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

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