ESiWACE3 hackathon and eflows4HPC workshop

ESiWACE3, a Center of Excellence in simulation of weather and climate in Europe, is organising a hackathon on October 18-20, 2023, at CSC in Finland.

The 3rd phase of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Simulation of Weather and Climate in Europe, ESiWACE3, presents its first hackathon, “Running weather and climate models on LUMI”. The event aims at helping climate scientists port and optimise their codes to new architectures, such as LUMI, and will be the first of four hackathons organised through the project. It will occur on 18-20 October 2023 at the CSC-Tieteen Tietotekniikan Keskus Oy (CSC) premises in Espoo (Finland). It will be an on-site event―with no remote participation possibility―and no attendance fee.

The hackathon is organised in tangent with the eFlows4HPC – ESiWACE - Climateurope2 communities workshop meeting on 17 October. You have the option to apply to attend either or both events. More information and registration for the workshop can be found here.

Who can apply?

Alongside the ESiWACE community, the event is open to anyone who is a member of an organisation eligible to receive an allocation for LUMI compute resources. We encourage groups with early career scientists, female researchers, and those from ITC countries to apply.

All the teams need to be committed, well prepared, know their applications in great detail, and have clear plans for what they want to achieve and an idea of how to do it. We are looking for proposals outlining a team effort of, for example, solving porting and/or performance issues with their code. Ideally, the scope should be limited so that good progress can be made during the hackathon with your team of typically two (2) to four (4) people.

Please note that we strongly prefer open-source applications.

How to apply and notifications

Closing date: 31.7.2023 Has been extended to 7.8.2023

Notifications: 11.8.2023

The application form is available on the event webpage here.

The applications will be evaluated based on technical and scientific merits by experts in the ESiWACE3 consortium. The teams whose application successfully passes the selection process will need to register for the event to confirm participation within two weeks from notification of acceptance. The notification of acceptance will include information on how to register.

There is no attendance fee for this event.

Only one registration per team is required.

If you have any questions, please contact servicedesk@csc.fi.