NAISS User Forum and All-Hands Meeting 2023
Venue: Collegium, Teknikringen 7, Linköping
The User Forum is the chance for all NAISS users, representing all diverse fields of science, to bring forward their views and perspectives on NAISS. Our infrastructure organisation is in its first year and stands before large investments and strategic decisions. So it is a crucial time to make your voice heard. We hope to see you in Linköping in December.
The NUF is held in parallell with the first NAISS All-Hands Meeting, bringing together the staff from across Sweden, working with or in close collaboration with NAISS. The All-Hands Meeting will share part of the programme with the NUF, while some sessions will be distinct. We also plan for an extra afternoon programme for the staff, after the closing of the NUF, on December 6.
Registration fee
Due to current tax regulations, NAISS needs to charge a registration fee of 150 SEK per person from all external participants. Registration fee will be requested from the respective university afterwards, a grand total for all participants together from the university in question.
Accommodation
When you are going to book a hotel in Linköping, you can primarily choose either Scandic Frimurarehotellet or Scandic Linköping Väst where you can get a better price if you state a discount code:
- Scandic Frimurarehotellet – code PRO10SE, gives a 10% discount
- Scandic Linköping Väst – code PRO15SE, gives a 15% discount
Registration
Deadline for signing up: 20 November
Signup form
Programme
Tuesday 5 December
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:15 Welcome
13:15-14:00 The current status of NAISS, existing services and ongoing developments
Jan-Eric Sundgren, NAISS Chairman
Björn Alling, Acting NAISS Director
14:00-15:00 The Arrhenius NAISS-EuroHPC system
Gert Svensson and Niclas Andersson, NAISS Technical Directors
15:00-16:00 Coffee (cake and sandwiches)
15:15-16:45 Group and plenary discussions, users perspectives on services and priorities for the future
16:45-17:30 The NAISS way for user support and NAISS branches
Torben Rasmussen and Henrik Zazzi, NAISS User Support Managers
Visit of Visualization Centre, Norrköping, and Dinner
17:30-18:15 Bus transport to Visualization Centre in Norrköping
18:15-21:00 Visualization show and dinner (Buffet). Please check the length of the queue to the buffet and, if necessary, start by visiting the early dome show:
- 18:30 VAST – A cosmic journey through space and time (35 minutes)
- 20:00 CHEMISTRY OF LIFE – The invisible inside (32 minutes)
21:00-21:45 Bus back to Linköping
Wednesday 6 December
08:30-09:00 National Allocations Committee (NAC) presents trends in applications and current allocation policy issues
Paul Erhardt, NAC Chairman
Peter Münger, NAC Secretary
09:00-10:30 Coffee
09:00-10:30 Group and plenary discussion on user support and allocation policies. Nomination to the User Support Advisory Committee (USAC)
10:30-11:50 Panel discussion about current and future trends within scientific HPC, storage and big data, consequences for Swedish research
Branislav Jansík, IT4Innovations, Czech Republic
Erik Lindahl, NAISS Steering Group, Sweden
11:50-12:00 Closing remarks for NAISS User Forum
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:30 Welcome to NAISS All-Hands Meeting
Björn Alling
Afterwards there will be two parallel sections to choose between:
13:30-17:00 Track 1, Support across all NAISS services
13:30-17:00 Track 2, Arrhenius procurement startup
Slideshows/presentations from the User Forum are available here.