News archive for November 2006
FireGrid
The FireGrid cluster is a multidisciplinary collaboration investigating next-generation emergency response systems.
FireGrid’s mission is
to establish a cross-disciplinary collaborative community to pursue fundamental research for developing real time emergency response systems, using the Grid beginning with fire emergencies.
EPCC’s role is to provide expertise on high-performance computing for simulation and modelling.
More information can be […]
DEM Solutions
DEM Solutions is a Scottish SME that specialises in discrete element modelling software. Discrete element modelling is a method of simulating the behaviour of granular media - gravel, sand, flour - and is computationally very expensive.
Particles in a simulation can be different sizes, and can bounce off each other and off the “walls” of the […]
OHM Surveys
OHM Surveys plc supplies CSEM technology and services.
Controlled Source Electromagnetic (CSEM) imaging is a rapidly developing technology in the global oil industry. It has been applied in a range of geological environments. The method uses a high powered source to transmit a low frequency electromagnetic field through the seafloor to an array of receivers.
By analysing […]
Maxwell - the FHPCA Supercomputer
EPCC is a founding member of the FPGA High Performance Computing Alliance (FHPCA).
The FHPCA develops high-performance computing solutions using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) to deliver new levels of performance into the technical computing market.
EPCC managed the construction of a 64-FPGA Supercomputer for the Alliance, a machine that demonstrates true FPGA-to-FPGA parallel computing. Our approach […]
Read the complete news article Maxwell - the FHPCA Supercomputer.
ITI CBM Programme
The £4.75m 3 year ITI Techmedia Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM) Programme uses sensors and network technology to develop a condition-based monitoring platform with applications across a range of industries.
The programme’s initial focus is on the commercial farming sector, where the technology platform under development is designed to enable behavioural and physiological monitoring of beef […]
Reality Grid
The main RealityGrid site is http://www.realitygrid.org/
The RealityGrid project is concerned with the development of
state-of-the-art computational methods to study condensed matter
systems. In particular, the project is focused on the use of, and
connections between, high performance computing, grid computing, and
visualisation. Ultimately, it is of great importance that these
resources and methods can be used efficiently to enhance scientific
productivity.
The […]
QCDGrid
Since 2002, software engineers at EPCC have been developing a scientific data infrastructure to manage the large volumes (hundreds of Terabytes) of data produced by the UKQCD collaboration (UK Quantum Chromodynamics). To fulfil the UKQCD’s requirements, we have developed a Grid application called DiGS, which streamlines and automates the administration of large volumes of scientific […]
INWA
INWA - Informing Business & Regional Policy : Grid-enabled fusion of global data and local knowledge
The INWA project has been using existing Grid technologies to allow researchers to analyse commercial data located at sites in the UK, Australia. Recently the project has been extended to include a site in China.
The project is funded by […]
OMII-EU
The Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute for Europe (OMII-EU) was a major initiative to identify and gather together key webservice-based Grid middleware components. The projects key aim was to provide a repository of quality-assured, interoperable middleware services for the three key low-level infrastrucure layers of Globus, UNICORE and gLite.
EPCC’s primary role in OMII-EU was to […]
NextGRID
NextGRID was part of a major initiative to ensure that Europe is a world leader in Grid technology, central to the new knowledge-based economy.
NextGRID’s objectives were to direct developments in Grid technologies to meet the needs of communities beyond the current scientific user groups, in particular business users.
EPCC’s role in NextGRID was twofold:
we led the […]
EGEE
EGEE is a project that brings together scientists and engineers from more than 90 institutions in 32 countries world-wide to provide a seamless Grid infrastructure for e-Science that is available to scientists 24 hours-a-day. Conceived from the start as a four-year project, the second two-year phase started on 1 April 2006, and is funded by […]
HPCx: UK academic supercomputer doubles capability
The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) formally accepted the third and final phase of HPCx, the UK National Academic Supercomputer, on 7 November. When originally commissioned by the UK Research Councils in 2002 it was immediately designated as one of the top 10 largest supercomputers in the world. In 2004, the capability of […]
Read the complete news article HPCx: UK academic supercomputer doubles capability.
BBC: UK supercomputer sets faster pace
The UK’s fastest-proven supercomputer used by the academic community has doubled in size and performance.
The HPCx machine, based in Warrington, is now capable of operating at speeds up to 15.4 teraflops, or 15.4 trillion calculations every second.
BBC News article
Read the complete news article BBC: UK supercomputer sets faster pace.