E-Infrastructure Connectivity
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
- University of Manchester (Lead Research Organisation)
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
Publications
Carslaw K
(2015)
The Climatic Importance of Uncertainties in Regional Aerosol-Cloud Radiative Forcings over Recent Decades
in Journal of Climate
Cidrim A
(2016)
Controlled polarization of two-dimensional quantum turbulence in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates
in Physical Review A
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
Drummond ND
(2015)
Quantum Monte Carlo study of the phase diagram of solid molecular hydrogen at extreme pressures.
in Nature communications
Dykeman EC
(2015)
An implementation of the Gillespie algorithm for RNA kinetics with logarithmic time update.
in Nucleic acids research
Ellis MO
(2016)
All-optical switching in granular ferromagnets caused by magnetic circular dichroism.
in Scientific reports
Enciso-Maldonado L
(2015)
Computational Identification and Experimental Realization of Lithium Vacancy Introduction into the Olivine LiMgPO 4
in Chemistry of Materials
Evans L
(2015)
Transient thermal finite element analysis of CFC-Cu ITER monoblock using X-ray tomography data
in Fusion Engineering and Design
Evans RF
(2014)
Atomistic spin model simulations of magnetic nanomaterials.
in Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal
Description | This award, together with EP/K000225/1 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 £83m, of which £56m has been funded and its use acknowledged in 415 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 |
Description | N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research |
Organisation | Durham University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester coordinated sharing of technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and research findings across the 8 collaborating universities. The collaboration covered all STEM disciplines. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners shared technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and in research findings. |
Impact | Outcomes are mainly summarised elsewhere in the return. The partners have recently agreed to increase the level of funding for coordinating the collaboration, and extend it's scope to all academic disciplines. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research |
Organisation | Lancaster University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester coordinated sharing of technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and research findings across the 8 collaborating universities. The collaboration covered all STEM disciplines. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners shared technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and in research findings. |
Impact | Outcomes are mainly summarised elsewhere in the return. The partners have recently agreed to increase the level of funding for coordinating the collaboration, and extend it's scope to all academic disciplines. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research |
Organisation | Newcastle University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester coordinated sharing of technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and research findings across the 8 collaborating universities. The collaboration covered all STEM disciplines. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners shared technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and in research findings. |
Impact | Outcomes are mainly summarised elsewhere in the return. The partners have recently agreed to increase the level of funding for coordinating the collaboration, and extend it's scope to all academic disciplines. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research |
Organisation | University of Leeds |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester coordinated sharing of technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and research findings across the 8 collaborating universities. The collaboration covered all STEM disciplines. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners shared technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and in research findings. |
Impact | Outcomes are mainly summarised elsewhere in the return. The partners have recently agreed to increase the level of funding for coordinating the collaboration, and extend it's scope to all academic disciplines. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research |
Organisation | University of Liverpool |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester coordinated sharing of technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and research findings across the 8 collaborating universities. The collaboration covered all STEM disciplines. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners shared technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and in research findings. |
Impact | Outcomes are mainly summarised elsewhere in the return. The partners have recently agreed to increase the level of funding for coordinating the collaboration, and extend it's scope to all academic disciplines. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester coordinated sharing of technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and research findings across the 8 collaborating universities. The collaboration covered all STEM disciplines. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners shared technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and in research findings. |
Impact | Outcomes are mainly summarised elsewhere in the return. The partners have recently agreed to increase the level of funding for coordinating the collaboration, and extend it's scope to all academic disciplines. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research |
Organisation | University of York |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester coordinated sharing of technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and research findings across the 8 collaborating universities. The collaboration covered all STEM disciplines. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners shared technical expertise in computationally intensive research, and in research findings. |
Impact | Outcomes are mainly summarised elsewhere in the return. The partners have recently agreed to increase the level of funding for coordinating the collaboration, and extend it's scope to all academic disciplines. |
Start Year | 2013 |