EPCC and the University of Edinburgh will close today, returning on Monday 5 January 2026. We wish all our colleagues, students and friends a happy, peaceful holiday!

EPCC has the following vacancies: Collaboration Manager for the UK AI Factory Antenna Closes 14 Jan edin.ac/4oZHnuw Applications Developers Closes 14 Jan edin.ac/491r4HA Applications Consultants Closes 15 Jan edin.ac/4j0dXeq Join us at the UK's first National Supercomputing Centre!

The CHARTED Flexible Fund supports the professional development of digital Research Technical Professionals, enabling them to attend external opportunities such as conferences and training courses. Applications to the fund are now invited: edin.ac/49ahcf0

My PhD student Gabriel had a busy time at #SC25 and has written up his experiences, especially presenting a couple of papers leveraging #MLIR for #FPGAs. One at the LLVM workshop on a Fortran+OpenMP flow for #Xilinx #FPGAs and another at H2RC workshop on a Fortran intrinsics flow for AI engines

EPCC is hiring! We have the following vacancies: Collaboration Manager edin.ac/4oZHnuw Applications Developers edin.ac/491r4HA Closing date for both posts is 14 January 2026.

EPCC PhD student Gabriel Rodríguez Canal attended #SC25 in St Louis, USA, as a Student Volunteer. His experiences included chairing a workshop session and presenting his research. Read Gabriel's review of his trip and the benefits of the event on our website: edin.ac/4rUGYMC

The Collaborations Workshop 2026 will take place from 28–30 April in Belfast (hybrid). This year's theme is strengthening the research software community. Join us! - Early bird registration closes 31 Dec. - Submissions for contributions close 16 Jan. edin.ac/3L7sB74

The @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social is calling for proposals to develop a #European Benchmarking Framework for #HPC & #Quantum Computing!  Help define metrics for performance, energy efficiency & more.  Submit your application before March 24, 2026.  Details: www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-ju-l... 

📢 We are inviting our subcommunities to design their subcommunity's logo by modifying The Carpentries logo! This would be a wonderful way for our subcommunities to visually “brand” their identity and activities. 🌎 More information is outlined in our recent blog post: carpentries.org/blog/2025/12...

Two new PhD opportunities are available at EPCC as part of the VECTA programme. This £17m EPSRC Strategic Prosperity Partnership is developing the modelling capabilities to virtually design and certify the next generation of aircraft engines. edin.ac/4oWIB9Q

The Research Software Maintenance Fund supports projects that improve sustainability, reduce technical debt and enhance community engagement. A call for Expressions of Interest will open on 28 Jan 2026 for projects starting after Oct 2026. edin.ac/3YtRz3A

A new partnership between the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and EPCC will enable closer collaboration between the two organisations, with a focus on the effective delivery of large-scale compute infrastructure to inform national approaches. edin.ac/4a8bHiX

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

#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

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

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?

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

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

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 #CIUK25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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.

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

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.

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)!

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

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

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

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

Outreach plays a vital role in building the HPC community by demonstrating the importance of our work to wider audiences, but limited resources can be a barrier to developing materials. Eleanor Broadway presents some solutions: edin.ac/3JHpt1g

You'll find the full schedule of EPCC activity at #SC25 on our website: www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/whats-happen...

We're counting down to the opening of #SC25! To find out what's happening at the UK's first National Supercomputing Centre, find us at Booth 2832 or across the programme. See our daily schedule for details: edin.ac/47zG2nK #HPCignites

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