EPCC: High Performance Computing, Computational & Data Science, Software Engineering Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

EPCC (formerly the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre) offers the opportunity to study for a PhD in areas related to: 

* high performance computing

* computational and data science

* software engineering and sustainability

* parallelism and numerical algorithms

Founded in 1990, EPCC is the UK’s national supercomputing centre and one of the leading centres in Europe. A major provider of training in high performance computing, EPCC’s expertise includes:

* advanced research

* technology transfer

* commercial consultancy

* provision of supercomputing and data services to academia and business

EPCC hosts an exceptional collection of high-performance and novel computing facilities, including, on behalf of UKRI, 'ARCHER2', the UK’s Tier-1 research supercomputer. 

Other systems include the heterogeneous (CPU/GPU) ‘Edinburgh International Data Facility' (EIDF), and the CPU-based ‘Cirrus' system, which is a national Tier-2 HPC service. EPCC also hosts a range of emerging technologies, including four Cerebras CS-3 High Performance AI Computers, and RISC-V and FPGA testbeds.