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Day Two of the ARCHER2 Celebration of Science includes a keynote talk by EPCC Director Mark Parsons and a session on the Digital Research Landscape. Come to the CAKE booth to find out about the UK's Digital Research Infrastructure community and resources. edin.ac/3PmS7qG

A busy couple of days ahead at the #ARCHER2 celebration of science in Edinburgh this week, lots of DRI at the event including a dedicated showcase session on Friday afternoon. Drop by our booth for a chat and freebies!

ARCHER2, the UK national supercomputing service, has delivered an eightfold return on investment to the economy according to independent analysis. Operated by EPCC, it has enabled more than £4.2bn in benefits to the UK economy since launching in 2021: edin.ac/47JGMHB

Fortran Unit Testing Tools Wednesday 18th March 2026 15:00 - 16:00 Free webinar, all welcome archer2.ac.uk/training/cours…

A UK Gov investment of £20m for Uni of Edinburgh Quantum Software Lab will accelerate the development of quantum software, supporting the 4-year Quantum Advantage TurboCHarger (QATCH) programme: edin.ac/3NwcTUm

EPCC PhD student Kejia Zhang is researching multimodal story generation using generative AI for contextualised mathematics education. He aims to develop a learning system called MathsTale, which will enhance children’s engagement and learning experiences: edin.ac/4bf1x01

We're looking forward to the ARCHER2 Celebration of Science (CoS) this week! edin.ac/3PmS7qG. CoS will be preceded by the 'Championing Green Digital Research' workshop, which will discuss how digital research professionals can contribute: edin.ac/3NBm9pL

EPCC has joined a taskforce to accelerate convergence between HPC, Big Data and AI in Europe. This marks a major step forward in the Edinburgh International Data Facility's mission to drive innovation and integration across technology sectors. edin.ac/4unyijj

Edinburgh International Data Facility (EIDF) online drop-in: 10am, March 24, 2026 Topics include how quantum machine learning is revolutionising deepfake detection, plus new EIDF features. Register now! edin.ac/3Opp5X2

There's still time to sign up for this free ARCHER2 webinar!

Join WHPC in celebrating International Women's Day (March 8th) and Women's History Month. Discover WHPC’s ISC 2026 t-shirt design, which celebrates the influential women who have shaped the field of HPC: womeninhpc.org/women-in-hpc/c…

Opportunity for University of Edinburgh students: Data Centre Engineering Internship at EPCC. These internships are ONLY open to UK-based 2nd– to penultimate-year undergraduate students at the University of Edinburgh. Apply by 18 March: edin.ac/4ujUqLi

One week to go... Applications for the 2026 EPCC Summer School will close at midday GMT on Monday 16 March. Don't miss out!

The 2026 International Research Software Engineering Survey, run by the Software Sustainability Institute, will produce valuable insight into the RSE community that can be used to advocate for the community with policymakers and funders. Closes 20 March. edin.ac/49x1ax7

DataLoch is NHS Lothian and University of Edinburgh's health & social care data service. EPCC's Ally Hume, DataLoch's Principal Technical & Data Architect, writes about the agile methods used to keep pace with users' evolving research requirements: edin.ac/3MIx8O5

Postgraduate Discovery Day: 18 March 2026. Thinking of learning with EPCC? This live online event will offer practical advice, student insights and programme-focused sessions to help you explore postgraduate life and study at the University of Edinburgh. edin.ac/3Mm5x5o

The ARCHER2 calendar image for March is 'The Beehive Lantern of Porosity - the Hidden Architecture of ZIF-71' by Dr Debayan Mondal, Multifunctional Materials & Composites Lab, Dept Engineering Science, University of Oxford. Full details (see image 9): edin.ac/4qwis3C

The @ukexascale CAKE Placements&Visits Scheme provides funding to help kickstart sustainable collaborations. Interested? Apply now: cake.ac.uk/about/placemen… CAKE is also looking for reviewers. Want to learn more about DRI? Apply now: cake.ac.uk/about/reviewer…

UKRI is investing £76m to boost compute and AI across the UK. EPCC at the University of Edinburgh will expand the Cirrus supercomputer and link it to the new national system, accelerating research from astronomy to healthcare and environmental science: epcc.ed.ac.uk/whats-happenin…

The UK-developed Lasair software system has begun ingesting, processing, and filtering millions of astronomical alerts from the data captured nightly by the 10yr Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time: edin.ac/4czsWLa Image: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin O.