March 2014
EPCC goes doon the water
Author: Alistair GrantPosted: 31 Mar 2014 | 10:49
This month, Mario, Toni and I took a trip 'doon the water' to Rothesay Academy to introduce some of the concepts of supercomputing to first and second year pupils. 
Rothesay is on the Isle of Bute and during the 19th century it was famous for its hydropathic establishments and treatments. Our team had been invited to visit the school as part of National Science and Engineering Week 2014, and we spent the day showing some of the demonstrations developed by EPCC for explaining the basics of supercomputing and its uses.
Re-imagining the lab. Or, when science meets art
Author: Mike JacksonPosted: 13 Mar 2014 | 15:07
LabBook is a mobile app and online service that allows users to securely record and share their experiment notes. LabBook's developers - Mark Woodbridge, Geraint Barton and Derek Huntley of Imperial College London's Bioinformatics Support Service - asked The Software Sustainability Institute for consultancy as part of the Institute's open call.
I've been working with them to provide advice on the LabBook software, how it is developed, and how it can be moved towards an open source product.
MSc in HPC Guest Lecture Series 2014
Author: Iain BethunePosted: 4 Mar 2014 | 11:54
Every year I have the pleasure (and challenge!) of organising a series of guest lectures as part of EPCC's MSc in HPC. The lectures form part of the HPC Ecosystem course, and aim to give students an appreciation of the current issues and experiences of real-world HPC practioners.
