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
Hickey C
(2017)
Emergence of chiral spin liquids via quantum melting of noncoplanar magnetic orders
in Physical Review B
Holgate J
(2018)
A Review of Embedded Large Eddy Simulation for Internal Flows
in Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering
Hollins T
(2016)
A local Fock-exchange potential in Kohn-Sham equations
Hollins T
(2017)
A local Fock-exchange potential in Kohn-Sham equations
in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Hopkinson A
(2018)
Quantum diffusion of H/D on Ni(111)-A partially adiabatic centroid MD study
in The Journal of Chemical Physics
Hung S
(2017)
First-principles prediction of the morphology of L 1 0 FePt nanoparticles supported on Mg(Ti)O for heat-assisted magnetic recording applications
in Physical Review Materials
Hung S
(2018)
First-Principles Investigation of Titanium Nanoparticle Oxidation
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Hung SH
(2019)
First-Principles Investigation of the Structure and Properties of Au Nanoparticles Supported on ZnO.
in The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces
Hunt R
(2018)
Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of energy gaps from first principles
in Physical Review B
Hunt R
(2020)
Diffusion quantum Monte Carlo and G W study of the electronic properties of monolayer and bulk hexagonal boron nitride
in Physical Review B
Ivanov SM
(2019)
Energetic Fingerprinting of Ligand Binding to Paralogous Proteins: The Case of the Apoptotic Pathway.
in Journal of chemical information and modeling
Ivanovic R
(2017)
Collapse of the North American ice saddle 14,500 years ago caused widespread cooling and reduced ocean overturning circulation
in Geophysical Research Letters
Ivanovic R
(2018)
Climatic Effect of Antarctic Meltwater Overwhelmed by Concurrent Northern Hemispheric Melt
in Geophysical Research Letters
Ivanovic R
(2018)
Acceleration of Northern Ice Sheet Melt Induces AMOC Slowdown and Northern Cooling in Simulations of the Early Last Deglaciation
in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Johnson J
(2018)
The importance of comprehensive parameter sampling and multiple observations for robust constraint of aerosol radiative forcing
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Johnson J
(2020)
Robust observational constraint of uncertain aerosol processes and emissions in a climate model and the effect on aerosol radiative forcing
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
| 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 |