1. Spectrum Scale User Group
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
April 4-5, 2017
Kristy Kallback-Rose
Robert Oesterlin
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) is the primary scientific computing facility for the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy.
As one of the largest facilities in the world devoted to providing computational resources and expertise for basic scientific research
one of three divisions in the Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences area, The Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), another national user facility, and the Computational Research Division (CRD) are the other two.
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) is a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility that serves as the primary high-performance computing center for scientific research sponsored by the Office of Science. Located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the NERSC Center serves more than 6,000 scientists at national laboratories and universities researching a wide range of problems in combustion, climate modeling, fusion energy, materials science, physics, chemistry, computational biology, and other disciplines. Berkeley Lab is a DOE national laboratory located in Berkeley, California. It conducts unclassified scientific research and is managed by the University of California for the U.S. DOE Office of Science. 
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2. User Group Structure
Open to all using, interested in using or integrating GPFS
No sign up required, helpful if you join the mailing list
Web Site:
Community Consists of:
Online community (website, mailing list, webinars)
In-person Events held 2-4 times/year
Committee in UK:
Chair, secretary, co-chair and 1 media industry representative
Committee in USA (USA Chapter):
Principal and Co-principal (need sector representatives!)
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3. Focus on Users, not Sales
The Spectrum Scale Users Group is not to be used as a sales and marketing platform:
it is about the community 1st and
the technology 2nd, regardless of the supplier
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4. IBM Involvement
Whilst it is not an officially IBM-endorsed group, support is received to hold meetings and through provision of speakers from IBM
Special thanks to Doris Conti, Ulf Troppens, Peter Basmajian and lots of other IBMers for their participation and support
Looking forward to continuing this relationship

5. Upcoming Events
Apr 27, Australia Spectrum Scale User Group Meeting - Sydney, Australia
May 9-10, UK Spectrum Scale User Group Meeting (May 9-10 )
May 15, TBD - Norwegian Spectrum Storage User Meeting
May 18-19, Nordics Spectrum Storage User Meeting - Stockholm, Sweden
Jun 19, Spectrum Scale and Spectrum Compute User ISC17 - Frankfurt Germany
Nov 12, Spectrum Scale User Group SC17 - Denver, CO, USA
Dec TBD, Spectrum Scale User CIUK - TBD, UK
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6. Your Users Group Should be driven by participant requests for topics
Value in learning from what other sites have done
Your contributions are important and valued
Group is what you make of it
Please help shape future events and agendas