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
Lazzarini N
(2016)
Functional networks inference from rule-based machine learning models.
in BioData mining
Lazzarini N
(2017)
RGIFE: a ranked guided iterative feature elimination heuristic for the identification of biomarkers
in BMC Bioinformatics
Lee K
(2016)
Phase separation and dynamics of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates
in Physical Review A
Lee K
(2016)
Non-equilibrium atomic condensates and mixtures: collective modes, condensate growth and thermalisation
in Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Lee K
(2018)
Time-of-flight expansion of binary Bose-Einstein condensates at finite temperature
in New Journal of Physics
Lee LA
(2016)
On the relationship between aerosol model uncertainty and radiative forcing uncertainty.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Liang Y
(2017)
Experimental and numerical study on vortex-induced motions of a deep-draft semi-submersible
in Applied Ocean Research
Liang Y
(2020)
Vortex shedding characteristics of multi-column structure with or without horizontal connections
in Marine Structures
Liang Y
(2017)
Interaction of vortex shedding processes on flow over a deep-draft semi-submersible
in Ocean Engineering
Liu S
(2018)
Anharmonicity in a double hydrogen transfer reaction studied in a single porphycene molecule on a Cu(110) surface.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Livesey KL
(2018)
Beyond the blocking model to fit nanoparticle ZFC/FC magnetisation curves.
in Scientific reports
Ma'Mari FA
(2015)
Beating the Stoner criterion using molecular interfaces.
in Nature
Magni V
(2017)
Continental underplating after slab break-off
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Magni V
(2014)
Deep water recycling through time.
in Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems : G(3)
Mao X
(2015)
Effects of base flow modifications on noise amplifications: flow past a backward-facing step
in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Martinez-Castro J
(2017)
Electric polarization switching in an atomically thin binary rock salt structure
in Nature Nanotechnology
MartÃn-Olivera L
(2017)
Role of Metal Lattice Expansion and Molecular p-Conjugation for the Magnetic Hardening at Cu-Organics Interfaces.
in The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces
Matero I
(2017)
The 8.2 ka cooling event caused by Laurentide ice saddle collapse
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Matero I
(2020)
Simulating the Early Holocene demise of the Laurentide Ice Sheet with BISICLES (public trunk revision 3298)
in Geoscientific Model Development
Maunder B
(2016)
Relamination of mafic subducting crust throughout Earth's history
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Maunder B
(2019)
Modeling Slab Temperature: A Reevaluation of the Thermal Parameter
in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Meo A
(2017)
Thermally nucleated magnetic reversal in CoFeB/MgO nanodots.
in Scientific reports
Miller EL
(2016)
Diverse Ecological Strategies Are Encoded by Streptococcus pneumoniae Bacteriocin-Like Peptides.
in Genome biology and evolution
Miller EL
(2017)
Pherotype Polymorphism in Streptococcus pneumoniae Has No Obvious Effects on Population Structure and Recombination.
in Genome biology and evolution
Milovanovic M
(2015)
Meron deconfinement in the quantum Hall bilayer at intermediate distances
Milovanovic M
(2015)
Meron deconfinement in the quantum Hall bilayer at intermediate distances
in Physical Review B
Moorsom T
(2020)
Reversible spin storage in metal oxide-fullerene heterojunctions.
in Science advances
Morgan B
(2016)
Variation in surface energy and reduction drive of a metal oxide lithium-ion anode with stoichiometry: a DFT study of lithium titanate spinel surfaces
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Mostaani E
(2015)
Quantum Monte Carlo calculation of the binding energy of bilayer graphene.
in Physical review letters
Mostaani E
(2016)
Quasiparticle and excitonic gaps of one-dimensional carbon chains
Mostaani E
(2016)
Quasiparticle and excitonic gaps of one-dimensional carbon chains.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Mostaani E
(2017)
Diffusion quantum Monte Carlo study of excitonic complexes in two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides
in Physical Review B
Mudd GW
(2016)
The direct-to-indirect band gap crossover in two-dimensional van der Waals Indium Selenide crystals.
in Scientific reports
Mumford S
(2015)
Photospheric logarithmic velocity spirals as MHD wave generation mechanisms
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Murphy-Sugrue S
(2017)
Improved understanding of the ball-pen probe through particle-in-cell simulations
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Nedelkoski Z
(2017)
Origin of reduced magnetization and domain formation in small magnetite nanoparticles.
in Scientific reports
Nuernberg M
(2018)
Experimental study of wake characteristics in tidal turbine arrays
in Renewable Energy
Nuernberg M
(2018)
Three dimensional tidal turbine array simulations using OpenFOAM with dynamic mesh
in Ocean Engineering
Ostler TA
(2015)
Strain Induced Vortex Core Switching in Planar Magnetostrictive Nanostructures.
in Physical review letters
Padilha A
(2018)
Structure and properties of a model conductive filament/host oxide interface in HfO 2 -based ReRAM
in Physical Review Materials
Padilha A
(2019)
First principles investigation of Y2O3-doped HfO2
in Journal of Applied Physics
Papasavvas CA
(2015)
Gain control through divisive inhibition prevents abrupt transition to chaos in a neural mass model.
in Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
Papic Z
(2015)
Many-body localization in disorder-free systems: The importance of finite-size constraints
in Annals of Physics
Patel D
(2014)
Localised forced ignition of globally stoichiometric stratified mixtures: A numerical investigation
in Combustion Theory and Modelling
Pattinson R
(2014)
Equilibration of a finite-temperature binary Bose gas formed by population transfer
in Physical Review A
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 |