News & Announcements

• ARCHER2 Service Desk - Easter closure
  02 Apr 2026

  The ARCHER2 Service desk will be closed on Friday 3rd April and Monday 7th April 2026.

  It will reopen as normal on Tuesday 7th April at 08:00.

• ARCHER2 Celebration of Science 2026 & Day 0
  02 Apr 2026

  Each year the ARCHER2 Celebration of Science brings together the user community to celebrate their scientific achievements on ARCHER2, the UK’s National High Performance Computing Service, which is operated by EPCC.

  Last month we were delighted to welcome over 120 attendees from academia and industry to Edinburgh for the third annual event, alongside the Day 0 workshop.

• ARCHER2 Weekly Newsletter
  01 Apr 2026
  • Intermediate Research Software Development, University of Manchester, 13 April 2026 13.30-17.00, 14 - 16 April 2026 09:30 - 17:00 (Rescheduled)
  • Profiling and Optimisation Workshop, Online, 14th - 15th April 2026 09:00 - 17:00
  • Discrete element method simulations on national HPC facilities, Free webinar, Wednesday 15th April 2026 15:00 - 16:00
  • Modern C++ for Computational Scientists, Online, 15 - 17 April 2026 09:30 - 16:30
  • Message Passing programming with MPI, Imperial College London, Wednesday 22nd - Thursday 23rd Apil 10:00 - 17:00 (In Person); Friday 1st May 10:00 - 12:30 (online)
  • Workflows, Online, 27 - 28 April 2026 10:00 - 12:00
  • CHARTED flexible funds open for applications
  • Recently added known issues
  • Upcoming ARCHER2 training
• ARCHER2 Calendar April 2026
  01 Apr 2026
• ARCHER2 Weekly Newsletter
  25 Mar 2026
  • ARCHER2 Outreach and Public Engagement, free webinar, Wednesday 25th March 2026 15:00 - 16:00
  • Intermediate Research Software Development, University of Manchester, 13 April 2026 13.30-17.00, 14 - 16 April 2026 09:30 - 17:00 (Rescheduled)
  • Profiling and Optimisation Workshop, Online, 14th - 15th April 2026 09:00 - 17:00
  • Modern C++ for Computational Scientists, Online, 15 - 17 April 2026 09:30 - 16:30
  • Message Passing programming with MPI, Imperial College London, Wednesday 22nd - Thursday 23rd Apil 10:00 - 17:00 (In Person); Friday 1st May 10:00 - 12:30 (online)
  • Workflows, Online, 27 - 28 April 2026 10:00 - 12:00
  • CASTEP 26.1.1 available on ARCHER2
  • Recently added known issues
  • Upcoming ARCHER2 training

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Upcoming Training

• Message-Passing Programming with MPI
  Date: Always open - self-service
  Location: Online
• Shared Memory Programming with OpenMP
  Date: Always open - self-service
  Location: Online
• Hands-on Introduction to HPC
  Date: Always open - self-service
  Location: Online
• Profiling and Optimisation Workshop
  Date: 14th - 15th April 2026 09:00 - 17:00
  Location: Online
• Discrete element method simulations on national HPC facilities
  Date: Wednesday 15th April 2026 15:00 - 16:00
  Location: Online
• Modern C++ for Computational Scientists
  Date: 15 - 17 April 2026 09:30 - 16:30
  Location: Online
• Intermediate Research Software Development
  Date: 13 April 2026 13.30-17.00, 14 - 16 April 2026 09:30 - 17:00
  Location: University of Manchester
• Message Passing programming with MPI
  Date: Wednesday 22nd - Thursday 23rd Apil 10:00 - 17:00 (In Person); Friday 1st May 10:00 - 12:30 (online)
  Location: Imperial College London
• An ARCHER2 User's Spack Primer
  Date: Wednesday 22nd April 2026 15:00 - 16:00
  Location: Online
• HEC-WSI: From GPU-Accelerated OpenFOAM to High-Fidelity Modelling of Offshore Floating Wind Turbines
  Date: postponed - new date tbc
  Location: Online
• Workflows
  Date: 27 - 28 April 2026 10:00 - 12:00
  Location: Online
• Learning (from) protein dynamics
  Date: Wednesday 29th April 2026 15:00 - 16:00
  Location: Online
• CCP9/ARCHER2 hackathon on directive-based GPU acceleration of Fortran codes
  Date: 12:00 on 13th May till 12:00 on 15th May 2026
  Location: STFC Daresbury Laboratory
• Shaken, not stirred! Influence of external vibration on phase change
  Date: Wednesday 13th May 2026 15:00 - 16:00
  Location: Online

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