EPCC’s Donald Scobbie writes about this recent event in Glasgow, which included a keynote talk by EPCC Director Mark Parsons. Digital transformation This conference addressed some big topics: service delivery transformation, public sector data management, migration to cloud platform services, and use of AI and automation to support service delivery. The keynote speakers laid out…

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The Edinburgh International Data Facility (EIDF), operated by EPCC, underpins the Data-Driven Innovation initiative. The Cerebras CS-2 supercomputer is at the heart of the AI services offered by EIDF, and its great potential to power innovation in business has been demonstrated in a recent trial.  EPCC is currently working with Scottish-based consultancy smartR AI on…

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The UK’s first next-generation supercomputer – 50 times faster than any of the country’s existing machines – is to be hosted by the University of Edinburgh. The Exascale supercomputer will perform one billion billion calculations each second to provide high-performance computing capability for key research and industry projects across the UK. Exascale will help researchers…

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The Edinburgh International Data Facility launches new GPU Service to support data processing and Artificial Intelligence for academic and industrial research   The EIDF is the set of high-powered computational and data services that underpins the Data-Driven Innovation Programme (DDI) of the Edinburgh & South-East Scotland City Region Deal.  This containerised platform, available as part…

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