People at ICHEC
ICHEC staff play an important role in maintaining the national HPC infrastructure as well as supporting and developing the community to enable world-class research on these systems. Their main roles and responsibilities can be broadly categorised into various groups. However, much of the work is collaborative efforts that overlap different groups (e.g. Helpdesk issues are monitored and dealt with by nearly all ICHEC staff, including the Management Team).
The Management & Administrative Team
The Management & Administrative Team oversees the operation of the whole centre hence it is involved in all ICHEC activities. Some of its major functions include funding, administration, public relations, outreach and national/international collaborations, etc.
Computational Scientists
ICHEC computational scientists come from a diverse range of backgrounds (e.g. physics, geophysics, meteorology, chemistry, molecular dynamics, computer science, bioinformatics). They are responsible for the support and development of the research community. Their activities include:
- Consortium Support - constitutes the major role of computational scientists: provision of in-depth support/participation in ICHEC projects and development of the community.
- General user support - dealing with Helpdesk issues.
- Software package installations.
- Education & Training - organisation and delivery of training courses, participation in graduate programmes, supervision of students, coordination of workshops.
- Research Collaborations - participation in collaborative projects (e.g. Met Éireann, Irish Bio-Portal project, European SGI User Group).
- Technical consultations - offers advice and expertise on HPC architectures (e.g. Blue Gene, GPGPU).
Computational Researchers
The work of ICHEC's Computational Researchers is focused on a clearly defined research programme. This programme has been established with the support and colaboration of the Environmnetal Protection Agency (EPA) and an industrial partner.
Systems Staff
The systems staff are responsible for the operation of the infrastructure. They are involved in the following:
- Operation of the main systems used by researchers - Stokes, Stoney and Schrödinger.
- General user support - dealing with Helpdesk issues.
- Software package installations.
- Operation of internal systems such as those used for e-mails, web servers, backups, etc.
- Maintenance of all ICHEC equipments (e.g. workstations, laptops, video conferencing unit, etc).
- Development and maintenance of the ICHEC web site and management tools for users and projects.
- Met Éireann dedicated support.
Software Developers
Software developers are typically involved in specific collaborative projects, which includes our technology transfer activities with business and industry. ICHEC uses the PRINCE2 Project Management framework for software development work. Publicly accessible development projects are listed below:
Contact Details
The following are contact details for ICHEC staff members and links to individual biographies.