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Using high-performance computing to improve a Scottish SME’s modelling software
Author: Ronnie GallowayPosted: 24 Jun 2013 | 10:28
Glasgow-based Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) is benefitting from a collaboration with EPCC. The project is part of Supercomputing Scotland, a joint EPCC and Scottish Enterprise programme designed to introduce advanced computing into Scottish business.
Workshop talk on Beatbox: Biophysically and Anatomically Realistic Cardiac Simulations
Author: Adrian JacksonPosted: 24 Jun 2013 | 10:22
I'm just preparing to give a talk, along with my colleague Mario, at the Beatbox workshop being held at Manchester University this week. Beatbox is an HPC environment for Biophysically and Anatomically Realistic
ScotCHEM Computational Chemistry Symposium 2013 – or why I need to learn more Chemistry
Author: Toni CollisPosted: 21 Jun 2013 | 17:05
Last week I attended ScotChem 2013 at the School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews. This two-day event was founded by Carole Morrison (Chemistry, University of Edinburgh) and Tanja van Mourik (Chemistry, University of St Andrews) to bring together computational chemists in Scotland, and I went along to find out how the HPC community is involved in computational chemistry. This was also the first year that the ScotCHEM meeting was held over two days - the first day was focused on a CCP5 workshop on modelling the chemistry and biochemistry of condensed phases. This workshop also aimed to address the underrepresentation of women in Chemistry by showcasing an all-female cast! It certainly is impressive to see so many female computational chemists, as normally I feel surrounded by men!
CP2K-UK: Now recruiting!
Author: Iain BethunePosted: 20 Jun 2013 | 13:48
'CP2K-UK' is a new project starting shortly at EPCC, aiming to nurture the growth of a self-sustaining user and developer community around the CP2K materials science code here in the UK. I have been working on CP2K for nearly 5 years now thanks to a series of HECToR dCSE and PRACE projects, so it is great to get a chance to work on some of the more fundamental issues around usability and sustainability of the code, thanks to success in the EPSRC 'Software for the Future' call.
ISC13: Meet the Edinburgh Student Cluster Challenge team
Author: Xu GuoPosted: 19 Jun 2013 | 12:30
The EPCC MSc Student Cluster Challenge team were interviewed on the first day of the competiton at ISC'13. Also check out their Facebook page.
HECToR/Cray XC30 courses next week
Author: David HentyPosted: 19 Jun 2013 | 12:13
Cray Advanced Tools Workshop
As part of our PRACE Advanced Training Centre (PATC) programme, EPCC is hosting a "Cray Advanced Tools Workshop" in JCMB on 26-27 June using HECToR as the platform. If you are interested in attending see the event page on the PRACE website.
Survey on Software Discovery and Usage
Author: Mario AntoniolettiPosted: 19 Jun 2013 | 07:31
EPCC at Musselburgh Grammar
Author: Mario AntoniolettiPosted: 17 Jun 2013 | 09:18
Three members of EPCC staff (Terry, myself and Alistair) went back to school on 7th June when Musselburgh Grammar near Edinburgh held a science fair for its 200 First Year students (12-13 year olds).
Our remit was to introduce these young folks to supercomputers, in particular HECToR, the UK national supercomputing service hosted here in Edinburgh, and to give them an idea of how these types of system work and the sort of research that is undertaken using them.
Cyber security - the greatest modern challenge?
Author: Nick BrownPosted: 14 Jun 2013 | 16:02
EPCC's seminar series, which is usually open to all and given by EPCC staff, that covers a wide variety of topics, from those closely related to HPC to others which are much more general. An example of the latter is a talk I recently gave on cyber security. With an estimated ten million cyber-attacks worldwide per day, from individuals to small and large-scale organisations, this is something that we should all be aware of.
MIC check
Author: Iain BethunePosted: 12 Jun 2013 | 13:20
Following on from my recent post on Xeon Phi, thanks to the hard work of our Systems Development Team we now have a fully configured server sporting the two Intel 5110P Many Integrated Core (MIC) co-processor cards installed and ready to go. The imaginately named 'phi' machine is connected to our internal Hydra cluster and is available for staff, students and visitors to port and test their applications.
