E-Infrastructure Interconnectivity EPSRC - Chris Taylor
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Computer Science
Abstract
The proposal is for funding to establish a high performance computing centre to be shared by the N8 Research Partnership - a consortium of the research-intensive universities in the North of England (Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York). The aim is to underpin world class research in science and engineering, which increasingly makes use of large scale modelling, simulation and scale data analysis, alongside theory and experiment. The new facility will be cost effective, because it will be shared by 8 universities rather than each of the universities having a similar facility, and it will enable much more complex simulations and analyses to be run routinely than is currently possible. As well as underpinning world class research, the facility will be of great interest to industry, and is likely to lead to new research and innovation collaborations between the universities and business.
Planned Impact
The proposed Centre will provide an opportunity for businesses, particularly SMEs, to access HPC facilities of a scale not easily available without significant investment, creating major potential for new research collaboration and knowledge exchange with the research-intensive universities of N8. We will use several mechanisms to enhance the potential impact of the Centre:
1. Engaging with the local economies of the North of England through strategic alignment with Local Enterprise Partnerships and other agencies;
2. Actively developing new collaborations, particularly through the TSB-funded N8 Industry Innovation Forum;
3. Lowering the barriers to engagement by providing HPC advice, training and free 'taster' access.
1. Engaging with the local economies of the North of England through strategic alignment with Local Enterprise Partnerships and other agencies;
2. Actively developing new collaborations, particularly through the TSB-funded N8 Industry Innovation Forum;
3. Lowering the barriers to engagement by providing HPC advice, training and free 'taster' access.
Organisations
Publications
Serbyn M
(2016)
Power-Law Entanglement Spectrum in Many-Body Localized Phases.
in Physical review letters
Serantes D
(2018)
Anisotropic magnetic nanoparticles for biomedicine: bridging frequency separated AC-field controlled domains of actuation.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Sellers W
(2018)
Quadrupedal locomotor simulation: producing more realistic gaits using dual-objective optimization
in Royal Society Open Science
Seddighi M.
(2017)
Study of transient flow over pyramid roughness in a transitionally rough regime
in 10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017
Seddighi M
(2015)
Turbulence in a transient channel flow with a wall of pyramid roughness
in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Scivetti I
(2021)
Combined Role of Biaxial Strain and Nonstoichiometry for the Electronic, Magnetic, and Redox Properties of Lithiated Metal-Oxide Films: The LiMn2O4 Case.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Schultz D
(2017)
Build Your Own Earth: A Web-Based Tool for Exploring Climate Model Output in Teaching and Research
in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Sato H
(2018)
Temperature-dependent properties of CoFeB/MgO thin films: Experiments versus simulations
in Physical Review B
| Description | This award, together with EP/K000209/1 funded the creation of a centre of excellence in high performance computing for the N8 Universities, N8-HPC, with a significant computer cluster and support services. The centre is still fully active, and has developed communities of practice in key research areas. Projects cover a range of disciplines including Chemistry, Maths, Engineering, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences, Physical Sciences and ICT. The scientific impact of N8-HPC has been significant, with the facility featuring in 84 grant applications totalling £59.8m and its use acknowledged in 377 published papers and 9 REF Environment Templates. |
| Exploitation Route | This varies from project to project and is the responsibility of individual investigators. We have, however, worked actively with the business engagement services of the N8 universities to facilitate collaboration with industry and identify opportunities for knowledge transfer. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Chemicals Electronics Energy Environment Healthcare Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| URL | http://n8hpc.org.uk/ |
| Description | N8-HPC has made a significant contribution to industry engagement, with 40% of projects running on the N8-HPC facility over its life involving industry collaboration, and up to 35 companies involved at any one time. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Impact Types | Economic |