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
Butz D
(2015)
Large Eddy Simulations of a turbulent premixed swirl flame using an algebraic scalar dissipation rate closure
in Combustion and Flame
Campobasso M
(2018)
Low-speed preconditioning for strongly coupled integration of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations and two-equation turbulence models
in Aerospace Science and Technology
Campobasso M
(2016)
Comparative assessment of the harmonic balance Navier-Stokes technology for horizontal and vertical axis wind turbine aerodynamics
in Computers & Fluids
Carey J
(2018)
Does Polaronic Self-Trapping Occur at Anatase TiO 2 Surfaces?
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Carey JJ
(2019)
Screening Doping Strategies To Mitigate Electron Trapping at Anatase TiO2 Surfaces.
in The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces
Carrión M
(2013)
Implementation of all-Mach Roe-type schemes in fully implicit CFD solvers - demonstration for wind turbine flows
in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
Carslaw K
(2015)
The Climatic Importance of Uncertainties in Regional Aerosol-Cloud Radiative Forcings over Recent Decades
in Journal of Climate
Chen Y
(2020)
Local characteristics of and exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in four indian megacities
in Atmospheric Environment: X
Chureemart J
(2017)
Multiscale modeling of spin transport across a diffuse interface
in Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Cidrim A
(2016)
Controlled polarization of two-dimensional quantum turbulence in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates
in Physical Review A
Collins C
(2017)
Accelerated discovery of two crystal structure types in a complex inorganic phase field.
in Nature
Conibear L
(2018)
Current and Future Disease Burden From Ambient Ozone Exposure in India.
in GeoHealth
Conibear L
(2018)
Stringent Emission Control Policies Can Provide Large Improvements in Air Quality and Public Health in India.
in GeoHealth
Conibear L
(2018)
Residential energy use emissions dominate health impacts from exposure to ambient particulate matter in India.
in Nature communications
Danovich M
(2018)
Localized interlayer complexes in heterobilayer transition metal dichalcogenides
in Physical Review B
Das C
(2016)
The physics of stratum corneum lipid membranes.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Demarchi B
(2016)
Protein sequences bound to mineral surfaces persist into deep time.
in eLife
Dentith J
(2020)
Simulating stable carbon isotopes in the ocean component of the FAMOUS general circulation model with MOSES1 (XOAVI)
in Geoscientific Model Development
Dentith J
(2018)
Ocean circulation drifts in multi-millennial climate simulations: the role of salinity corrections and climate feedbacks
in Climate Dynamics
Drofelnik J
(2018)
Harmonic balance Navier-Stokes aerodynamic analysis of horizontal axis wind turbines in yawed wind
in Wind Energy
Drummond N
(2015)
Quantum Monte Carlo study of the phase diagram of solid molecular hydrogen at extreme pressures
in Nature Communications
Dunne EM
(2016)
Global atmospheric particle formation from CERN CLOUD measurements.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
| 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 |