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Montage promoting University of Edinburgh and Usher Institute event "Uniting the UK's Health Data".

Event: The Sudlow Review - Uniting the UK's Health Data: Implications for Scotland.
Hybrid event, August 21, 4–7pm GMT+1.

This Usher Connects event will explore the future of health and care data research in Scotland and across the UK.

Register now: edin.ac/4lSLEyJ

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The new £1.6m CAKE NetworkPlus will work to align UK Digital Research Infrastructure activities: reducing duplication of effort, increasing impact, showcasing the UK’s capabilities and driving international collaboration.
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ARCHER2 training course: Message Passing programming with MPI.
18-19 August (Leeds University) & 27 August (online).
Free to all academics.

Details & registration: edin.ac/3Uc4Ony

Simulation of volcanic eruptuion by Eric Breard, School of Geoscience, University of Edinburgh.

The ARCHER2 calendar image for August is "Turbulent times " by Eric Breard, School of Geoscience, University of Edinburgh.
Read about this and other ARCHER2 users' images: edin.ac/40BEfLg

Montage promoting IEEE Cluster 2025 in Edinburgh, 2-5 September

IEEE Cluster 2025 will take place in Edinburgh from 2-5 September. The conference programme is now live - see edin.ac/477oekX. We hope to see you there!

EPCC Director Prof. Mark Parsons with students of the HPC Summer School in the Bayes Centre.

15 students attended the 2025 EPCC HPC Summer School. In his article David Henty reviews this year's programme: edin.ac/44SbugK

Montage promoting Green RSE Award

A new Green RSE Award will recognise individuals making outstanding contributions to environmental sustainability in research software. The winner will be announced at the #RSECon25 Awards Ceremony and will receive a £100 prize.
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ISO 9001 badge "Quality system certification"

ISO/IEC 27001 badge "Information security managament"

We are delighted to announce that we have passed our external ISO audits for the year. This re-certifies us for ISO 9001 Quality Service Delivery and ISO 22301 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery. An interim audit for ISO 27001 Information Security was also passed.

"Message-Passing Programming with MPI": free @ARCHER2 course (Leeds, 18-19 August). In-person. Free for all academics and researchers. Registration required: www.archer2.ac.uk/training/cou...

Montage promoting IEEE Cluster 2025 (Edinburgh, 2-5 September). Image shows Edinburgh Castle at sunset.

IEEE Cluster 25 registration deadlines:
- Early registration: closes Aug 4, 2025 (11:59pm UK time)
- Main conference author: closes Aug 18, 2025 (11:59pm UK time)
- Workshop/poster author: closes Aug 18, 2025 (11:59pm UK time).
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Image shows (left to right) Prof. Sir Peter Mathieson, Principal of the University of Edinburgh, with Feryal Clark, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Prof. Mark Parsons, Director of EPCC and Dean of Research Computing.

We are delighted to announce that EPCC has been named the UK’s first National Supercomputing Centre. This significant step is a huge endorsement of the University and its future as a world-leader in supercomputing and AI: edin.ac/4eVtnyx

Samantha Witte in front of Edinburgh Castle

In her new article on our website, SSI Fellow Samantha Witte of @csc.fi writes about her visit to EPCC to discuss @CodeRefinery.org and Nordic-RSE: edin.ac/4lZk3fd

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Registration is now open for the Edinburgh International Data Facility's first drop-in session on July 31, 2025!
Connect with our experts, explore advanced data solutions, and elevate your research and development efforts. edin.ac/4eSTeqW

Talk title slide "RISC-V: Powering the future of high performance computing?"

RISC-V: Powering the Future of High Performance Computing?

In his talk at the 2025 RISC-V Summit, EPCC's Nick Brown highlighted RISC-V's key benefits, important activities and achievements, and identified critical missing pieces. edin.ac/3GJrus2

Blue sky with aeroplane trail

A new £17m Prosperity Partnership announced today between the University of Edinburgh and Rolls-Royce will drive cleaner aviation. Read more on our website: edin.ac/463aRls

Interested in the UK's HPC future? Watch this Upper Bound 2025 panel discussion on innovation and impact with EPCC's Mark Parsons and Ritchie Somerville, and Dr Sadaf Alam, Chief Technology Officer at Bristol Centre for Supercomputing. edin.ac/3TuV73e

As EPCC's Nathan Mannall writes, #ISC25 provided opportunities to learn about the latest developments in the field, connect with others working on similar challenges, and see where the industry is heading.
Read his observations and takeaways from his first time at the conference: edin.ac/40ExKrP

Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Image credit: NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory/AURA/B. Quint.

EPCC's George Beckett was interviewed by space.com about managing unprecedented amounts of data collected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. He says: "In terms of data, we're at least an order of magnitude bigger than previous telescopes." Read the article: edin.ac/3GkFvw9

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The #UpperBoundAI Conference brought together thousands of world-leading AI researchers, business innovators, students and thought leaders in Edmonton, Canada in May. EPCC's Ritchie Somerville gives his impressions as a participant at this unique event: edin.ac/4k7r0tu

Group photo of WHPC attendees of ISC25

Women in HPC at #ISC25 offered more networking opportunities than ever before. In her article EPCC's Eleanor Broadway looks back on this dynamic conference: edin.ac/4k7jgYo

#ISChpc

We are hosting 15 students this summer, working across a range of HPC topics. Last week they visited our Advanced Computing Facility to see our machines, such as #ARCHER2 , in the flesh

Montage promoting IEEE Cluster, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2-5 September

Registration is open for IEEE Cluster, which will be held in Edinburgh from 2-5 Sep 2025.
Early registration deadline is August 4, 2025 (11:59PM UK time). edin.ac/4dOWNhv

Active turbulence in microswimmer suspension. Dr Giuseppe Negro, ICMCS, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.

The ARCHER2 image for July is "Active turbulence in microswimmer suspension" by Dr Giuseppe Negro, ICMCS, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.
Read the full caption and see other entries to the ARCHER2 image competition: edin.ac/40BEfLg

Montage promoting trustee elections

Nominations for trustees of the Society of Research Software Engineers close at 23:59 (BST) today, Monday June 30. The Board of Trustees is responsible for managing the Society. Get involved! edin.ac/3Gjw4gp

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Green software use on HPC: ARCHER2 training course
UCL, London, 2 July 2025

This lesson will introduce environmental sustainability principles in the context of HPC systems. It is aimed at all stakeholders in HPC use.
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EPCC summer school students

For those who doubt the existence of the Scottish summer... Here are EPCC's HPC Summer School students enjoying sunset on Arthur's Seat on the eve of the equinox!

For the past few years, a team drawn from our MSc programmes has competed in the ISC Student Cluster Competition. This article describes the experiences of TeamEPCC 2025.
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#ISC25 #ISChpc #ISC25_SCC

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Computer-themed homemade cakes.

Computer-themed homemade cakes.

EPCC held a themed baking event this week to celebrate the announcement that the University of Edinburgh will be home to the UK's next national supercomputer (see edin.ac/4ehIPVD).
Can you guess which classic system is represented by the augmented doughnuts?

Magdalena Drafiova, Collaboration Manager for the Edinburgh International Data Facility, at London Tech Week

Reflections on #LondonTechWeek 2025: innovation, inclusion, and the intersection of technology and parenthood. Read the new article by EPCC's Magdalena Drafiova on our website: edin.ac/44wLffu

#LTW25

A group of 14 EPCC HPC Summer School students in the atrium of the Bayes Centre, Edinburgh.

Introducing this year's cohort of EPCC HPC Summer School students!

After covering the fundamentals of HPC last week, our Summer Students are now learning about parallel programming using OpenMP and MPI.