Mark Parsons

[Mark Parsons @mark_epcc]

185m underground at the Sos Enattos mine in Sardinia seeing their plans to host the Einstein Telescope at the G7 Research Infrastructures meeting is an unusual place to find Eduroam.

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Really enjoyed showing @MishalHusain around the ACF yesterday. Reminded me that we need to get better at talking about why supercomputing is important. Thank you @BBCr4today

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

What does a supercomputer look like? 🖥️

@MishalHusain explores the Advanced Computer Facility near Edinburgh, which is used by thousands of researchers, and where there is hope of a new and more powerful supercomputer to replace the old one.

#R4Today

[Mark Parsons @mark_epcc]

@DiversityTravel your website's down and there's no way to report this on your website. I phoned your "emergency" number but that only does offline bookings apparently. Please fix it.

[EPCC @EPCCed]

We are delighted to announce that the UK’s first Exascale supercomputer – 50 times faster than any of the country’s existing machines – is to be hosted by the University of Edinburgh through EPCC.
https://t.co/OqZyRQaCed

[Mark Parsons @mark_epcc]

Very pleased that @EPCCed has been chosen to host the UK’s first Exascale system for @UKRI_News: see https://t.co/izgt6O8r8c. The project can now move forward at pace!

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Congratulations to the @EPCCed Student Cluster Team for a spectacular win at #ISC23. Well done - I’m very proud of you!

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Really enjoyed speaking to @GeorgeFreemanMP when he visited @EPCCed and @ARCHER2_HPC a few weeks ago. Unusual experience being interviewed by a Minister!

[Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council @EPSRC]

“…we’re getting to the point in computing where we can tackle things that have always been out of our reach.”

EPSRC's Prof Mark Parsons talks to science minister George Freeman about @ARCHER2_HPC's computing power and the work at @EPCCed: 🎥https://t.co/gBLRvmPNUZ

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Great to see ⁦@SciTechgovuk⁩ publish the Future of Compute review report yesterday. https://t.co/KT1UkOKqmv

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Great to host visit of Minister ⁦@GeorgeFreemanMP⁩ to ⁦@EPCCed⁩’s ACF yesterday. Discussed importance of large scale compute to UK’s scientific and industrial innovators.

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@kieranleach About 80% are still readable. The problem is more mdv1_ which can be quite temperamental. Am considering replacing the capacitors on the mdv control board …

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Job done! Although admittedly I had a problem with one of the microdrive leds … nothing that taking it all apart again couldn’t solve 😂

[Mark Parsons @mark_epcc]

Repairs for my Sinclair QL this afternoon - new keyboard membrane … and yes the microdrives still work 🙂

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Job done … first time this winter 🥶

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At the opening of the Leonardo pre-Exascale supercomputer in Bologna this morning. Congratulations ⁦@Cineca1969⁩ and ⁦@EuroHPC_JU⁩

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#SC22 is officially over. You’ll never find anything again in the crates ⁦@adrianjhpc⁩ ….soz

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7.5 hours later and the @EPCCed stand is finished. Not the same without you ⁦@adrianjhpc⁩ … but we have fixed the door 😀

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The @EPCCed arches are up! (Just need person with high ladder now 😬)

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Stage 1 done - and we only had to take the door off once and rebuild it ⁦@adrianjhpc⁩ 😂

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@EPCCed stand build at SC22 begins!

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@adrianjhpc @simonmcs @Supercomputing @EPCCed Me building the stand? What can possibly go wrong. Really sorry for you Adrian!