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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We were recently honoured to welcome The Rt Hon Kanishka Narayan MP and University of Edinburgh Provost Kim Graham to the Advanced Computing Facility, which will host the UK’s Next National Supercomputer. Progress on the project was marked with a commemorative steel signing. edin.ac/4z4J8fh

Construction work underway at the Advanced Computing Facility, site of the UK's Next National Supercomputer

Minister Narayan with Professors Mark Parsons, Director, EPCC, and Kim Graham at the National Supercomputing Centre, EPCC at the University of Edinburgh

2: The Rt Hon Kanishka Narayan MP, Minister for Artificial Intelligence, signs the steel beam on the construction site.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Building Trustworthy Simulations on Cirrus: SEAVEA Software Hands-on Workshop Edinburgh, 22-23 October, 2026 Free to attend. Workflow automation & model reliability testing help build confidence in simulation outputs - the SEAVEA Toolkit provides the required software tools. edin.ac/3T5xfGZ

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

EPCC PhD student Jake Davies is investigating whether existing programming models can run on custom hardware architectures performantly, attaining high performance and code portability across accelerators. edin.ac/4xDBlUI

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This month's EIDF drop-in covered AI-driven climate science, automated archives and smarter GPU jobs. For a full recording of the event and to read more about it, see: edin.ac/3ThwLxq

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Through Pilot, the UK AI Factory Antenna, EPCC is again working closely with @hlrs-hpc.bsky.social , Germany's first national supercomputing centre. Read more in André de Araújo Vieira's article on our website: edin.ac/3VBXG7H

EPCC and High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart researchers and staff posing together to celebrate renewing and strengthening their collaboration through the European Commission’s AI initiative.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Understanding the scale of emissions from different sources is critical to working in a more environmentally sustainable way. This lesson will give attendees the ability to understand and quantify emissions arising from the use of HPC systems. edin.ac/4j6tmvN

Green software use on HPC — Archer2 training about environmental sustainability for HPC systems; in person 2 Oct 2026 in Cambridge; for researchers, data scientists and software developers; introductory level; presenter Andy Turner, EPCC.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Mathematical problem-solving can be challenging for many children. A Duolingo dissertation grant will support research by a team at the University of Edinburgh into AI-generated mathematical storytelling. Read more on our website: edin.ac/3Ts08x3

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Pilot-UKAIFA supports UK-based organisations to implement AI. EPCC experts can work alongside your company to assist the development of an AI solution to unlock your processes, enhance your service or assist on daily tasks. Register interest: edin.ac/3STZsjS Find out more: www.ukaifa.ai

Two researchers in a lab operate and observe a humanoid robot—one using a handheld controller—demonstrating hands-on robotics testing and development beside computer equipment.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

EIDF at EPCC provides flexible compute and storage, backed up by EPCC expertise. Learn how EIDF supports our users' aims - and put your questions to our experts - at the next EIDF Drop-In (16 Sep, online): edin.ac/4xfSq6S

Drop-in event from Edinburgh International Data Facility inviting attendees to bring data questions for updates and Q&A on GPU debugging, climate ML, and metadata collaboration; register via QR code for 16 September 2026, 10:00 AM (UK time).

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Free webinar. EPCC has been working closely with the Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering at Heriot-Watt University on the GeoChemFoam project, and we recently we made GeoChemFoam v5.2 available on ARCHER2. Join this webinar to learn what GeoChemFoam can do: edin.ac/4qWZiVt

Webinar presenting the complete workflow to run GeoChemFoam on HPC from micro‑CT images to remote visualisation; online 16 Sept 2026, 14:00–15:30, for researchers using HPC for pore‑scale flow and reactive transport (Archer2, EPCC).

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Free ARCHER2 training course. Python is a general purpose programming language that is useful for writing scripts to work effectively and reproducibly with data. Join this free online course to learn more: edin.ac/4icqrBw

Data Analysis and Visualisation in Python — an introductory online course for participants with no programming experience
09:30–16:30, 28–29 September 2026
Audience: data scientists
Level: introductory
Presenter: Michael Bareford, EPCC.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Attending AICatalyst2026 tomorrow? Look out for EPCC's Evgenij Belikov, who will present 'A whirlwind tour of the FAIR principles' at 13:30. Full programme at edin.ac/4qSRqUU

Promotional slide for "A whirlwind tour of the FAIR principles" at AICatalyst2026 on 4 Sep 2026; presenter from EPCC; session based on Ed‑DaSH offering hands-on guidance to apply FAIR principles to make data and code findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For 15 years, the Software Sustainability Institute has worked to make research software more sustainable and properly recognised. Its aims remain the same, but the name has changed to the Institute for Research Software. Read more: edin.ac/45X3WsV

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

TEAS is a new AI benchmark that maps the true cost, performance & trade-offs of agentic AI across diverse hardware. Developed by the University of Edinburgh, EPCC & Imperial College London, TEAS shifts the industry focus towards a comprehensive 'hardware suitability map'. edin.ac/4yisw3E

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

DEADLINE EXTENDED. Does the UK National Supercomputing Service contribute to your research? You could be a winner! Users of ARCHER2 now have until Sunday 20 September to enter the ARCHER2 Image and Video Competition. Full details at edin.ac/472CLfx

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

EPCC offers a range of PhD opportunities designed to prepare the next generation of researchers and industry leaders. Subject areas include HPC, computational science, data science, and software sustainability. Read more and meet some of our students at edin.ac/3Wk7h0q

EPCC PhD student with project research poster.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This summer we welcomed 15 undergraduate students to the second EPCC HPC Summer School. EPCC's David Henty and Catherine Inglis review our successful two-week programme: edin.ac/4xqlCcz

Montage of photo of group standing beside ARCHER2 and text '"It was the best two weeks of my education so far."
EPCC HPC SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENT'.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The ARCHER2 Image and Video Competition is open to all users of the UK National Supercomputer to share their images or videos of “ARCHER2 Enabling Research”. Deadline for submissions: 4 September 2026. edin.ac/472CLfx

Simulation of Electromagnetic waves propagation underground. By Dr Sebastien Lemaire, EPCC

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Catherine Heymans, Scotland's Astronomer Royal, paid a visit to the Advanced Computing Facility yesterday. Catherine is shown here with Tursa, the GPU-based Extreme Scaling component of the DiRAC facility. You can read about Tursa at edin.ac/43wYavu

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DiRAC: Tursa (GPU) | EPCC

Tursa is an Extreme Scaling GPU-based DiRAC system.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Julien Maes (Heriot-Watt University), Hannah Menke (Heriot-Watt University) and Gavin Pringle (EPCC) will deliver this ARCHER2 training course. No previous experience with GeoChemFoam is required. Register at edin.ac/3UcjvKB.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Pilot-UKAIFA, the UK AI Factory Antenna, offers training, consultancy and Infrastructure on artificial intelligence for organisations, working in partnership with @hammerhai-eu.bsky.social, the AI Factory based in Stuttgart. For more information and to register interest, go to: www.ukaifa.ai

Montage shows person holding laptop in front of HPC system. Pilot -UKAIFA logos are shown at the bottom.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Is quantum HPC achievable? EPCC Chancellor's Fellow Oliver Brown considers the options in his article: edin.ac/4zsU5IA

Simulation of quantum computer. Image: Getty Bartlomiej Wroblewski

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The CAKE NetworkPlus facilitates knowledge exchange and sustainable collaboration across the UK DRI communities. To follow its activies, join the CAKE Slack workspace and mailing list: edin.ac/4w11cFY

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Learn from the experts! Register now for this in-person one-day exploration of AI, its strengths, limitations and benefits. 9:30am–4:30pm, 21 August, Bayes Centre, central Edinburgh. edin.ac/4wwxYOU

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

EPCC Chancellor's Fellow Rosa Filgueira presents a tiny tutorial to examine how we might move from distributed computation to distributed, adaptive agentic coordination. She also considers where a language model might genuinely add something useful. edin.ac/3TMdfsS

Diagram showing the stages from MPI processes to proactive agents

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

There's still time to sign up for this two-day ARCHER2 Carpentry course, to be delivered by EPCC's Evgenij Belikov. Full details and registration: edin.ac/4fWSnYl

Text reads... HPC Carpentry course
An introduction to accessing remote advanced computing facilities via the command line and HPC.
Day 1: How to use the shell in an HPC context.
Day 2: How to use HPC systems effectively.
HPC Carpentry course

17–18 August 2026, 10:00–16:00 BST
In-person: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Level: Introductory
Audience: Researchers, Data Scientists, Software Developers
An introduction to accessing remote advanced computing facilities via the command line and HPC.
Day 1: How to use the shell in an HPC context.
Day 2: How to use HPC systems effectively.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

WHPC Rising Stars offers early-careers support to present your work at #SC26, receive mentorship, grow your network, and be considered for up to £3,000 in travel support. Submissions are invited from across the HPC community. Deadline: 14 August 2026. edin.ac/4wywjIQ

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If you work in a company that carries out its own research, partner with academia, or support research with your products, the EU @eosc-everse.bsky.social project needs your input. Help shape its recommendations to reflect industry needs by completing this short survey: edin.ac/3UnyNfq

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

In his post below, Prasun Dutta, PhD (Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford) describes research into rare diseases that was supported by the Edinburgh International Data Facility, which is operated by EPCC.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Pilot-UKAIFA, the UK AI Factory Antenna, offers training, consultancy and Infrastructure for organisations, working in partnership with @hammerhai-eu.bsky.social in Stuttgart. Learn more at: edin.ac/4goYQun

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

AIMDay Data, Digital and AI will bring together industry and experts in Edinburgh on 10 Sep. Participants will include EPCC's Commercial Manager Julien Sindt. Sign up if you have a business challenge to explore, or want to learn what industry is looking for! Register by 26 Aug at edin.ac/45KitI4

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The foundation of the AIMday concept is to match questions from businesses and organisations with relevant research competence. These questions are made the subject for discussions in small, multi-disciplinary groups with one hour per question.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

EPCC joined this year's prestigious Royal Society Summer Show with a series of fun activities on the theme of 'Supercomputing: the good, the bad and the beautiful'. Read Kyro Hartzenberg's report about her experience of introducing supercomputing to hundreds of engaged visitors. edin.ac/4yVoajS

Artwork for EPCC stand at Royal Society Summer Show

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have used the Cirrus service - operated by EPCC - to help develop a new theoretical framework that could help address the challenge of energy use by computers and data centres. Read more at edin.ac/3TB1NQG

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A new route towards ultra-low energy data storage technologies

Every internet search, AI-generated image, recommendation, scientific simulation and large language model creates and processes enormous amounts of information that must be stored, transferred and…

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The ARCHER2 calendar image for August is "Spontaneous rolling of brine droplets on the PAH-covered hydrate surface" by Dr Anh Phan, Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey. For full details, see: edin.ac/4xgBvSe

Simulation of the spontaneous rolling of brine droplets (NaCl and CaCl₂) on a methane–ethane hydrate surface coated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in pure toluene, as observed via molecular dynamics (MD) simulations run on ARCHER2. Image by Dr Anh Phan, Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Pilot-UKAIFA at EPCC presents this one-day introduction to AI. Free to attend, it will be led by EPCC's Adam Carter, with colleagues from the Pilot-UKAIFA training team. Register by 17 August 2026 at edin.ac/3U6gPxR

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PILOT-UKAIFA TRAINING
Demystifying AI
21 AUGUST, 2026
EDINBURGH, UK
Learn how AI systems work under the hood, their strengths, and limitations.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Applications for the 2027 Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship Programme will open on 10 August 2026. For details and to join the Online Launch Webinar on 20 August see: edin.ac/4515C43 Applications close 5 October 2026.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

EPCC's Evgenij Belikov will deliver this two-day ARCHER2 HPC Carpentry course. Full details and registration: edin.ac/4fWSnYl

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

EPCC recently provided a bespoke parallel programming course for colleagues at Queen's University Belfast & the University of Cambridge. This training will support contributions to the VECTA project, which is working towards the simulation of a whole jet engine. edin.ac/4pFwfoN

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

CAKE promotes collaboration across the Digital Research Infrastructure landscape by creating a more interconnected, open, inclusive environment. CAKE's flexible funding scheme helps build new collaborations and strengthen existing ones. Read more at: edin.ac/4z0NUvt

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

With work well underway at the site of the UK’s next National Supercomputer, EPCC Deputy Director Ritchie Somerville reflects on the role of EPCC as the UK’s National Supercomputing Centre. Read the full article at: edin.ac/4fvuGot

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

EPCC's Kara Moraw writes about her experience as a first-time attendee of #ISC, where she presented work undertaken as part of CONTINENTS, a 4-year collaboration between EPCC, NCAS & NCAR that is exploring sustainable climate and weather modelling: edin.ac/3Rmiqij

Entrance of ISC26 conference. FOTO- PHILIP LOEPER

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Are you a programmer seeking to deepen your understanding of MPI and explore some of its more recent and advanced features? Join EPCC's David Henty for this online ARCHER2 course on 28 July. Full details and registration: edin.ac/4fh4uPG

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

In his new article on our website, EPCC's Gavin Pringle writes about research into AI-driven weather sonification, which aims to increase the accessibility of weather forecasts by conveying them through music alone. edin.ac/4wNzVHc

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Join EPCC's William Lucas for this look at Modern Fortran, delivered through the ARCHER2 training programme. Full details and registration at edin.ac/4fIOqpX

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ARCHER2 training:
Intermediate Modern Fortran.
Online: 27, 29, 31 July 2026, 10:00–16:00 BST
Level: Intermediate
Audience: Software Developers

Fortran retains great significance in many areas of scientific and numerical computing, particularly for applications such as quantum chemistry, plasmas, engineering and fluid dynamics, and in numerical weather prediction and climate models. This course concentrates on some of the more recent features which are central to Modern Fortran. Attendees should be familiar with the basics of Fortran programming.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The refreshed Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) brings together a renewed line-up of world-class university partners. We look forward to an ambitious new phase of scientific discovery in weather and climate science. edin.ac/3TEHPEs

Quote: "I am delighted to lead the University of Edinburgh's ongoing engagement in the Met Office Academic Partnership. It is testament to our leadership in world-class scientific and high-performance computing and to the importance of our enduring collaboration with the Met Office. I am excited to embark on four more years of cutting-edge research to advance our shared goals in weather forecasting and climate science."

Michèle Weiland
Personal Chair of High Performance Computing Applications, EPCC

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The latest issue of our newsletter is now online! Read about the expansion of our Cirrus system as a UKRI National Compute Resource; the new Pilot UK AI Factory Antenna, which supports the adoption of trustworthy AI across the UK, and so much more! edin.ac/4popKX5

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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

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Data cleansing, management, analysis, and visualisation.
Online: 21–24 July 2026, 13:00–16:30 BST
Level: Introductory
Audience: Researchers, Data Scientists, Software Developers

This workshop is aimed at researchers with little to no prior computational experience. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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. The programme will run until April 2028. Full details: edin.ac/4vUNyV2

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