EPCC at The University of Edinburgh

EPCC provides world-class supercomputing and data services and facilities for science and business.

EPCC aims to accelerate the effective exploitation of novel computing throughout industry, academia and commerce. 

This has been our mission for over 30 years as we strive to be the UK’s premier Supercomputing centre, renowned internationally for innovation and leading-edge research.

Our work is guided by key goals and objectives that support this mission and place EPCC at the heart of the Exascale era.

At EPCC, we aim for excellence in everything we do—from teaching and research, to the societal relevance and impact of our work.

As part of the University of Edinburgh, we embrace its vision, purpose and values. 

We are principled, considerate and respectful in our activities and collegial relationships. Our global community of staff, students, alumni, collaborators and friends is diverse, welcoming and accessible to all.

We believe in equality of opportunity for our staff and students, that is why we are committed to diversity and inclusion.

We are a founding and active member of the Women in HPC network, which works to improve the representation of women in the HPC community. We are also one of the Women in HPC Chapters, with a strong focus on outreach activities aimed at encouraging young women to consider a career in computational science and HPC.

Beyond gender, we also focus our efforts in other areas of diversity. For example, we founded the Diversity in HPC project to showcase and celebrate the diversity of talent that exists across the HPC community.

EPCC promotes and facilitates the conduct of ethical, responsible research in line with the University of Edinburgh’s commitment to research integrity. 

All of our research work adheres to the University of Edinburgh’s College of Science and Engineering research ethics framework, which adopts and embeds the UK Research Integrity Office's Code of Practice for Research and the Concordat to Support Research Integrity.

We are committed to sustainability in all our activities and uphold the University of Edinburgh’s procurement policies related to fair working conditions and sustainability. This requires our suppliers to demonstrate this commitment too throughout their supply chain.

We have invested in innovative approaches to energy management for our Advanced Computing Facility (ACF), minimising energy usage since its refurbishment in 2004. Green tariff electricity is used at the ACF—and across the whole University.