The High Performance Computing Special Interest Group for UK Academia
Past and forthcoming HPC-SIG meetings
The November 2024 HPC-SIG meeting was hosted by the University of East Anglia, bringing members of the UK HPC community together for a two-day event combining technical exchange, strategic discussion, and facility tours. Day 1 opened with welcomes from UEA and the HPC-SIG Chair, followed by host and technical presentations covering a wide range of …
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The March 2025 HPC-SIG meeting was hosted by the University of Strathclyde at the Technology Innovation Centre in Glasgow, bringing together members of the UK HPC community for a day of discussion spanning sustainability, community practice, and emerging infrastructure. The meeting opened with updates from the Chairs and a host welcome from Strathclyde, followed by …
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The October 2025 HPC-SIG meeting was hosted by the Hartree Centre at STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory, bringing together the UK HPC community for two days of technical discussion, operational insight, and networking in a historically significant computing location. Day 1 opened with a welcome from the Hartree Centre team, setting the scene with an overview of …
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Meeting convened in the fantastic West Hub in sunny Cambridge. The meeting was very well attended by over 50 delegates from across UK institutions, as well as the same number of online participants. A wide range of topic were covered with a focus on the bleeding edge of HPC at the University of Cambridge and …
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Location: 38 Mappin St, S1 4DT, University of Sheffield 10:00: Refreshments 10:30: Welcome and Chair’s Business Exec committee and vacant roles EDIA update Finance Mentorship program update CIUK Day-Zero Event received positive feedback. Terms of Reference (ToR) Updates: Reduction in number of nominators for Chair and other roles. All roles (except Chair) must be held …
Location: STFC Rutherford Appleton Labs (RAL) Day 1 – Monday 4th March 12:00: Lunch 13:00: Welcome and Chair’s Business Code of conduct: We plan to introduce a code of conduct for the HPC-SIG. Further details to follow. Elections update Many thanks to committee members stepping down at the end of their terms: Andy (secretary) and …
Location: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY / PRIFYSGOL CAERDYDD 10:30 Welcome and Chair’s Business Andrew (Ed) Edmondson and Steven Chapman 10:45 Supercomputing Wales Prof Martyn Guest 11:00 Break 11:15 Introduction to Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) Dr Duncan MacLeod (School of Physics and Astronomy) 11:30 HPC Supporting LIGO David Simpson (ARCCA) 11:45 Fishbowl Panel Facilitator: Ed Initial …
Location: University of Bath Welcome and Chair’s Business The Bath team welcomed us all and set out the practicalities for the day Ed gave a brief overview of recent and future meetings up to the middle of 2024 Steven gave an update on the new EDIA role in the exec and the election to it. …
Location: University of Southampton Welcome and Chair’s Business Ed briefly reviewed the recent SIG meetings (Birmingham and online Q&A). June 2022 Birmingham meeting, Nov 2022 online QA, CIUK sysadmin/infrastructure engineer session, March 2023 HPC-SIG coordinated online HPC/DRI meeting Ricky gave a financial update: Subscription fees to remain at £150 Agreed to waive fees for the …
Location: University of Birmingham AM Group Discussion First session was a chance for the community to reconnect and to discuss the challenges that they are facing at the moment. Challenges that were particularly identified and referenced: Challenges – risk of silos developing with teams dedicated to RSE, Sysadmin, Infrastructure Challenges – scalability and complexity in …