Upgrades to SimCenter Research Tools and DesignSafe HPC

July 2, 2019

The NHERI DesignSafe web portal was upgraded at the end of June, and the middleware upgrades will enhance performance for scientific applications. Users of SimCenter Research Applications (uqFEM, EE-UQ, and PBE) should download the latest version to take advantage of this performance upgrade. If you have a version of these applications older than June 29, the application can be run locally on your own computer but it will not run on the enhanced HPC system.

SimCenter educational learning tool applications are not impacted by the HPC middleware upgrade. If you have any questions or experience any issues, please submit a help ticket (https://www.designsafe-ci.org/help/new-ticket/).

Summary of Research Tool Upgrades:

  • Changes for uqFEM v1.1.1 (July 2 2019):
    • Modified Agave client to work with the updated Agave(Tapis) API to support the new job service
  • Changes for EE-UQ v1.2.0 (June 29, 2019):
    • Added 2D motions to the site response tool
    • Modified Agave client to work with the updated Agave(Tapis) API to support the new job service
    • Added user preferences dialog to set and save user preferences for local and remote simulations
    • Improved UI interactions
    • Minor bug fixes
  • Changes for PBE v1.2.0 (June 30, 2019):
    • Updated user interface for damage and loss calculations
    • Added 2D motions to the site response tool
    • Modified Agave client to work with the updated Agave(Tapis) API to support the new job service
    • Added user preferences dialog to set and save user preferences for local and remote simulations
    • Improved UI interactions
    • Minor bug fixes

Have you upgraded to the latest version?