Do you work with Digital Research Infrastructure in UK academia, industry or public services? Would you like to shape the future of compute services and the federation of data in the UK? The Inclusive Futures: User stories and mapping pathways for NFCS project is running free Speculative Transformation Workshops in London, Edinburgh and Daresbury on Inclusive Pathways for the Futures of National … Continued

This NFCS-funded project is exploring the benefits that establishing a federation of national, regional, and institutional computing resources within the UK could provide to researchers and service providers. Towards this end, we are seeking input from those who generate datasets through their research that they may make available through data publishing services, and also from … Continued

Join the upcoming online workshop held by the NFCS-funded “Exploring the governance requirements for enabling UK DRIs to adopt MyAccessID” project, which will feature talks from the STFC Hartree Centre, UCL, the University of Bristol, and the University of Cambridge. Topics will include an introduction to MyAccessID and its potential as a federated IAM solution. … Continued

The NFCS-funded project “Inclusive Futures: User stories and mapping pathways for National Federated Compute Services” has published “Inclusive Futures of Federated Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI). A Scoping Review of Cultural Challenges to Federation“, which explores the key cultural challenges to the federation of compute services and data. This report provides: If you’re interested in understanding … Continued

Join the upcoming workshops on Federated HPC-Edge computing to help shape the future of Edge-HPC workflows. When: 2nd and 3rd December 2025Where: Newcastle University + Online The NFCS-funded project “Federated Edge–HPC architectures for AI workflows in privacy-sensitive and real-time domains“, led by Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd in collaboration with Newcastle University, invites researchers, engineers, … Continued

The HPC-SIG is hosting a meeting at the Hartree Centre in Daresbury this week, 22nd and 23rd of October. The 3-day agenda is packed with talks on a variety of subjects relevant to both HPC users and providers, many of which are directly relevant to our efforts into creating a roadmap towards a federation of … Continued

The NFCS funded project “Enhancing HPC adoption through user-centred design” is looking for expressions of interest for their workshop on Exploring the Role of High-Performance Computing (HPC) in the Built Environment. Organised by: University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)Date: 30 Jan 2026 (9.30 – 16.30)Location: In-person, Conference Aston, Birmingham, B4 7ET This one-day workshop will bring … Continued

The NFCS funded project “Enhancing HPC adoption through user-centred design” is looking for expressions of interest for their workshop “Understanding challenges and enablers to the use of HPC to enhance healthcare research”. Organised by: University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)Date: 17 Dec 2025 (9.30 – 16.30)Location: Wellcome Trust, London This one-day workshop will bring together researchers, … Continued