<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>***The Blue Gene/Q is Coming***</div><div>On Tuesday, IBM formally announced what ALCF users have known for some time---the Blue Gene/Q is coming to the ALCF in 2012. To read IBM's press release, visit: <a href="http://www.alcf.anl.gov/news/detail.php?id=429">http://www.alcf.anl.gov/news/detail.php?id=429</a>. An animated video of the Blue Gene/Q can be viewed in the video file (lower left) on the ALCF facebook page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Argonne-Leadership-Computing-Facility/33428102469">http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Argonne-Leadership-Computing-Facility/33428102469</a>. </div><div><br></div><div><div>***VASP on Intrepid***</div><div>VASP 5.2, a package for performing ab-initio quantum-mechanical molecular dynamics (MD) using pseudopotentials and a plane wave basis set, is available for use on Intrepid for VASP 5.2 license holders. For information on obtaining VASP, and using VASP on Intrepid, please go to <a href="https://wiki.alcf.anl.gov/index.php/VASP">https://wiki.alcf.anl.gov/index.php/VASP</a>.</div></div><div><br></div><div>***Haven't Received Your Account?***</div><div><div>If you have requested an account but have not received confirmation that it was created, please contact <a href="mailto:accounts@alcf.anl.gov">accounts@alcf.anl.gov</a>. Your request may have been pended awaiting approval from your PI, or pended awaiting ALCF receipt of requested documentation (i.e., signed Acknowledgement form, 593 documentation). </div><div><br></div></div><div><div>*** /home filesystems near capacity ***</div></div><div>The /home filesystems on Surveyor and Intrepid are near capacity. Please delete data you no longer need, and/or move data you don't need immediate access to out of /home. For help transferring or archiving data, please contact <a href="mailto:support@alcf.anl.gov">support@alcf.anl.gov</a>.<br><br>***eFixes Improve MPI Performance and Stability***</div><div>To take advantage of new features available via recent eFixes, you will need to recompile and relink your codes. For details, visit: <a href="https://wiki.alcf.anl.gov/index.php/BGP_Driver_Information">https://wiki.alcf.anl.gov/index.php/BGP_Driver_Information</a>.</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#101010" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div>***Important Dates***</div><div>February 15 - DOE ALCC proposals due: <a href="http://www.alcf.anl.gov/news/detail.php?id=407">http://www.alcf.anl.gov/news/detail.php?id=407</a></div><div>March 8-11 - Gordon Bell Workshop (please contact us if you are interested in attending) <a href="mailto:support@alcf.anl.gov">support@alcf.anl.gov</a></div><div>March 21 - INCITE Proposal Writing Webinar - invitation forthcoming</div><div>April 1 - Gordon Bell abstracts due: <a href="http://sc11.supercomputing.org/?pg=awards.html">http://sc11.supercomputing.org/?pg=awards.html</a></div><div>April 1 - SC11 paper abstracts due: <a href="http://sc11.supercomputing.org/?pg=dates.html">http://sc11.supercomputing.org/?pg=dates.html</a></div><div>April 8 - SC11 panel proposals due: <a href="http://sc11.supercomputing.org/?pg=dates.html">http://sc11.supercomputing.org/?pg=dates.html</a></div><div>April 13 - INCITE proposal submission period begins: <a href="http://www.doeleadershipcomputing.org/">http://www.doeleadershipcomputing.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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