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The International RSE Survey provides an unparalleled longitudinal dataset for understanding the RSE community. Which of our three finalists do you think has made the most insightful discovery using this data? Voting closes 6 May. edin.ac/42inSo3
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Edinburgh International Data Facility's state-of-the-art cloud infrastructure provides cutting-edge compute, storage, and consultancy. Come to our next Town Hall to hear from EPCC experts and EIDF users: 5 May (hybrid): edin.ac/4bJrrIf
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EPCC PhD student Sam Jackson joined our team for this year's Edinburgh Science Festival. He writes about his experience as a first-time volunteer on the EPCC booth and discusses the value of our outreach activities in explaining supercomputing to all ages. edin.ac/4mAE2lW
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StackHPC was engaged by EPCC to provide a "from design to support" solution for the Data Science Cloud of EIDF. This delivered a resilient, highly targeted software-defined environment tailored to the research community. edin.ac/4vQdy4v
CHARTED will hold a webinar on Tuesday 14th April 2026 at 12:00 BST to give more information about its current funding calls. To join, please register at: edin.ac/4eqWDii
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Considering on-campus study with EPCC? This live online University of Edinburgh session is for you!
Introduction to Postgraduate Study
15 April, 1-2:30pm BST.
Register: edin.ac/3QyxPLo
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We're getting ready for the Edinburgh Science Festival. Find us at Dynamic Earth from 11–13 April, where you can use Lego, Spintronics and micro:bit computers to learn all about supercomputing. All our activities are open to a range of ages. edin.ac/41q0kNH
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🏰🧑💻 Register now for Durham HPC Days 2026!
🔗 Secure your spot: hpc-days.github.io/Durham-HPC-D...
⏳ Registration closes April 20
Curious about what’s in store? Take a look at the programme (with more sessions still being added!):
📅 hpc-days.github.io/Durham-HPC-D...
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EPCC Director Mark Parsons is among 15 Edinburgh researchers who have been elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in recognition of excellence in their disciplines, and an ongoing commitment to advancing knowledge for the benefit of society. edin.ac/4vgI7zT
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EPCC been awarded funding for exchange visits between EPCC and Juelich Supercomputing Centre for students and researchers. The Knowledge Exchange To Render Sustainable Exascale-HPC project will fund visits over the next 2 years. It will also develop training with Women in HPC. edin.ac/4sjvkKa
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CHARTED makes the training landscape easier to navigate for digital Research Technical Professionals. It invites applications to two funds:
Community Activities (max award per activity £5,000)
Professional Development (max award per individual £5,000).
Next deadline: 15 April.
edin.ac/3PTZuGr
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ExaGEO-funded PhD opportunity available at EPCC for one home-fees eligible student. Choose from a project in the field of large-scale flood forecasting models or weather & climate simulation codes.
Start Sep 2026.
edin.ac/4v4sifD
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EPCC's Xu Guo reviews the 2026 ARCHER2 Celebration of Science, an annual event held in Edinburgh that highlights the world-class research enabled by the UK National Supercomputing Service: edin.ac/3OdOfbq
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The ARCHER2 calendar image for April is "Simulated Blood Flow Patterns in an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm" by Mr Vijay Nandurdikar, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Manchester. Full details in our image gallery: edin.ac/4qwis3C
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CW26 Mini-Workshops: 28-30 April 2026.
The Software Sustainability Institute's Collaborations Workshop will include a series of mini-workshops. Topics will include sustainable computing, best practices & career development: edin.ac/47BxLjY
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It's Day 2 of the UK Turbulence Consortium's annual meeting, organised by EPCC. We're looking forward to seeing more of the latest developments and applications of UK-based CFD codes that use our large-scale HPC resources. Attendees can also find out more about ARCHER2.
edin.ac/41vm8rb
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Does your project involve working with sensitive data? Magdalena Drafiova, EIDF Collaboration Manager, explains the services available at EPCC and offers advice on how to choose between them: edin.ac/4bQTh5o
There is a more detailed description, including a note on target audience and learning outcomes, here:
www.archer2.ac.uk/training/cou...
Any research project that employs software would benefit. We'll use Python as an example language so Data Science type projects may be closest but, since most practices are language-agnostic, those whose projects are in C/C++/Fortran may still benefit (NB: we don't cover the language details).
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ARCHER2 training: Intermediate-level Research Software Development.
In person, Manchester: 13 April and 14–16 April 2026.
This course will teach established, intermediate-level software development skills & best practices for working as part of a team. edin.ac/48bQjHB
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Don't miss out! The deadline for General Admission (in-person) tickets for the Software Sustainability Institute's annual Collaborations Workshop 2026 is 11:59pm on 31 March.
CW26 will run as a hybrid event from 28–30 April 2026 in Belfast. edin.ac/4rYREZB
The Connect 4 partnership has been investigating the federation of data services across four UK national Trusted Research Environments. Jen Muir, Scottish Safe Haven Network Manager at Research Data Scotland, summarises the key outcomes from the project: edin.ac/4d16hYt
Timothy Rafferty, University of Oxford, received a certificate form EPCC Director, Mark Parsons.
Congratulations to Timothy Rafferty, University of Oxford, who won the ARCHER2 Celebration of Science Poster Competition! See his poster 'Wind farms, understanding the gravity of their atmospheric interactions’ at: edin.ac/3NXG6Yt
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ARCHER2 Outreach and Public Engagement webinar: 25 March, 3-4pm, online .
This interactive webinar will showcase the breadth of ARCHER2 outreach activities, demonstrating how HPC can be made accessible, engaging and fun!
edin.ac/40OxvtZ
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Day Two of the ARCHER2 Celebration of Science includes a keynote talk by EPCC Director Mark Parsons and a session on the Digital Research Landscape. Come to the CAKE booth to find out about the UK's Digital Research Infrastructure community and resources. edin.ac/3PmS7qG
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ARCHER2, the UK national supercomputing service, has delivered an eightfold return on investment to the economy according to independent analysis. Operated by EPCC, it has enabled more than £4.2bn in benefits to the UK economy since launching in 2021: edin.ac/47JGMHB
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A UK Gov investment of £20m for Uni of Edinburgh Quantum Software Lab will accelerate the development of quantum software, supporting the 4-year Quantum Advantage TurboCHarger (QATCH) programme: edin.ac/3NwcTUm
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EPCC PhD student Kejia Zhang is researching multimodal story generation using generative AI for contextualised mathematics education. He aims to develop a learning system called MathsTale, which will enhance children’s engagement and learning experiences: edin.ac/4bf1x01
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We're looking forward to the ARCHER2 Celebration of Science (CoS) this week, with its packed agenda of talks: edin.ac/3PmS7qG.
CoS will be preceded by the 'Championing Green Digital Research' workshop, which will discuss the contribution of digital research technical professionals: edin.ac/3NBm9pL