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DisCouRSE Flexible Funding Call: Building a Community of Leaders

DisCouRSE is a new UKRI-funded Network+ project that will encourage and support the development of leaders across all digital Research Technical Professional (dRTP) roles, resulting in an empowered

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EPCC at Doors Open Day 2025

Every year Doors Open Days open up buildings in Scotland that would not normally be accessible to the public.

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USM: A first look

Paul Bartholomew investigates the cost of using USM compared with controlling data movements manually.

 

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The Scylla GPU work station.

EPCC colleagues' successes at RSECon25

RSECon is the annual conference organised by the Society of Research Software Engineering.

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Joining our MSc programme as a US student

Since 2001 EPCC has run a one-year postgraduate Master's course in High Performance Computing awarded by the University of Edinburgh, and we are always keen to attract students from across the worl

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Mapping change: bringing Scotland’s 19th-Century gazetteers to life

The Mapping Change research project, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, set out to transform the Historical Gazetteers of Scotland (1803–1901). 

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ACF shut down: update

Paul Clark, EPCC's Director of HPC Systems, reviews the excellent progress made so far during the Advanced Computing Facility's first ever major shutdown.

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Review: EPCC at the Big Bang Fair 2025

The 2025 Big Bang Fair, the UK’s biggest free STEM fair for young people, was great fun yet again.

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Group photo showing some of the EPCC team at the Big Bang Fair 2025.

NetDRIVE: decarbonising research

Digital Research Infrastructure is essential to modern research.

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Preparing to power down the Advanced Computing Facility

We are preparing for a major shutdown of our ACF site for the first time ever. Paul Clark, EPCC Director of HPC Systems, explains what we are doing and why. 

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EPCC debuts at the Edinburgh Fringe

Kirsty Pringle made her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut this year, combining research into air pollution with stand-up comedy.

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Innovation in AI technology: join our exclusive workshop on the Cerebras CS-3 

The Edinburgh International Data Facility’s Cerebras Service is a remarkable innovation in AI and computing. Register now to explore this service at our workshop on September 4, 2025. 

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Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom visits the ACF

On 14 August, EPCC hosted the Hon Stephen Smith, the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, along with Andrew Sainsbury, Economic Counsellor, to the High Commission in the UK, at the A

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The Hon Stephen Smith, the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, with Prof Mark Parsons, EPCC Director

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Find out more about key areas of EPCC's work

Research themes

We conduct research at the leading edge of High Performance Computing and Data Science.

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ARCHER2

ARCHER2 serves as the UK’s National High Performance Computing system and facilitates world-class science for UK researchers.

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Masters' programmes

EPCC offers a suite of two linked Masters' programmes.

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MSc Students 18-19

PhD study

EPCC offers a unique setting for in-depth research and excellent connections into industry to provide further opportunities for our students and graduates.

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Advanced Computing Facility

The Advanced Computing Facility is the High Performance Computing data centre of EPCC.

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On-demand HPC service

Direct, secure access to EPCC’s High Performance Computing platforms delivering the highest levels of performance.

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