June 2016 - Physics-Departmental-Computing

EPSRC Capital call
by David Colling 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

The following EPSRC call might be interesting to some of us: https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/tier2capitalinvestments/ I am pretty sure that ICT will haave picked this up but if they haven't yet then hopefully the ICT people on this list can forward it to them. Best, david

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Fwd: International Integrated Population Microdata for the World - DSI Lunchtime Seminar
by David Colling 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

Sadly, I cannot make this lecture tomorrow but thought that some of you might find it interesting... -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: International Integrated Population Microdata for the World - DSI Lunchtime Seminar Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:14:40 +0000 From: McDonagh, Dominic <d.mcdonagh(a)imperial.ac.uk> To: Muggleton, Stephen H <s.muggleton(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Rodriguez Villegas, Esther <e.rodriguez(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Rueckert, Daniel <d.rueckert(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Matthews, Paul <p.matthews(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Yaliraki, Sophia <s.yaliraki(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Faisal, Aldo A <a.faisal(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Haigh, Joanna D <j.haigh(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Pain, Christopher <c.pain(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Jaffe, Andrew H <a.jaffe(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Leroi, Armand M <a.leroi(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Trotta, Roberto <r.trotta(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Stumpf, Michael P H <m.stumpf(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Heard, Nicholas A <n.heard(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Yeatman, Eric <e.yeatman(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Adams, Niall M <n.adams(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Knottenbelt, William J <w.knottenbelt(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Kosowski, Robert <r.kosowski(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Kennedy, Mark T <mark.kennedy(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Haskel, Jonathan <j.haskel(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Heinis, Thomas <t.heinis(a)imperial.ac.uk>, McCann, Julie A <j.mccann(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Shah, Nilay <n.shah(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Rosindell, James L <j.rosindell(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Polak, John W <j.polak(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Constantinides, George A <g.constantinides(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Hankin, Chris L <c.hankin(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Sternberg, Michael J E <m.sternberg(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Nicholson, Jeremy K <j.nicholson(a)imperial.ac.uk>, McCann, Julie A <j.mccann(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Toumazou, Christofer <c.toumazou(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Colling, David J <d.colling(a)imperial.ac.uk>, van Dyk, David A <d.van-dyk(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Rueckert, Daniel <d.rueckert(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Elliott, Paul <p.elliott(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Ezzati, Majid <majid.ezzati(a)imperial.ac.uk> Dear DSI Investigators, I’d like to invite you to our upcoming lunch seminar this Friday being delivered by Professor Robert McCaa (University of MinnesotaPopulation Center). DSI Lunchtime Seminar – Friday 17^th June, 13:00 – 14:00 *International Integrated Population Microdata for the World* Professor Robert McCaa (University of MinnesotaPopulation Center) Royal School of Mines LT 2.28 Further details here <http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/engineering/d…> Complimentary lunch served. / / /The census microdata revolution, foretold over a decade ago, has arrived, but it is not yet complete. Then, census microdata were available for only a handful of countries and trans-border access was impossible for all but a few. Now, from the website www.ipums.org <http://www.ipums.org>, hosted by the University of Minnesota Population Center, many decades of census microdata for much of the world are readily accessible free of cost to bona fide researchers anywhere—regardless of country of birth, residence or citizenship./ / / /At this lunchtime seminar Professor McCaa from the University of Minnesota Population Center describes the IPUMS project, and the great potential of the data for researchers./ Best wishes, *Dominic McDonagh | *Business Development Officer Data Science Institute*|* Imperial College London d.mcdonagh(a)imperial.ac.uk <mailto:d.mcdonagh@imperial.ac.uk> +44 (0)20 7594 8291 www.imperial.ac.uk/data-science <http://www.imperial.ac.uk/data-science> @ImperialDSI <https://twitter.com/imperialdsi>

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Departmental Computing Meeting this Friday
by David Colling 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Dear All, The Computing meeting will be in 1004 at 12.30 on Friday. Exam marking this week has meant that I haven't given the agenda as much thought as it deserves but now that I am sitting in an airport lounge below is a possible agenda prototype (I will work on it tomorrow but this is to get people thinking and ideally provide feedback): - News from ICT (Person decided by ICT) - Status of the desktop/laptop replacement scheme (Harry V.) - UG computing: o Software to installed on the teaching machines o Unified distribution of python across college. ICT have suggested providing our own in the past but this proved hard. o The college condor batch system for desktops and how we might use it o the Physics data disks and how we might use them very soon. - Teaching IT facilities in general (traditionally everything from projectors to services available) - PG/RA teaching/development: o what can we do help our PGs and RAs in continuing to develop their software/computing skills? o Do we want to offer advanced programming courses? Perhaps cross section or perhaps across the whole department? If so in what languages? o Computing/Software fellowships. o Other forms of career development. - Research Computing: o On what facilities do different research groups rely? (it is a while since we have discussed this and suspect that it has evolved) o What facilities would make a difference (in a positive way). I suspect that there is little that we can other than encourage on this one. o Other concerns from the groups... - The national picture for a UK RCUK (RUK) infrasture... what is happening and who knows what about this (pooling knowledge is always good). Different research councils are putting out different calls/ideas. What can we do about them? - Next meeting date. - AoB Looking at it his already looks like a half day meeting, but lets try to keep it sharp and arrange further discussions where required. Any thoughts/pointing out of omissions et c. et c. are very welcome Best, david

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Departmental Computing meeting.
by David Colling 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Dear All, This coming Friday seems to be the clear winner of the Doodle poll so we will meet then. I have another meeting that I expect to finish about midday so shall we say 12.30? I will book a room tomorrow. I will put together an agenda over the next couple of days but please send in anything that you would like to include. Best, david

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Departmental Computing meeting
by David Colling 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Dear Physics computing reps, (cc'ing Matthew and Ray as I think that both condensed matter and experimental solid state need new reps). It has been a while since we have met and consequently I think that there is a lot for us to discuss. I am on holidat at the moment but have set up a doodle poll at: http://doodle.com/poll/h3n5d5d9iif2nds5 to gather people's availability. As usual this meeting will be at a lunchtime. I am on holiday at the moment but will put together an agenda towards the end of the week, so please let me know if you have specific things that you would like me to include. Best, david

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Fwd: RE: Wolfram London Technology Event
by David Colling 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

FYI... -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: RE: Wolfram London Technology Event Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 14:56:00 +0000 From: Weir, Kenny <k.weir(a)imperial.ac.uk> To: Colling, David J <d.colling(a)imperial.ac.uk> Dear David, I suspect the best way to disseminate this would be via the Computing Committee? May I leave this with you? Regards, Kenny *From:*Paul Barnett [mailto:paulb@wolfram.com] *Sent:* 31 May 2016 15:01 *To:* Ravat, Yusuf; Colling, David J; Weir, Kenny *Subject:* Wolfram London Technology Event Good Afternoon, I hope you are well? On 6th June 2016 we will be hosting a technology conference in London, as part of our European tour. The event will allow attendees to discover the power of cutting-edge computation and knowledge-based programming while gaining behind-the-scenes insight into the ever-expanding Wolfram ecosystem. It will also address how organisations of all sizes across industry, government, and academia can formulate an Enterprise Computation strategy to drive productivity and empower innovation. I have managed to obtain some discounted places for people that are affiliated with Universities that have a license agreement. I would therefore like to offer people there, a special offer rate of 50% off our standard price, which will allow registration at £37.50 for the full day. To take advantage of this offer people will need to use the link below and input the code PD2113 into the promotional code box on page 2 of the form. This link will also provide further details and the schedule. https://www.wolfram.com/events/europe-technology-tour-2016/registration-lon… If there is a way that you could make this information available to people there I would be grateful If you have any queries please do not hesitate to get in touch. Paul Barnett Key Account Manager Wolfram Research Europe Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1993 885 025 paulb(a)wolfram.com <mailto:sallys@wolfram.com> www.wolfram.com <http://www.wolfram.com> <https://internal.wolfram.com/design/projects/gabyd/2014/10_october/EWTC/ema…>

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