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Research collaboration: evaluating events data for cultural analytics
This innovative project by an interdisciplinary team from the universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews investigated how Covid-19 affected the cultural events sector in Edinburgh.
Maintaining critical chiller plant at the Advanced Computing Facility
The Advanced Computing Facility houses the high performance computing services operated by EPCC, including ARCHER2 and the Edinburgh International Data Facility.
Staff profile: Jaffery Irudayasamy
Jaffery joined EPCC after studying for his MSc in HPC with Data Science with us.
A new programme of GPU software development eCSE calls
… And an opportunity for early-career researchers to observe a panel meeting.
Faster large language model training with a Cerebras CS-2 Wafer-Scale Cluster
The Edinburgh International Data Facility, operated by EPCC, includes the Cerebras CS-2 service which was recently upgraded to add a second unit and also reconfigured into a Wafer-Scale Cluster.
FAIR IMPACT: open call and webinar
Joy Davidson of the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Glasgow writes about new support available to support FAIR-enabling methods and tools.
Preview: RISC-V at HPC Asia
HPC Asia, which will run from 25–27 January in Nagoya, Japan, is an opportunity for EPCC to further engage with some of the very exciting activities that are happening around HPC in this part of th
RISC-V and xDSL research at HiPEAC 2024
Nick Brown reviews EPCC's activities at HiPEAC, a European forum for computing systems researchers, industry representatives, and students.
AI-training trial yields impressive results with EPCC's Cerebras CS-2
smartR AI™ and EPCC are working together on an AI trial using the Cerebras CS-2 Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) system. The results so far have shown a dramatic reduction in AI training times.
Waste supercomputer heat and old mines could warm homes
A first-of-its-kind system in the UK is being trialled in Edinburgh to see if waste heat from its Advanced Computing Facility can be stored in disused mine workings and used to warm homes.