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
Serbyn M
(2015)
Criterion for Many-Body Localization-Delocalization Phase Transition
in Physical Review X
Sergio Campobasso M
(2013)
Turbulent Navier-Stokes analysis of an oscillating wing in a power-extraction regime using the shear stress transport turbulence model
in Computers & Fluids
Shterenlikht A
(2015)
Three-dimensional cellular automata modelling of cleavage propagation across crystal boundaries in polycrystalline microstructures
in Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Skillen A
(2016)
Accuracy and efficiency improvements in synthetic eddy methods.
in International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
Skillen A
(2015)
Flow over a Wing with Leading-Edge Undulations
in AIAA Journal
Stagg G
(2014)
Quantum analogues of classical wakes in Bose-Einstein condensates
in Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Stagg G
(2016)
Critical velocity for vortex nucleation in a finite-temperature Bose gas
in Physical Review A
Stagg G
(2016)
Ultraquantum turbulence in a quenched homogeneous Bose gas
in Physical Review A
Stagg G
(2015)
Classical-like wakes past elliptical obstacles in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Stagg GW
(2017)
Superfluid Boundary Layer.
in Physical review letters
Stevens JS
(2014)
Incisive probing of intermolecular interactions in molecular crystals: core level spectroscopy combined with density functional theory.
in The journal of physical chemistry. B
Tagliabue A
(2016)
Impact of hydrothermalism on the ocean iron cycle.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Tagliabue A
(2014)
A ventilation-based framework to explain the regeneration-scavenging balance of iron in the ocean
in Geophysical Research Letters
Tagliabue A
(2016)
How well do global ocean biogeochemistry models simulate dissolved iron distributions?
in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Tagliabue A
(2014)
The impact of different external sources of iron on the global carbon cycle
in Geophysical Research Letters
Tegner B
(2017)
Water Adsorption on AnO 2 {111}, {110}, and {100} Surfaces (An = U and Pu): A Density Functional Theory + U Study
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Theobald R
(2015)
Modal and non-modal stabilities of flow around a stack of plates
in European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids
Thomason MJ
(2015)
Self-association of organic solutes in solution: a NEXAFS study of aqueous imidazole.
in Faraday discussions
Toroz D
(2014)
Molecular dynamics simulations of organic crystal dissolution: The lifetime and stability of the polymorphic forms of para-amino benzoic acid in aqueous environment
in Journal of Crystal Growth
Tunstall R
(2017)
Towards a generalised dual-mesh hybrid LES/RANS framework with improved consistency
in Computers & Fluids
Tzitzeklis C
(2018)
Computational Prediction and Experimental Realization of p-Type Carriers in the Wide-Band-Gap Oxide SrZn 1- x Li x O 2
in Inorganic Chemistry
Velický M
(2017)
Exfoliation of natural van der Waals heterostructures to a single unit cell thickness.
in Nature communications
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 |