Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
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| Established | 1991 |
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Field of research
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High performance computing, Hardware acceleration, Computational science and engineering |
| Director | Mark Parsons Alan Simpson, Technical Director |
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Chairman
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Richard Kenway |
| Staff | 90 |
| Students | 30 |
| Address | James Clerk Maxwell Building, Peter Guthrie Tait Road |
| Location | Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
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King's Buildings, Easter Bush (Advanced Computing Facility) |
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ARCHER Service Director
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Arthur Trew |
| Affiliations | Globus Alliance, Software Sustainability Institute, BonFIRE |
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Operating agency
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University of Edinburgh |
| Website | www.epcc.ed.ac.uk |
EPCC, formerly the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, is a supercomputing centre based at the University of Edinburgh. Since its foundation in 1990, its stated mission has been to accelerate the effective exploitation of novel computing throughout industry, academia and commerce.
The University has supported high-performance computing (HPC) services since 1982. As of 2013[update], through EPCC, it supports the UK’s national high-end computing system, ARCHER (Advanced Research Computing High End Resource), and the UK Research Data Facility (UK-RDF).
EPCC's activities include: consultation and software development for industry and academia; research into high-performance computing; hosting advanced computing facilities and supporting their users; training and education .
The Centre offers two Masters programmes: MSc in High-Performance Computing and MSc in High-Performance Computing with Data Science .
It is a member of the Globus Alliance and, through its involvement with the OGSA-DAI project, it works with the Open Grid Forum DAIS-WG.
Around half of EPCC’s annual turnover comes from collaborative projects with industry and commerce. In addition to privately funded projects with businesses, EPCC receives funding from Scottish Enterprise, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the European Commission.
EPCC was established in 1990, following on from the earlier Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer Project and chaired by Jeffery Collins from 1991. Since 2002, EPCC has been part of the university's School of Physics & Astronomy.
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