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Michèle Weiland

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Professor at EPCC, the supercomputing centre at the University of Edinburgh

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EPCC@epcc.bsky.social · 3w ago

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

Quote: "I am delighted to lead the University of Edinburgh's ongoing engagement in the Met Office Academic Partnership. It is testament to our leadership in world-class scientific and high-performance computing and to the importance of our enduring collaboration with the Met Office. I am excited to embark on four more years of cutting-edge research to advance our shared goals in weather forecasting and climate science." Michèle Weiland Personal Chair of High Performance Computing Applications, EPCC
EPCC@epcc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Two new PhD opportunities are available at EPCC as part of the VECTA programme. This £17m EPSRC Strategic Prosperity Partnership is developing the modelling capabilities to virtually design and certify the next generation of aircraft engines. edin.ac/4oWIB9Q

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EPCC@epcc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

EPCC's refreshed Cirrus service for academia and industry has launched! It offers new resources for CPU-based HPC use and increases the flexibility of the service. There are now more ways to interact with Cirrus too. Read more in Andy Turner's article: edin.ac/4pwKPhq

EPCC's Cirrus supercomputer with an image of winter mountains across the cabinets.
EPCC@epcc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A new partnership between the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and EPCC will enable closer collaboration between the two organisations, with a focus on the effective delivery of large-scale compute infrastructure to inform national approaches. edin.ac/4a8bHiX

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EPCC@epcc.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Our Cirrus service for academia and industry is being refreshed. The CPU-based Cirrus EX4000, with over 73,000 AMD compute cores linked by an HPE Slingshot 11 interconnect, will be available soon - see edin.ac/4pZb6W4. Until then, here’s EPCC Director Mark Parsons building an AMD chip in Lego!

EPCC@epcc.bsky.social · 10mo ago

EPCC has won EU & UK Gov funding to establish and operate the €10m (£8.6m) UK AI Factory Antenna. This initiative will help organisations increase literacy in the technology and its use, and show how it can help increase productivity and deliver growth. edin.ac/3WzDaSx

Colourful wires on the Cerebras CS-3 supercomputer
EPCC@epcc.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It's a busy time at EPCC as we prepare for the first ever total power down of the Advanced Computing Facility. EPCC's Director of HPC Systems explains why we are taking this essential action, which will include the pausing of all our HPC services for the duration of the outage. edin.ac/4lPKTGq

Crane lifts generator from lorry bed.
Ryohei Kobayashi@ryohei-kobayashi.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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We’re getting ready to host IEEE Cluster Conference in Edinburgh next week. Among the highlights will be keynotes from Natalia Vassilieva (Cerebras Systems); Rosa M. Badia (Barcelona Supercomputing… |...

We’re getting ready to host IEEE Cluster Conference in Edinburgh next week. Among the highlights will be keynotes from Natalia Vassilieva (Cerebras Systems); Rosa M. Badia (Barcelona Supercomputing Ce...

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EPCC@epcc.bsky.social · last yr.

We are delighted to announce that EPCC has been named the UK’s first National Supercomputing Centre. This significant step is a huge endorsement of the University and its future as a world-leader in supercomputing and AI: edin.ac/4eVtnyx

Image shows (left to right) Prof. Sir Peter Mathieson, Principal of the University of Edinburgh, with Feryal Clark, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Prof. Mark Parsons, Director of EPCC and Dean of Research Computing.
EPCC@epcc.bsky.social · last yr.

The first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will be revealed today. This image of the Virgo cluster, which incudes 2 spiral galaxies and 3 merging galaxies, gives a sneak preview of what we can expect. Read how EPCC is supporting Rubin's Legacy Survey of Space and Time: edin.ac/40f1n2F

A mall section of NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's total view of the Virgo cluster. Visible are two spiral galaxies (lower right), three merging galaxies (upper right), several groups of distant galaxies, many stars in the Milky Way galaxy and more. Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
EPCC@epcc.bsky.social · last yr.

On 23 June 2025 the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will be revealed to the world in a ‘First Look’ event. A collaboration between EPCC and the University of Edinburgh's Institute for Astronomy will be central to the decade of great science that will follow. edin.ac/40f1n2F

Rubin Observatory stands on Cerro Pachón in Chile against a sky full of star trails in this long exposure night sky image. Credit: Hernan Stockebrand.