Speaker
Mark Wilkinson
Description
In this presentation, I will describe the evolving role of the DiRAC HPC Facility in the context of the developing UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure. I will give an update on key developments across the UK’s Public Compute Ecosystem including: the Next National Supercomputer Service; the recently announced National Compute Resources; the National Federated Compute Services Network+; and the work to define UKRI Community Centres of Excellence. I will also discuss some of the opportunities and challenges associated with the transition to the new ecosystem.