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EPCC's Cirrus supercomputer with an image of winter mountains across the cabinets.

EPCC's refreshed Cirrus service for academia and industry has launched! It offers new resources for CPU-based HPC use and increases the flexibility of the service. There are now more ways to interact with Cirrus too. Read more in Andy Turner's article: edin.ac/4pwKPhq

Photo shows the five members of TeamEPCC outside the McEwan Hall, Edinburgh

#TeamEPCC has been chosen to compete in the onsite ISC26 Student Cluster Competition! The team of five EPCC MSc students and one Edinburgh Napier University Graduate Apprentice will compete in Hamburg in June. We wish the team sucess! edin.ac/3KCT8ck

#ISC26_SCC #ISC26

Photo shows hands of person working with ARCHER2 hardware.

Our Fundamentals of HPC System Administration course provides essential skills for this specialised area of HPC service provision. Applications for the next run, to be delivered mid-January to May, are open now. This course is available online only.
edin.ac/4a5d0zc

Photo shows two women looking at a phone screen. Text overlay: "Introduction to post-graduate study, 17 December 2025".

Thinking about on-campus study with EPCC? Learn about post-graduate life at the University of Edinburgh in this online session with a member of the University student recruitment team and a current postgraduate student.

Online, 13:00–14:30, Wed 17 Dec: edin.ac/44Kl4Sg

The Christmas countdown has begun at the Advanced Computing Facility! Can you spot our cow mascot?

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Our colleagues are part of two sessions this afternoon at #CIUK25:
- Overview of the NetworkPlus Programme
- From ExCALIBUR to DRI, linking the UK's compute programmes.

They're also at the stands for CAKE and ARCHER2-Cirrus. Come and say hello! edin.ac/4pR8dpL

ARCHER2-Cirrus stand at CIUK25

CAKE stand at CIUK25

Attending #CIUK25? Our colleagues are looking forward to meeting you! Find us at the stands for ARCHER2-Cirrus and the CAKE Network Plus.
EPCC at #CIUK2025:https://edin.ac/4pR8dpL

Montage promoting CIUK25, 4-5 December, Manchester

Our team are on their way to Manchester today to prepare for #CIUK2025. If you're attending too, drop by the ARCHER2 & Cirrus stand. You'll also find us at the stand of the CAKE Network + and active across the programme: edin.ac/4pR8dpL

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EPCC operates the Somerville research cloud, which hosts two critical services supporting UK science exploitation of LSST. You can read more in @markgbeckett.bsky.social's article on our website: edin.ac/4oaXoNV

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Want to get the edge on AI and data innovation? Subscribe to the Edinburgh International Data Facility newsletter and join our LinkedIn group!

Newsletter subscription: edin.ac/49QhI3J
LinkedIn group: edin.ac/4ry0f6s

Leading-edge vortex instability over a plunging swept wing" by Alexander Cavanagh, Autonomous Systems and Connectivity, University of Glasgow.

The ARCHER2 calendar image for December is "Leading-edge vortex instability over a plunging swept wing" by Alexander Cavanagh, Autonomous Systems and Connectivity, University of Glasgow. More info on the ARCHER2 website: edin.ac/3K5obNP

Montage promoting WHPC breakfast

Going to #CIUK25? Join the Women in HPC Breakfast for:
- Inspiring early-career tech talks
- Introductions to the UK’s WHPC Chapter & Affiliate community
- Networking with peers and colleagues
- A relaxed start to the day with breakfast provided .
5 December, 8:30–10:30am. See edin.ac/46S9CEy

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The Connect4 project, led by EPCC, has proposed changes to UK national Trusted Research Environments that will work towards federated access to cross-sector sensitive data. Read about this work on our website: edin.ac/485399O

Montage promoting CW26

Applications for the Software Sustainability Institute #CollabW26 Emerging Voices Financial Support Scheme are now open. For extra help to attend CW26, have a look at the scheme details and apply by Friday 16 January 2026: edin.ac/3XD3vzC

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The #RISCV community & associated technologies are growing rapidly, for example EPCC hosts an HPC RISC-V testbed system. Nick Brown reviews his contributions to the discussion around RISC-V for HPC at the RISC-V North America Summit: edin.ac/484XIrA

Artwork on computer cabinets featuring portrait of Mary Somerville and astronomy image

New artwork on EPCC's Somerville research cloud celebrates the 19th Century Scottish mathematician and astronomer Mary Somerville, the first person to be called a "scientist". Read about the work this system supports: edin.ac/4oaXoNV

Well-done to my PhD student Gabriel Rodriguez-Canal @epcc.bsky.social who gave a great talk about our work support Fortran intrinsics on #AMD #AIEs at #SC25 #H2RC. The first step in #AIE Fortran support. dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.114…

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It's our last day at #SC25!
@nickbrown-hpc.bsky.social and Gabriel Rodriguez-Canal will present their paper 'Programmer productivity and performance on AMD's AI Engines: Offloading Fortran intrinsics via MLIR a case-study'.
Find them in 263-264 at 9:38am CST.

EPCC Graduates celebrate in Bayes Centre

Yesterday we were proud to celebrate with 50 of EPCC's newest MSc graduates after a ceremony in The University of Edinburgh's McEwan Hall. Congratulations, Class of 2025!

Learning opportunities at EPCC: www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/education-an...

Still waiting for the crates to be returned, but that's the @epcc.bsky.social #SC25 stand packed up for another year

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Today at #SC25, Nick Brown will be part of these two sessions:

- CSx4HPC: Computational Storage for HPC
12:15pm–1:15pm
Location: 126

- A fully open, community driven, HPC ecosystem: A credible future or chimera?
1:30pm–3:00pm
Location: 231-232

Read more in Nick's article: edin.ac/48a229Z.

Bastian Koller, Deputy Director of the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) and Mark Parsons, EPCC Director, sign the MoU.

EPCC and the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) have signed a formal memorandum of understanding that will enable closer collaboration between the two national supercomputing centres on a wide range of HPC topics. edin.ac/4raUvza

📢 BoF “Bridging the Gap: Making Quantum-Classical Hybridization Work in HPC” gathers experts from BCS, DOE, @epcc.bsky.social, INRIA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, NVIDIA, @quantinuum.bsky.social and RIKEN
to discuss real-world hybrid HPC+QC workflow & industry insights. @rosambadia.bsky.social

Today at #SC25 our colleagues will be taking part in 3 Birds of a Feather sessions covering community building, sustainable outreach and Quantum-Classical hybridization in HPC. You can also find us at Booth 2832 in the Exhibition Hall.
Full details: edin.ac/47zG2nK

Meet Wee Archie, EPCC's mini supercomputer (and friends)!

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We're showcasing a range of research at #SC25 incl. compiler & library development & optimisations, h'ware benchmarking, storage performance, HPC training & sustainability. We also have entries in the Art of HPC sessions. Find us at Booth 2832! edin.ac/47zG2nK

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We're showcasing a range of research at #SC25 incl. compiler & library development & optimisations, h'ware benchmarking, storage performance, HPC training & sustainability. We also have entries in the Art of HPC sessions. Find us at Booth 2832! edin.ac/47zG2nK

Explore data science innovations at the EIDF: November interactive drop-in A session to inform you on how you can make the most of the Edinburgh International Data Facility (EIDF) and the services it offers.

Dive into the world of data publishing with the Edinburgh International Data Facility!

Online Nov 25, from 10AM (GMT).

Join us for an engaging EIDF drop-in session - don’t miss out on a morning filled with expert insight into EIDF data publishing! edin.ac/3WFCAme

Well done to my @epcc.bsky.social PhD student Gabriel Rodriguez-Canal who presented his paper at the #LLVM #SC25 workshop today on an MLIR-based Fortran & OpenMP flow for #AMD #FPGAs.

Preprint at arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08713

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Attending #SC25? See our website for all our SC activities: www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/whats-happen...