In this article on our website, EPCC's Rosa Filgueira writes about a new collaboration with the University of Torino to break the I/O bottleneck in scientific HPC workflows. The work will be presented at #SC25. edin.ac/47K8Zgw #dispel4py #CAPIO

In this article, EPCC's @nickbrown-hpc.bsky.social writes about the work behind #SC25 sessions on #RISCV, novel and emerging architectures, and the Computational Abilities Knowledge Exchange network (CAKE). edin.ac/48a229Z

The Scottish retinal imaging project SCONe is developing an image repository as a clinical research resource for improving public health. Since 2019 EPCC has supported SCONe with data management expertise & hosting through the Scottish National Safe Haven. edin.ac/3LVlsqs

EPCC colleagues produce a range of high quality scientific visualisations. In this article, Sébastien Lemaire gives an overview of three recent examples, each to be presented at the #SC25 conference "Art in HPC" sessions. edin.ac/3WRk2Qd @nseb.bsky.social

EPCC provides the infrastructure for the Trusted Research Environment through which Smart Data Foundry (SDF) is making new kinds of data available to researchers. Read more in this interview with Dougie Robb, chief executive of SDF. edin.ac/3LSWGqX

EPCC will be at European Big Data Value Forum in Copenhagen this month. Come say hello to explore new opportunities in AI and big data, including accessing AI-ready compute. We'd love to connect and discuss potential projects! edin.ac/4qHczkx #EBDVF25

Join the CW26 Judging Panel! The Collaborations Workshop is a community-building experience & catalyst for positive change in the research software sector. Judges are sought for CW26 (hybrid event, 28-30 April, ICC Belfast). Apply by 14 Nov. edin.ac/3LmOm2C

ARCHER2 Celebration of Science 2026: registration & call for posters now open! This annual event brings together the ARCHER2 user community to celebrate their scientific achievements on the UK National Supercomputer. Poster submission DL: 5 Feb 2026. Registration DL: 26 Feb 2026. edin.ac/3Lm9wOr

The ARCHER2 calendar image for November is 'Characterisation of the electron distribution of 2D materials and their adsorbates' by Dr Zhongze Bai, Mechanical Engineering, University College London. See all Image Competition entries on the ARCHER2 website: edin.ac/43JrYW1

The countdown to #SC25 has begun! Say hello at Booth 2832 where you can take part in the European HPC Treasure Hunt, meet Wee Archie our mini supercomputer, and find out about developments at the UK's first National Supercomputing Centre. Full schedule of all our activities at edin.ac/47zG2nK

Our Cirrus service for academia and industry is being refreshed. The CPU-based Cirrus EX4000, with over 73,000 AMD compute cores linked by an HPE Slingshot 11 interconnect, will be available soon - see edin.ac/4pZb6W4. Until then, here’s EPCC Director Mark Parsons building an AMD chip in Lego!

ARCHER2 webinar: Parallel Python (19 Nov). Make your Python code 10,000 times faster with parallel numpy! EPCC's David Henty will illustrate techniques to dramatically increase the speed of Python programs. Register via edin.ac/3JmGbmk

The results of the 2025 ARCHER2 Image and Video Competition have been announced. Congratulations to overall winner Sebastien Lemaire (EPCC) with this video of a gprMax simulation modelling the propagation of Electromagnetic fields. View all the entries on the ARCHER2 website: edin.ac/4qwis3C

The Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) runs free online Research Software Camps (RSCs) every year, with each focusing on basic research software skills & good practices. The next RSCs runs from 10-21 Nov and will centre around careers & skills: edin.ac/49oxhiH

In this interview with Holyrood magazine, EPCC Director Prof Mark Parsons discusses AI and the next UK National Supercomputing Service: edin.ac/42Vk9h6

We foster early career development through internships, apprenticeships and placement schemes. In this article, two recent interns review their 12 weeks at the Advanced Computing Facility: edin.ac/43s7GS9

*Registration deadline extended to noon, 28 Oct 2025.* Digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs) provide vital technical contributions to modern research. Join this event (5-6 Nov, London) to contribute to the discussion on how to improve dRTP career prospects: edin.ac/46Un9eM

ASiMoV-CCS is a new solver for CFD & combustion simulations in complex geometries. See @paulbcfd.bsky.social's article and the linked paper to learn about its design, solver validation and performance tests on ARCHER2. edin.ac/4otxa9V Visualisation by @nseb.bsky.social

Going to #RISCVSummit North America 2025? Look out for EPCC's Nick Brown's keynote 'Reimagining the Future of HPC Catalysed by RISC-V' on Thurs 23 Oct (9:55am). Nick will also speak at two sessions on Tues 21 Oct (9:30am and 11am). Full programme: edin.ac/3Jic9jw @nickbrown-hpc.bsky.social

EPCC is getting ready for New Scientist Live this weekend! Find us at Stand K40, where we'll have our mini supercomputer Wee Archie, a VR tour of a UK National Supercomputer, hardware & logic puzzles. You can also train a simple AI model using micro:bits. Come & join the fun! live.newscientist.com

The National Collection of Aerial Photography's historic dataset contains 30 million aerial photographs. Through the Edinburgh International Data Facility, EPCC will provide the petabytes of data storage required to host the research copy of this invaluable collection. edin.ac/43iNgLl

Explore the future of AI with EIDF! Join us for expert insights at the EIDF Drop-In session: 21 Oct 2025. - Meet leading data scientists & AI experts. - Discover cutting-edge technologies & practical applications. - Access tools to enhance your projects. edin.ac/46QUIA4

Going to #CIUK25? Don't miss the Women in HPC Breakfast from 8:30-10:30 on 5 December! To submit a Lightning Talk, apply by 27 Oct 2025. edin.ac/46S9CEy

EPCC has won EU & UK Gov funding to establish and operate the €10m (£8.6m) UK AI Factory Antenna. This initiative will help organisations increase literacy in the technology and its use, and show how it can help increase productivity and deliver growth. edin.ac/3WzDaSx

Research Infrastructure Engineers (RIE's) are the technical staff who build and maintain accelerated compute clusters. RIEs are invited to join the ACIT-Hub Training CoDesign Day on Oct 28 in Edinburgh to help define the training it offers: edin.ac/43f5VHR

Digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs) are people who provide vital technical contributions to modern research. Join this event (5-6 Nov, London) to contribute to the discussion on career development across the whole dRTP ecosystem: edin.ac/46Un9eM

The final instalment of the Software Sustainability Institute's Fellows' Stories is now live. Discover how the SSI Fellowship Programme supported Adrian in advocating for the role of software within research policy and read other Fellows' stories: edin.ac/3Kyvuxk

Explore data science innovations with the Edinburgh International Data Facility! Our next interactive drop-in starts at 10am, Tues 21 Oct. Sign up to hear from insightful speakers and to be inspired! edin.ac/3IIsYE5

ARCHER2 training: Green software use on HPC 10:00–15:30, 22 Oct, Birmingham (in-person only). This lesson will give attendees the ability to understand and quantify emissions arising from the use of HPC systems. It is aimed at all HPC stakeholders. edin.ac/4o77qQC

Call for Speakers: Women in HPC Breakfast (Computing Insight UK, 5 Dec 2025) Students and early-career professionals are invited to apply to give a short talk and share their work with the community. Apply by 27 Oct. edin.ac/46S9CEy

DisCouRSE Flexible Funding scheme offers grants up to £10K to projects to strengthen leadership, skills & career pathways for digital Research Technical Professionals. Read more about how DisCouRSE will support the development of leaders in this area: edin.ac/48KRIGd

And here is a video version. I always enjoy working on these visualisations so feel free to get in touch if you want to know more about the process and how we can help you apply it to your science.

The ARCHER2 calendar image for October is 'Effects of "wake steering" on wind turbine flows' by EPCC's Dr Sébastien Lemaire. edin.ac/46MyWvo

Last weekend's Doors Open Day festival saw many buildings across Edinburgh open up to the public. We were part of the programme at the Bayes Centre, introducing visitors to supercomputing and its underlying principles. Read a review of the event on our website: edin.ac/472Tnpi

The Software Sustainability Institute invites members of the research software and data communities to participate as writers or reviewers in the development of a new set of guides on: - AI in research software - Sustainable computing - EDI practices. Closes Friday 3 October 2025. edin.ac/3KqBhVG

EPCC at Doors Open Day: 10am-2pm, Sunday 28 September 2025. Take a virtual tour of the Advanced Computing Facility! We're part of Doors Open Day at the Bayes Centre this Sunday. Come and see what a supercomputer looks like up close! edin.ac/3WC12EP

"Better Architecture, Better Software, Better Research." Neil Chue Hong writes about work to bridge the gap between Research Software Engineering and Software Engineering Research: edin.ac/4gK5fjp

Collaborations Workshop 2026: registration open (28-30 April 2026, Belfast/hybrid). Organised by the Software Sustainability Institute, CW26 will be an immersive unconference with active collaboration, dynamic discussion, and hands-on problem-solving. Register now with Eventbrite: edin.ac/4msRsyP

Unified Shared Memory (USM) models simplify accelerator programming. In his article, Paul Bartholomew shares his research into the cost of using them: edin.ac/4mqsfFf

It is great to work with Nick on this project. I'll also present details on SHAREing on that event.

Submissions are now open for #ISC26 workshops and tutorials. WORKSHOPS Workshops with Proceedings: closes OCT 20, 2025. Regular Workshops: closes DEC 10, 2025. TUTORIALS Full Submission: closes Dec 11, 2025. Full details: isc-hpc.com/submissions

EPCC's Nick Brown will be giving his talk "CAKE: Driving Knowledge Exchange for the UK’s DRI" at the 7th Annual UK HPC & AI Conference (Oct 14 at 12:30 BST, Leicester, UK). Register for FREE: bit.ly/3K97NeH #HPC #AI

Coming up next week! Our "Getting Started with R for Research" course offers a clear, beginner-friendly start to R and RStudio with practical data wrangling. 📆 Thurs 25 Sept & 2nd October 🔗 https://edin.ac/4n8pM2W

📣 Still time to register for our WEBINAR TOMORROW: Research Applications & Workflows 📅 19 Sept 11am CEST  ➡️ presentation of our upcoming white paper  ➡️ interactive session to gather your experience & recommendations https://bit.ly/45l7RQI @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social  @itcooperativesurf.bsky.social

EPCC colleagues will be speaking at these HPC in Focus events at the University of Edinburgh: Oct 2 - Josephine Beech-Brandt (EPCC HPC services) Oct 9 - Eleanor Broadway (WHPC & CAKE); Magdalena Drafiova (Edinburgh International Data Facility). edin.ac/3zHXCch

Congratulations to our three colleagues who each won an award at #RSECon25! Two prizes were collected for research posters, and the inaugural Green RSE Award went to Andy Turner. Well done everyone. edin.ac/46oQWfe

EPCC Director Mark Parsons will speak at the #ScotSoft2025 event for professionals & leaders in digital technologies (25 Sep, Edinburgh). Mark's talk '£750m for a Supercomputer?!' will discuss the UK's Next National Supercomputer, to be hosted by EPCC: edin.ac/3IjNJ8I

EIDF drop-in sessions offer a unique opportunity to explore innovative data services and resources that can greatly benefit your research and business activities. Next session: 10-11:15am, September 23, 2025. Sign up now! edin.ac/4pfNBrK

Since 2001 our one-year postgraduate MSc in HPC has attracted students from across the world. EPCC's David Henty talks to Linnea Gilius, who has been working at EPCC since completing her MSc in 2024, about her experience of moving from the USA to study with us. edin.ac/4lYXWoT