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A review of RSECon24
EPCC's Kara Moraw writes about attending the Eighth Annual Conference for Research Software Engineering.
Edinburgh International Data Facility: open for public data
Operated by EPCC, the Edinburgh International Data Facility (EIDF) provides a comprehensive set of data services through a large private cloud service.
Attending RSECon24 as an early-career research software engineer
The Eighth Annual Research Software Engineering Conference (RSECon24) took place in Newcastle from 3–5 September.
Evaluating random forest classifiers to optimise load balancing of parallel mesh generation
The numerical methods used to simulate fluid flows have received significant attention over the years, such that in many applications the solver itself is no longer the major bottleneck in a design
FAIRness and research software
FAIR-IMPACT is a three-year European project which is working to realise a FAIR European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) of data and services that are findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.
Record £10.2m investment to continue improving research software practices
The Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) has been awarded a record £10.2 million funding for a new project phase from 2024-2028 to continue its vital work as the first organisation in the world
EPCC at the International HPC Summer School 2024
In July EPCC staff members Weronika Filinger and Ludovic Capelli, and EPCC PhD students David Kacs, Hovhannes Minasyan and Xingran Ruan attended the International HPC Summer School in Kobe, Ja
New images reveal global pollution trends
The global concentrations of one of the main air pollutants known to affect human health have been graphically illustrated in a new way by a team of scientists.
Enabling science from the Rubin alert stream with Lasair
The Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile is now nearing completion and astronomers are looking forward to the start of the ten-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
EIDF data publishing service launched
Do you have open research datasets that you would like to share for the benefit of a wider research community, but lack a platform on which to publish them?
EPCC at RSECon24
RSECon24 (3–5 September) will bring together a mix of hundreds of engineers, developers, researchers, community managers, funders and educators.
Zephyr: a mini supercomputer inspired by EPCC's Wee Archie
Christodoulos Stylianou, an EPCC PhD candidate and research engineer based at The Cyprus Institute, writes about the experience of creating Zephyr, a mini supercomputer designed to appeal to people
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Research themes
We conduct research at the leading edge of High Performance Computing and Data Science.
ARCHER2
ARCHER2 serves as the UK’s National High Performance Computing system and facilitates world-class science for UK researchers.
Masters programmes
EPCC offers a suite of two linked masters programmes.
PhD study
As one of Europe's leading supercomputing centres, with a wide, varied, and interesting hardware ecosystem available, EPCC offers a unique setting for in-depth research and excellent connections in
Advanced Computing Facility
The Advanced Computing Facility is the High Performance Computing data centre of EPCC.
On-demand HPC service
Direct, secure access to EPCC’s High Performance Computing platforms delivering the highest levels of performance.
