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Montage promoting Poster abstract submission deadline of 5 February

Deadline approaching!
Poster abstracts for the ARCHER2 Celebration of Science 2026 must be submitted by this Thursday, 5 Feb, 2026. Posters should demonstrate your work on ARCHER2, showcasing impact achieved using the UK National Supercomputing Service. edin.ac/4a50W0f

Computer-generated image shows "Lattice Boltzmann modelling of droplet equatorial streaming in an electric field" by Dr Geng Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London.

The ARCHER2 calendar image for February is "Lattice Boltzmann modelling of droplet equatorial streaming in an electric field" by Dr Geng Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London. Read about the science behind Dr Wang's image on the ARCHER2 website: edin.ac/3NPLKeU

CAKE The CAKE Network+ facilitates knowledge exchange and sustainable collaboration across the UK Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) communities.

Looking for funding opportunities across UK DRI?
A range of resources and funding schemes are currently available to support activities and projects. Explore what’s on offer by visiting the website of CAKE, the Computational Abilities Knowledge ExchangeNetwork+ : cake.ac.uk/funds/

Excited our paper on stencil compiler for @cerebrassystems.bsky.social #WSE has been accepted to ASPLOS . Using MLIR, without any code changes across three frontends we have highly competative performance against manually written code and around 14x performance of 128 A100 GPUs.

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Raising programmer productivity for stencil-based workloads on Cerebras WSE. Paper to be published at ASPLOS’26 shows how the scientific community can increase capability while maintaining programmer productivity with Cerebras’ Wafer Scale Engine. edin.ac/4qNCRBf

Montage promoting Round 2 of the fund.

The call for Expressions of Interest for Round 2 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund is open until 25 February 2026, 16:00 GMT. The fund supports projects that improve sustainability, reduce technical debt, and enhance community engagement. Don't miss out! edin.ac/4k1Uf2l

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ScotRSE is building a network of Research Software Engineers across Scotland. The first in-person meeting of the group will take place in Dundee on February 23, 2026.
Read more in Kirsty Pringle's article on our website:
edin.ac/4q1FTRa

🌊 We are happy to announce that our second Collaborations Workshop 2026 keynote will be delivered by Eleanor Broadway, Architect at @epcc.bsky.social and co-I for the Computational Abilities Knowledge Exchange (CAKE). Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/eleanor...

Mentoring programme 2026

Please join us this Thursday or Friday for a couple of short briefing sessions/FAQs before the application deadline closes on 3rd Feb.

- 2026-01-29: 4PM GMT
- 2026-01-30: 1PM GMT

Meeting links and more info can also be found on our website: society-rse.org/get-involved...

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ARCHER2 training: GPU programming with kernels.
25–27 Feb 2026. Delivered by EPCC's Juan Herrera.
This course, which will provide an introduction to GPU computing with HIP, is aimed at scientific application programmers wishing to develop their own software. edin.ac/3NDdHqe

MSc student celebrating graduation with parents

Two scholarships are available for our MSc in HPC programmes 2026/2027. Apply for our John Fisher Scholarships, each worth up to £16000, before March 2, 2026. Read more in this article by EPCC's David Henty: edin.ac/4qv1hPE

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ARCHER2 training: Data Analysis & Visualisation in Python (23–24 Feb).
Python is a general-purpose programming language that is useful for writing scripts to work effectively & reproducibly with data. This course requires no programming experience.
edin.ac/4sTLPhI

Montage promoting Poster abstract submission deadline of 5 February

Deadline approaching!
Poster abstracts for the ARCHER2 Celebration of Science 2026 must be submitted by Feb 5. Posters should demonstrate your work on ARCHER2, showcasing science outcomes & impact achieved using the UK National Supercomputing Service.
Full details & submission form: edin.ac/4a50W0f

Montage promoting 2026 International RSE Survey

The RSE Survey enables national associations, funders, policymakers & others to understand the Research Software Engineering community. If you develop software for academic research, you can support the RSE community by completing the 2026 International survey. Closes 20 March 2026. edin.ac/49x1ax7

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Championing Green Digital Research workshop: 18 March 2026, Edinburgh, UK.
This workshop will focus on how researchers & related tech professionals can understand & reduce the emissions associated with their research. This event is Day 0 of the ARCHER2 Celebration of Science 2026. edin.ac/3NBm9pL

Montage promoting Durham HPC Days 2026.

Durham HPC Days 2026: registration and submissions now open! This annual event brings together researchers, developers, and practitioners to share ideas and explore the latest developments in our field. Session submission deadline: 31 January 2026. edin.ac/4jKM6zo

WHPC poster session at ISC25.

There's just one week left to submit to the Women in HPC Poster Programme for #ISC26!

Discover how a WHPC Poster Presenter made the most of ISC 2025 - and how you can take part: edin.ac/4b0RXye

EPCC PhD student standing beside project poster.

Looking for a new challenge? We currently have PhD opportunities in the areas of HPC, AI, software sustainability, and Exascale computing related to Earth and environmental sciences. Boost your career with EPCC! edin.ac/3Wk7h0q

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The Software Sustainability Institute's Collaborations Workshop 2026 (CW26) will focus on the theme Strengthening the Research Software Community. Submissions for contributed mini-workshops, demos and lightning talks for CW26 will close on Friday 16 January. edin.ac/455XcJ6

Abstract network image by Aakash Dhage For Unsplash.

Survey: Towards a federation of UK research computing resources.
The National Federation of Compute Services seeks input from UK research data generators and service providers to explore the benefits of a federation of computing resources within the UK.
Add your voice! edin.ac/4pAgpdh

Introduction to Postgraduate Study | Postgraduate study | The University of Edinburgh Next event: 14 January 2026. This online 1.5 hour session takes place three times a year and gives a general overview of postgraduate study at Edinburgh.

Thinking of learning on-campus with EPCC? Join this event on 14 January for a general introduction to postgraduate study at Edinburgh: edin.ac/44Kl4Sg

EPCC is a leading provider of HPC and data science education and training in Europe. See our website for details: edin.ac/3Uwy1sL

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EPCC is hiring! We have the following vacancies:

Collaboration Manager for the UK AI Factory Antenna
Closes 14 Jan 2026
edin.ac/4oZHnuw

Applications Developers
Closes 14 Jan 2026
edin.ac/491r4HA

Applications Consultants
Closes 15 Jan 2026
edin.ac/4j0dXeq

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The CHARTED Flexible Fund supports the professional development of Digital Research Technical Professionals by funding their attendance of conferences, training courses & other events. First deadline: 15 January 2026. edin.ac/49ahcf0
Want to be a reviewer for future funding calls? edin.ac/4pFk0ac

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Are you a Digital Research Technical Professional based in the UK? The CHARTED project is working to support dRTPs' professional development by building connections to training opportunities, skills & roles, and designing tools & frameworks to make the ecosystem easier to navigate: edin.ac/3Le1sj5

The 2026 MCC VASP Workshop (19–21 Jan) will bring together users, developers & HPC experts to discuss using VASP on UK HPC services. EPCC's Andy Turner will give an overview of carbon emission efficiency & VASP performance across EPCC HPC systems incl CPU & GPU-based services. edin.ac/4srjAGS

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EPCC is hiring! We have the following vacancies:

Collaboration Manager for the UK AI Factory Antenna
Closes 14 Jan 2026
edin.ac/4oZHnuw

Applications Developers
Closes 14 Jan 2026
edin.ac/491r4HA

Applications Consultants
Closes 15 Jan 2026
edin.ac/4j0dXeq

Data Carpentry workshop for data scientists: 22–23 January, Cardiff.
This two-day workshop with EPCC's Evgenij Belikov will introduce computational skills for data management and analysis in all domains of research. edin.ac/3NuqGu3

Simulagion shows the formation of a Reverse Kármán Vortex Street in the Wake of a Morphing Wing. By Miss Hibah Saddal, Chandan Bose, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Birmingham.

Happy New Year, everyone!

The ARCHER2 calendar image for January is "Formation of a Reverse Kármán Vortex Street in the Wake of a Morphing Wing" by Hibah Saddal & Chandan Bose, Dept Aerospace Engineering, University of Birmingham. Full caption: edin.ac/45AC2CY

Cow soft toy in festive wreath

EPCC and the University of Edinburgh will close today, returning on Monday 5 January 2026. We wish all our colleagues, students and friends a happy, peaceful holiday!