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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 14h

The final instalment of the Software Sustainability Institute's Fellows' Stories is now live. Discover how the SSI Fellowship Programme supported Adrian in advocating for the role of software within research policy and read other Fellows' stories: edin.ac/3Kyvuxk

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 1d

Explore data science innovations with the Edinburgh International Data Facility! Our next interactive drop-in starts at 10am, Tues 21 Oct. Sign up to hear from insightful speakers and to be inspired!
edin.ac/3IIsYE5

Montage promoting EIDF drop-ins on 21 Oct and 25 Nov.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 2d

ARCHER2 training: Green software use on HPC
10:00–15:30, 22 Oct, Birmingham (in-person only).

This lesson will give attendees the ability to understand and quantify emissions arising from the use of HPC systems. It is aimed at all HPC stakeholders.

edin.ac/4o77qQC

EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 5d

Call for Speakers: Women in HPC Breakfast
(Computing Insight UK, 5 Dec 2025)

Students and early-career professionals are invited to apply to give a short talk and share their work with the community.

Apply by 27 Oct.

edin.ac/46S9CEy

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 6d

DisCouRSE Flexible Funding scheme offers grants up to £10K to projects to strengthen leadership, skills & career pathways for digital Research Technical Professionals.

Read more about how DisCouRSE will support the development of leaders in this area: edin.ac/48KRIGd

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seb(astien) @nseb.bsky.social · 7d

And here is a video version. I always enjoy working on these visualisations so feel free to get in touch if you want to know more about the process and how we can help you apply it to your science.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 7d

The ARCHER2 calendar image for October is 'Effects of "wake steering" on wind turbine flows' by EPCC's Dr Sébastien Lemaire. edin.ac/46MyWvo

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 8d

Last weekend's Doors Open Day festival saw many buildings across Edinburgh open up to the public. We were part of the programme at the Bayes Centre, introducing visitors to supercomputing and its underlying principles. Read a review of the event on our website: edin.ac/472Tnpi

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 9d

The Software Sustainability Institute invites members of the research software and data communities to participate as writers or reviewers in the development of a new set of guides on:
- AI in research software
- Sustainable computing
- EDI practices.

Closes Friday 3 October 2025.
edin.ac/3KqBhVG

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 12d

EPCC at Doors Open Day: 10am-2pm, Sunday 28 September 2025.

Take a virtual tour of the Advanced Computing Facility!

We're part of Doors Open Day at the Bayes Centre this Sunday. Come and see what a supercomputer looks like up close!
edin.ac/3WC12EP

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 13d

"Better Architecture, Better Software, Better Research."
Neil Chue Hong writes about work to bridge the gap between Research Software Engineering and Software Engineering Research: edin.ac/4gK5fjp

Computer monitor showing code behind pair of spectacles.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 14d

Collaborations Workshop 2026: registration open (28-30 April 2026, Belfast/hybrid).

Organised by the Software Sustainability Institute, CW26 will be an immersive unconference with active collaboration, dynamic discussion, and hands-on problem-solving.

Register now with Eventbrite: edin.ac/4msRsyP

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 15d

Unified Shared Memory (USM) models simplify accelerator programming. In his article, Paul Bartholomew shares his research into the cost of using them: edin.ac/4mqsfFf

Scylla HPC testbed. Photo by Sebastien Lemaire, EPCC.

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Tobias Weinzierl @tobiasweinzierl.bsky.social · 19d

It is great to work with Nick on this project. I'll also present details on SHAREing on that event.

EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 19d

EPCC's Nick Brown will be giving his talk "CAKE: Driving Knowledge Exchange for the UK’s DRI" at the 7th Annual UK HPC & AI Conference (Oct 14 at 12:30 BST, Leicester, UK).

Register for FREE: bit.ly/3K97NeH
#HPC #AI

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 16d

Submissions are now open for #ISC26 workshops and tutorials.

WORKSHOPS
Workshops with Proceedings: closes OCT 20, 2025.
Regular Workshops: closes DEC 10, 2025.

TUTORIALS
Full Submission: closes Dec 11, 2025.

Full details: isc-hpc.com/submissions

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 19d

EPCC's Nick Brown will be giving his talk "CAKE: Driving Knowledge Exchange for the UK’s DRI" at the 7th Annual UK HPC & AI Conference (Oct 14 at 12:30 BST, Leicester, UK).

Register for FREE: bit.ly/3K97NeH
#HPC #AI

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RISC-V International – RISC-V: The Open Standard RISC Instructi… @riscv.org.web.brid.gy · 21d

RISC-V: Shaping the Future of Mobility with Open Standards

The automotive industry gathered last week in Munich to drive the future of mobility forward, with a particular focus on compute and software, two of the most important components of...

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Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture & Society @edcdcs.bsky.social · 20d

Coming up next week! Our "Getting Started with R for Research" course offers a clear, beginner-friendly start to R and RStudio with practical data wrangling.

📆 Thurs 25 Sept & 2nd October
🔗 https://edin.ac/4n8pM2W

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ETP4HPC @etp4hpc.bsky.social · 20d

📣 Still time to register for our WEBINAR TOMORROW: Research Applications & Workflows
📅 19 Sept 11am CEST
➡️ presentation of our upcoming white paper
➡️ interactive session to gather your experience & recommendations
https://bit.ly/45l7RQI
@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social @itcooperativesurf.bsky.social

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 21d

EPCC colleagues will be speaking at these HPC in Focus events at the University of Edinburgh:
Oct 2 - Josephine Beech-Brandt (EPCC HPC services)
Oct 9 - Eleanor Broadway (WHPC & CAKE); Magdalena Drafiova (Edinburgh International Data Facility).
edin.ac/3zHXCch

Text: HPC in focus. Explore High Performance Computing in a series of events online and in person at King's Buildings Campus.

EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations to our three colleagues who each won an award at #RSECon25! Two prizes were collected for research posters, and the inaugural Green RSE Award went to Andy Turner. Well done everyone.
edin.ac/46oQWfe

Andy Turner receives his prize on-stage.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 23d

EPCC Director Mark Parsons will speak at the #ScotSoft2025 event for professionals & leaders in digital technologies (25 Sep, Edinburgh). Mark's talk '£750m for a Supercomputer?!' will discuss the UK's Next National Supercomputer, to be hosted by EPCC: edin.ac/3IjNJ8I

Montage promoting Mark Parsons' talk at Scotsoft 2025, on 25 September, Edinburgh

EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 26d

EIDF drop-in sessions offer a unique opportunity to explore innovative data services and resources that can greatly benefit your research and business activities. Next session: 10-11:15am, September 23, 2025.

Sign up now! edin.ac/4pfNBrK

Montage promoting EIDF drop-ins on 23 Sep, 21 Oct and 25 Nov.

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 27d

Since 2001 our one-year postgraduate MSc in HPC has attracted students from across the world. EPCC's David Henty talks to Linnea Gilius, who has been working at EPCC since completing her MSc in 2024, about her experience of moving from the USA to study with us. edin.ac/4lYXWoT

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EPCC @epcc.bsky.social · 28d

The Mapping Change project is the first to semantically structure Historical Gazetteers of Scotland at article level. The work by EPCC's Rosa Filgueira & PhD candidate Lilin Yu transforms unstructured OCR into reusable, semantically explorable resources: edin.ac/4mWfH9U

Frances interface for Leith, 1803, showing the extracted article text with locations highlights, a map view, and semantically similar entries over time.