EPCC

EPCC has been working towards hybrid HPC and quantum since 2023. This new collaboration is a natural fit with our goals as the UK’s first National Supercomputing Centre.

Joe Wallwork (University of Cambridge) was awarded a CAKE Fellowship focused on improving knowledge exchange of Fortran. He reports on progress so far and his next steps: edin.ac/4eXkJkO

This online Data Carpentry workshop will be presented by EPCC's Evgenij Belikov. For full details and to register, see the ARCHER2 website: edin.ac/44SLHnJ

Looking for data services but not sure where to start? The Edinburgh International Data Facility's new Estimator tool may be the answer! The EIDF pricing estimator allows you to explore and estimate project costs before creating an account. Read more: edin.ac/4beBkOG

The CAKE Retreats programme provides funding for community-led retreats to shape the future of the UK’s Digital Research Infrastructure and large-scale computing ecosystem. This programme will run until April 2028. Full details: edin.ac/4vUNyV2

The Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space & Time (LSST), expected to create up to 500PB of data, has begun. EPCC’s Somerville research cloud hosts the UK's Data Access Centre, which will serve LSST science data to the international community: edin.ac/4gjaKYb

At 15:10 today at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, EPCC's Lorna Smith will be part of a discussion about the potential benefits of supercomputing and what is being done to minimise their environmental impact. Details at edin.ac/44EEOWW

Digital Research Technical Professional skills and roles can be hard to navigate. CHARTED works to improve this. Join our webinar on July 23 to learn more! edin.ac/4vd8xkK

Another busy day at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London! Our virtual reality museum activity shows how supercomputers address major challenges - we were delighted to see that one visitor had brought their own homemade model VR headset.

The EPCC team are being kept busy at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition today, with the hook-a-duck challenge popular with all ages!

EPCC staff setting up our 'hook the duck' challenge before doors opened at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. If you're attending this week, come to our booth to learn how this activity is key to understanding what a supercomputer is! edin.ac/4wgvR1V

July's @ARCHER2_HPC calendar image is "Contour plots of density from the evolution of a triple material interaction, simulated with a hybrid DG-FV method using UCNS3D" by Prof Pangiotis Tsoutsanis, Cranfield University, UK. Full caption: edin.ac/4vI73QE

The ARCHER2 calendar image for July is "Contour plots of density from the evolution of a triple material interaction, simulated with a hybrid DG-FV method using UCNS3D" by Prof Pangiotis Tsoutsanis, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cranfield University archer2.ac.uk/news/2026/07/0…

#CONTINENTS project ran a mini-symposium at #pasc26 exploring #ai and #hpc. Speakers @NickBrownHPC , @NCAR_Science Monica Morrison and @MetOffice_Sci Ben Shipway described their activities and more widely the ethical and sustainability challenges of #ai

EPCC is at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition this week, with our fun, informative activities. If you're attending too, come and say hello - and learn how supercomputers help address urgent challenges to our health, our security and our planet! edin.ac/4wgvR1V

Daniyal Arshad from @EPCCed presents work at the @risc_v for #hpc workshop on exploring spectral element methods on the @tenstorrent Tennis accelerator with the Nekbone miniapp, done as part of the HPC-R project looking at alternative architectures for #cfd

It's the final day of EPCC's HPC Summer School! Tonight the students will celebrate with a walking tour around historic Edinburgh followed by a farewell meal. We wish them all well in their future studies.

Edinburgh International Data Facility drop-in sessions offer users an effective way to learn about resource updates. This month the EIDF team shared developments that will make it easier to plan, apply for, monitor and manage EIDF projects. Read more at: edin.ac/4apSUiu