MUST, the digital platform of the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB) and the CNRS, is organizing its annual steering committee on March 27, 2026, on the LAPP premises.
The format of the meeting is similar to previous years. Any feedback on the use or needs of the platform is welcome.
JCAD days are dedicated to both users and technical experts in computing and data storage infrastructures and associated services.
The MUST technical team is pleased to offer this meeting to all users of the platform, as well as to everyone using the interactive machines lappui, lapthui, and lappusmb.
The meeting is also open to anyone with computing or storage needs, even if they are not (yet) using the CNRS/USMB MUST computing and storage mesocenter.
Please feel free to consult the Users area: https://www.must-datacentre.fr/users/
As an introduction to this meeting, we will recall the characteristics of the MUST digital platform and briefly mention its essential components, namely:
MUST, the Scientific Computing and Data Infrastructure of the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB) and the CNRS, presented its results and prospects during its steering committee on March 27, 2025.
An update on the uses of the MUST platform and the key events of 2024 were presented. A development anticipated for several years, the mesocenter’s external network connectivity was upgraded from 20 to 40 Gb/s at the beginning of 2024. The new national research infrastructure for mesocenters, succeeding Mesonet and France Grilles, was discussed, as well as the mesocenter’s national visibility. The update on the operation of the computer room at the Maison de la Mécatronique (Mechatronics House) provided an opportunity to discuss the work carried out in 2024 jointly by the IT team in charge of MUST and the Annecy Asset Management Service (SEP) of the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB) to create a safer and more environmentally friendly datacenter. It also served to reiterate the importance of collaboration between all parties (LAPP and USMB administrative services, the Annecy campus Asset Management Service, and the IT teams) for the smooth operation of MUST. The results of the IDEFICS project, led by the CNRS but which includes the LISTIC laboratory and the USMB Foundation, were also presented, as well as a reminder of its objectives for supporting AI.
MUST, the Scientific Computing and Data Infrastructure of the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB) and the CNRS, presented its results and prospects during its steering committee on April 10, 2024.
As a reminder, MUST can provide the latest generation GPU resources for Artificial Intelligence, high-performance computing resources and obviously all the storage you could need. These resources have already been essential for IDEFICS Artificial Intelligence support projects, including industrial partners, such as ADTP et Heliocity.
The MUST team is happy to invite all users to attend the “Fall MUST Users Meeting” at LAPP. This invitation also concerns all the persons using the interactive servers : lappui, lapthui or lappusmb. The meeting is open to anyone belonging to or associated with one of the University Savoie Mont Blanc laboratories, even if not using - yet - MUST mesocentre.
This meeting will be an opportunity to present the improvements of the MUSTFS data storage service and the evolution of the MUST interactive portal thanks to the implementation of a notebook service.
The meeting is open to anyone belonging to or associated with one of the University Savoie Mont Blanc laboratories, even if not using - yet - MUST mesocentre.
Last annual Steering Committee has been held on Decembre 15th, 2021.
