can do for you in this interview with NERSC HPC Department Head Richard Gerber.

Containers in HPC; Shane Canon Interview

Jun 10th, 2019 20m 55s

Learn all about containers, how people are using them at NERSC, and how to get started with them yourself, in this interview with NERSC Data Analytics and Services Group's Shane Canon!

Jupyter at NERSC; Rollin Thomas Interview

Jun 3rd, 2019 13m 11s

Learn about Jupyter at NERSC: what it is, how it works, and what people are using it for, as well as plans for the future of Jupyter at NERSC, in this interview with the NERSC Data and Analytics Services Group's Rollin Thomas.

Profiling Codes with Cray Performance Tools; Heidi Poxon Interview

May 20th, 2019 24m 50s

In this interview with Cray senior principal engineer and senior manager in programming environments Heidi Poxon, learn about why you would want to profile your code, what kind of differences you might see in performance on different architectu

KNL Office Hours; Jack Deslippe Interview

May 6th, 2019 14m 42s

In this interview with NERSC Application Performance Group Lead Jack Deslippe, learn about NERSC's KNL Office Hours (held every Friday in May from 9 am to 3 pm Pacific): why we're holding them, what users can join in to get help with, and the a

Community GPU Hackathon; Kevin Gott Interview

Apr 29th, 2019 14m 4s

In this interview with NERSC Application Performance Specialist Kevin Gott, learn about the upcoming community GPU hackathon NERSC will be hosting in July: what it's about, what happens at a hackathon, and how to apply (due date May 15)!