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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The DiRAC Research Image Competition 2026 is now open! Submit images from your research in two categories: 🔬 Particle & Nuclear Physics 🌌 Astronomy, Cosmology & Solar/Planetary Science Category winners each get a £250 Amazon voucher. Apply: dirac.ac.uk/research-ima...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

DiRAC Director, Mark Wilkinson and RSE Team Co-Lead, Simon Burbidge spotted at ISC High Performance 2026 in Hamburg this week. #ISC2026 #HPC #DiRAC

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

DiRAC's 2025–26 Science Highlights are live — 64 new articles from facility scientists spanning astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, nuclear physics, and solar & planetary science. Filter by field or machine to explore. 👉 dirac.ac.uk/science-high...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

DiRAC is partnering with VAST Data on a fully funded 6-month Innovation Placement for DiRAC PhD students. Work spans LLM-powered agents, RAG pipelines, and vector databases, using VAST Data's platform alongside NVIDIA NIM endpoints. Applications close 27th May 2026. dirac.ac.uk/innovation_p...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Astronomers have released one of the largest cosmological simulation datasets ever — 2.5 petabytes of virtual universe data, run on DiRAC's COSMA8 supercomputer and now open to all. Full article at our website: dirac.ac.uk/facility_upd...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Huge congratulations to DiRAC user Dr Sahl Rowther, postdoc at the University of Leicester, who presented his groundbreaking research at the prestigious STEM for Britain competition at the Houses of Parliament yesterday! Read the full article on our website: dirac.ac.uk/facility_upd...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

In our latest Featured Project, Davide Vadacchino and the TELOS collaboration explore one of physics' biggest questions: what lies behind the Higgs particle? Find out more at dirac.ac.uk/featured-pro...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

There are currently 2 new NHS Innovation Placements open for application to PhD students. Apply now at our website by 18th February. dirac.ac.uk/innovation-p...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Last Thursday saw a packed day of talks from DiRAC consortium scientists and technical teams, facility news, and DiRAC Training Academy updates – plus plenty of time to catch up with the DiRAC community and our industry partners.

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

DiRAC Day would not exist without the amazing support of our sponsors. We are delighted to be partnering this year with VDURA, one of our DiRAC Day 2025 Gold Sponsors!

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

DiRAC Day would not exist without the amazing support of our sponsors. We are delighted to be partnering this year with Spectra, one of our DiRAC Day 2025 Gold Sponsors!

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

DiRAC Day would not exist without the amazing support of our sponsors. We are delighted to be partnering this year with HPE, one of our DiRAC Day 2025 Gold Sponsors!

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

DiRAC Day would not exist without the amazing support of our sponsors. We are delighted to be partnering this year with Fsas, one of our DiRAC Day 2025 Gold Sponsors!

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

DiRAC Day would not exist without the amazing support of our sponsors. We are delighted to be partnering this year with Dell Technologies, one of our DiRAC Day 2025 Gold Sponsors!

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

DiRAC Day would not exist without the amazing support of our sponsors. We are delighted to be partnering this year with DDN, one of our DiRAC Day 2025 Gold Sponsors!

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Mark Wilkinson is representing DiRAC at the 19th CHPC annual conference in Cape Town, SA. Dr Mlungisi Cele - Director-General for Science, Technology and Innovation in South Africa - formally opened the event, kicking off 3 days of talks and discussions around the theme of "From Data to Decisions".

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

DiRAC Day would not exist without the amazing support of our sponsors. We are delighted to be partnering this year with Cornelis Networks, one of our DiRAC Day 2025 Gold Sponsors!

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

There are just 2 weeks to go to DiRAC Day 2025! The programme is now live on our website, detailing many of the exciting talks from our science and technical communities. Registration closes on the 4th December. With places limited, book now to avoid disappointment: dirac.ac.uk/dirac-day-20...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

End of a successful week at #SC25 in Louis. Thank you to everyone we met for the interesting discussions and safe travels home. See you next year for #SC26!

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

There are just 4 weeks to go before our biggest event of the year! We're excited to have the DiRAC community come together to share their research, network, and talk all things HPC. To secure your place for the event, register at our website by the 4th December: dirac.ac.uk/dirac-day-20...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

New on the DiRAC website: Glasgow researchers harness Tursa to decode the language of proteins Read the full article at our website: dirac.ac.uk/facility_upd...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Our latest Innovation Placement in Hybrid Classical-Quantum Computing, in collaboration with HPE, is now open to applications until 10 November 2025. Apply at our website: dirac.ac.uk/innovation_p...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Calling DiRAC Researchers! Submit your research imagery from the past 3 years for a chance to win a £250 voucher and have your research featured in our print and digital media for the next year. Enter now at dirac.ac.uk/research-ima...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Registration is open for DiRAC Day 2025 in partnership with Keele University on Thursday 11th December at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Stoke-on-Trent. Register at our website: dirac.ac.uk/dirac-day-20...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🚀 Exciting News! The inaugural issue of the DiRAC newsletter is now live and available for download on our website. Download your copy today: dirac.ac.uk/news We're thrilled to launch this new communication channel and look forward to sharing regular updates with our community.

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Our 18th call for research proposals is now live! 📅 Deadline: 18 Sept 2025 (16:00 UK) ⏳ Awards start: 1 April 2026 💡 All proposal types welcome, including Early Career Researchers & RSE support Full details at our website: dirac.ac.uk/getting-acce...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

RAC18 Call for Proposals opens soon with a deadline of 18th September 2025, 4pm UK time. See our website for more details: dirac.ac.uk/getting-acce...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

DiRAC is recruiting a Senior Software & Training Developer to help deliver a GPU Performance Portability Training programme. Requires parallel computing, multi-core architectures & technical training experience. Apply by 4th June 2025 bit.ly/3yZxX9P

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

DiRAC Science Highlights 2025 are now live! Explore how researchers used DiRAC HPC to advance science in the past year. You can filter by research area or DiRAC machine. Read the highlights here: dirac.ac.uk/science-high...

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

The project allocations from our 17th call for proposals is now live on our website. dirac.ac.uk/project-allo...

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