Who we are: Introducing BioExcel, PRACE, and EPCC training
Overview
Teaching: 25 min
Exercises: 20 minQuestions
What is BioExcel?
What is PRACE?
What is EPCC?
Who else is attending this course?
Objectives
Understanding who BioExcel, PRACE, and EPCC are and why they are qualified to deliver this course.
Introducing course participants to one another.
BioExcel
BioExcel is a European Centre of Excellence for computational biomolecular research. Established in 2015, the centre has grown into a major research and innovation hub for scientific computing. BioExcel develops some of the most popular applications for modelling and simulations of biomolecular systems. A broad range of additional pre-/post-processing tools are integrated with the core applications within user-friendly workflows and container solutions. The software stack comes with great performance and scalability capabilities for extreme-scale utilization of the worlds largest high-performance computing (HPC) and high-throughput computing (HTC) compute resource. BioExcel has developed an extensive training program to address competence gaps in extreme-scale scientific computing for beginners, advanced users and HPC/HTC system maintainers. The centre maintains an extensive and growing network of industrial researchers in the pharmaceutical, chemical and food industries, and offers tailored products and consultancy services, while code development is done in close collaborations with hardware and software vendors to ensure compatibility and support for cutting-edge features. BioExcel works closely with various governmental, non-profit, educational and policy projects and initiatives.
PRACE
PRACE, ARCHER2 & EPCC overview
PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) aims to enable high-impact scientific discovery and engineering research and development across disciplines to enhance European competitiveness for the benefit of society. PRACE seeks to achieve this by offering world-class computing and data management resources and services. PRACE currently has members from 26 countries across Europe.
Along with providing access to HPC infractructures across Europe, PRACE provides world-class HPC training for researchers in Europe through its six PRACE Advanced Training Centres (PATCs). Information about PRACE training can be found here.
EPCC
EPCC is a self-funding institute at the University of Edinburgh that:
- provides world-class computing facilities for scientists
- collaborates with researchers in a wide range of areas
- provides companies with access to our computing expertise and specialist computing facilities
- offers a wide range of training for computational scientists
EPCC has been running national parallel systems since 1994, and is currently running the UK’s national supercomputing service, ARCHER2.
Who you are?
Key Points
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