The second JASMIN Conference on Advanced Computing for Environmental Science was held at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) on 27th and 28th June 2017, with attendees from universities and research institutions across the UK and further afield.
Selected conference presentations are available to download or watch in video form from the links within the programme below.
Conference programme
Conference programme
Day 1
Tuesday 27 June 2017
Presentation
09:30
Registration & refreshments
10:10
Welcome and opening
10:15
Plenary session 1
The JASMIN Data Commons: Now and into the future Prof. Bryan Lawrence, NCAS, University of Reading
JASMIN: infrastructure Jonathan Churchill, STFC Scientific Computing Department
JASMIN: service Dr. Matt Pritchard, CEDA
JASMIN: new developments Phil Kershaw, CEDA
12:00
Buffet lunch Optional JASMIN facility tour
13:15
Plenary session 2
Climate modelling at the petascale Pier-Luigi Vidale, Reading University/NCAS Climate
Undertaking the largest-ever assessment of the UK's wildlife Tom August, CEH
Interactive big data analysis with Jupyter, Dask and mor Jacob Tomlinson, Met Office
14:35
Refreshments Optional JASMIN facility tour
15:00
Plenary session 3
Polar Thematic Exploitation Platform David Herbert, British Antarctic Survey
Spark for Climate Analysis Karthee Sivalingam, Cray
"Pitch your Poster" (quick 1-minute pitches introducing posters or demos)
Using JASMIN to support developing nations, Mark Harrison, Met Office
PRIMAVERA data management and analysis using JASMIN, John Seddon, Met Office
Setting up THREDDS Data Server for JASMIN Group Workspaces, Sonia Fernandez, CEDA
Metadata aware climate data analysis tools: cf-python and cf-plot , Andy Heaps, Reading University
NAG library David Humphris, Numerical Algorithms Group
16:00
Poster session
17:00
Close of day 1
Day 2
Wednesday 28 June 2017
Presentation
09:15
Plenary session 4
Using JASMIN/CEMS for the generation of ECV data records in ESA CCI and EC projects Olaf Danne, Brockmann Consult, Germany
Global monitoring with sentinel-1 InSAR Emma Hatton, Leeds university
Met Office collaboration and JASMIN - Current use and future plans Roger Milton, Met Office
10:30
Refreshments
11:00
Plenary session 5
JASMIN user survey 2017 results Dr. Fatima Chami, CEDA
Discussion
12:00
Buffet lunch Optional JASMIN facility tour
13:15
End
13:15
Training session (optional)
Data transfer using Globus Dr. Matt Pritchard, CEDA
Getting started with interactive computing on JASMIN Dr. Fatima Chami, CEDA
Migrating from interactive compute to batch compute using LOTUS Dr. Fatima Chami, CEDA
Getting started with JASMIN cloud Phil Kershaw, CEDA