EPCC joined this year's prestigious Royal Society Summer Show with a series of fun activities on the theme of 'Supercomputing: the good, the bad and the beautiful'. Read Kyro Hartzenberg's report about her experience of introducing supercomputing to hundreds of engaged visitors. edin.ac/4yVoajS

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have used the Cirrus service - operated by EPCC - to help develop a new theoretical framework that could help address the challenge of energy use by computers and data centres. Read more at edin.ac/3TB1NQG

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The ARCHER2 calendar image for August is "Spontaneous rolling of brine droplets on the PAH-covered hydrate surface" by Dr Anh Phan, Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey. For full details, see: edin.ac/4xgBvSe

Pilot-UKAIFA at EPCC presents this one-day introduction to AI. Free to attend, it will be led by EPCC's Adam Carter, with colleagues from the Pilot-UKAIFA training team. Register by 17 August 2026 at edin.ac/3U6gPxR

Applications for the 2027 Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship Programme will open on 10 August 2026. For details and to join the Online Launch Webinar on 20 August see: edin.ac/4515C43 Applications close 5 October 2026.

EPCC's Evgenij Belikov will deliver this two-day ARCHER2 HPC Carpentry course. Full details and registration: edin.ac/4fWSnYl

EPCC recently provided a bespoke parallel programming course for colleagues at Queen's University Belfast & the University of Cambridge. This training will support contributions to the VECTA project, which is working towards the simulation of a whole jet engine. edin.ac/4pFwfoN

CAKE promotes collaboration across the Digital Research Infrastructure landscape by creating a more interconnected, open, inclusive environment. CAKE's flexible funding scheme helps build new collaborations and strengthen existing ones. Read more at: edin.ac/4z0NUvt

With work well underway at the site of the UK’s next National Supercomputer, EPCC Deputy Director Ritchie Somerville reflects on the role of EPCC as the UK’s National Supercomputing Centre. Read the full article at: edin.ac/4fvuGot

EPCC's Kara Moraw writes about her experience as a first-time attendee of #ISC, where she presented work undertaken as part of CONTINENTS, a 4-year collaboration between EPCC, NCAS & NCAR that is exploring sustainable climate and weather modelling: edin.ac/3Rmiqij

Are you a programmer seeking to deepen your understanding of MPI and explore some of its more recent and advanced features? Join EPCC's David Henty for this online ARCHER2 course on 28 July. Full details and registration: edin.ac/4fh4uPG

In his new article on our website, EPCC's Gavin Pringle writes about research into AI-driven weather sonification, which aims to increase the accessibility of weather forecasts by conveying them through music alone. edin.ac/4wNzVHc

Join EPCC's William Lucas for this look at Modern Fortran, delivered through the ARCHER2 training programme. Full details and registration at edin.ac/4fIOqpX

The refreshed Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) brings together a renewed line-up of world-class university partners. We look forward to an ambitious new phase of scientific discovery in weather and climate science. edin.ac/3TEHPEs

The latest issue of our newsletter is now online! Read about the expansion of our Cirrus system as a UKRI National Compute Resource; the new Pilot UK AI Factory Antenna, which supports the adoption of trustworthy AI across the UK, and so much more! edin.ac/4popKX5

Joe Wallwork (University of Cambridge) was awarded a CAKE Fellowship focused on improving knowledge exchange of Fortran. He reports on progress so far and his next steps: edin.ac/4eXkJkO

This online Data Carpentry workshop will be presented by EPCC's Evgenij Belikov. For full details and to register, see the ARCHER2 website: edin.ac/44SLHnJ

Looking for data services but not sure where to start? The Edinburgh International Data Facility's new Estimator tool may be the answer! The EIDF pricing estimator allows you to explore and estimate project costs before creating an account. Read more: edin.ac/4beBkOG

The CAKE Retreats programme provides funding for community-led retreats to shape the future of the UK’s Digital Research Infrastructure and large-scale computing ecosystem. The programme will run until April 2028. Full details: edin.ac/4vUNyV2

The CAKE Retreats programme provides funding for community-led retreats to shape the future of the UK’s Digital Research Infrastructure and large-scale computing ecosystem. The programme will run until April 2028. Full details: edin.ac/4vUNyV2

The Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space & Time (LSST), expected to create up to 500PB of data, has begun. EPCC’s Somerville research cloud hosts the UK's Data Access Centre, which will serve LSST science data to the international community: edin.ac/4gjaKYb

At 15:10 today at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, EPCC's Lorna Smith will be part of a discussion about the potential benefits of supercomputing and what is being done to minimise their environmental impact. Details at edin.ac/44EEOWW

Digital Research Technical Professional skills and roles can be hard to navigate. CHARTED works to improve this. Join our webinar on July 23 to learn more! edin.ac/4vd8xkK

Another busy day at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London! Our virtual reality museum activity shows how supercomputers address major challenges - we were delighted to see that one visitor had brought their own homemade model VR headset.

The EPCC team are being kept busy at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition today, with the hook-a-duck challenge popular with all ages!

EPCC staff setting up our 'hook the duck' challenge before doors opened at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. If you're attending this week, come to our booth to learn how this activity is key to understanding what a supercomputer is! edin.ac/4wgvR1V

#CONTINENTS project, exploring energy efficient #hpc, ran a mini symposium at #pasc26 about the role of #AI in #HPC. Speakers from EPCC, NCAR and the Met Office described their activities and, more widely, the ethical and sustainability concerns.

July's ARCHER2 calendar image is "Contour plots of density from the evolution of a triple material interaction, simulated with a hybrid DG-FV method using UCNS3D" by Prof Pangiotis Tsoutsanis, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, UK. See all images at edin.ac/4qwis3C

EPCC is at the @royalsociety.org Summer Science Exhibition this week, with our fun, informative activities. If you're attending too, come and say hello - and learn how supercomputers help address urgent challenges to our health, our security and our planet! More info: edin.ac/4wgvR1V

Daniyal Arshad presents work at the #riscv for #hpc workshop on exploring spectral element methods on the #tenstorrent Tensix accelerator with the Nekbone miniapp. This was undertaken as part of the HPC-R project which looked at alternative architectures for #cfd.