The visit to ECMWF was scheduled to start with a short introduction about ECMWF, the Computer infrastructure used at ECMWF and a guided tour to the computer hall where all the supercomputers used by ECMWF reside. Manfred Kloeppel started by introducing ECMWF as an independent intergovernmental organisation currently consisting of 37 Member and Co-Operating states.… Read more »
Category: Events
Past events at BCS Oxfordshire. For a list of coming events visit our Programme page.
IT Challenges from Mars
Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum) Dr Helen Walker, Satellite Operations Group, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Thursday 24th January 2012 – 7:30pm Oxford e-Research Centre, 6 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG Abstract ESA’s Mars Express satellite was launched in 2003, and has been in orbit around Mars for almost 10 years. There are seven instruments… Read more »
Visit to European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Thursday, February 14, 2013 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by 34 States. It provides weather services with medium-range forecasts of global weather (up to 15 days ahead), monthly forecasts, and seasonal forecasts. ECMWF’s computer… Read more »
Hertfordshire Branch – The German Enigma, The Turing Bombe and the Bombe Rebuild
Date: 12 December 19:30 -21:00 Venue: Lindop Building, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB FOC Event for both BCs and Non BCS Members Speaker: Alan Wray, retired ex-BTM, ICT, ICL, now Fujitsu. The breaking of Enigma was critical to the outcome of WW2. Alan’s talk will cover the development, adoption and operation of… Read more »
What’s happening to the car industry? Driving Jaguar Land Rover Growth with CAE and HPC
BCS Project Management Specialist Group 18:00 on Tuesday, 11th December 2012 at BCS London. Jaguar Land Rover design, engineer and manufacture luxury sports saloons, sports cars and premium 4x4s in the UK, which sell in 177 countries. The complexity, timescale and cost associated with automotive engineering and safety testing demands an advanced IT environment. This… Read more »
