Simon McIntosh-Smith

Computer Scientist focused on HPC, advanced computer architectures and parallel programming languages

[University of Bristol @BristolUni]

We are delighted that the Government today revealed its #AI roadmap to economic growth! 🖥️

Our #supercomputer Isambard-AI will play a major role in advancing the nation’s AI capabilities and help transform the UK into a technological superpower. 🦸

https://t.co/fDd8dx4ekC

[Matt Clifford @matthewclifford]

1/ Today the Prime Minister published my AI Opportunities Action Plan for the UK and committed to implement all its recommendations. A quick thread on why this is important, what we need to do now - and how you can help

[Tom Westgarth @Tom_Westgarth15]

I’ve recently started a secondment into DSIT to work on delivering the AI Action Plan.

In particular, I’ll be focusing on AI for Science and the new Sovereign AI Unit.

Here’s why this work matters and how I could do with you and your network’s help!

https://t.co/XUcci0cYhu

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

Here’s how we will use AI to deliver our Plan for Change and improve the lives of people across the UK.

[University of Bristol @BristolUni]

🥳 Our Isambard-AI supercomputer has been recognised by @UKRI_News as one of their 12 highlights of #Christmas!

What better way to celebrate the incredible hard work of our Bristol Centre for Supercomputing team than to make this remarkable list. 🙌

👉https://t.co/98Uw4qAFag

[Satoshi Matsuoka @ProfMatsuoka]

Fujitsu Monaka Arm CPU (2027) Mechanical Sample. 2nm computer chiplet die planned.

[GW4 Alliance @GW4Alliance]

GW4 Isambard 3 #Supercomputer is officially online🎉🧠 !

Part of a collaboration between @uniofbath, @bristoluni, @cardiffuni and @uniofexeter, alongside partners @HPE, @nvidia and @Arm, Isambard 3 will push the boundaries of scientific research.

🔗 https://t.co/O0lEOsfQqE

[Challenge Works @Challenge_Works]

AI-powered innovation has the potential to grow the economy, improve public services and tackle climate change. Do you have the solution? Enter your AI breakthrough to the @SciTechgovuk's 2nd #ManchesterPrize – Clean Energy Systems #CleanEnergy https://t.co/kPK9owViaM

[Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs]

My updates are now taking place on Bluesky rather than here - join the burgeoning HPC community over there! @simonmcs.bsky.social

[Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs]

@hpcnotes I’ll be following you shortly. Plan to cease activity here in January.

[GW4 Alliance @GW4Alliance]

The closure paves the way for the launch of Isambard 3, a new, TOP500-class supercomputer service for AI and high-performance computing, based at the Bristol and Bath Science Park, due to launch later on in the year.

[GW4 Alliance @GW4Alliance]

After six years of service and innovation, GW4 Isambard 2 has officially powered down, having contributed toward research into topics including, Alzheimer's, Covid-19 and renewable energy 🖥️🧠.

Read our reflections: https://t.co/o1XW4x2dBV

[Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs]

@hpcnotes I’ve started up there now too.

[Tom Deakin @tjdeakin]

The Birds of a Feather sessions continue on Wednesday.
Simon McIntosh-Smith joins the popular Arm & OpenMP BoFs.
And I will join the C++ BoF to share experiences using standard parallel C++. #SC24
https://t.co/yIqpQgiwom
https://t.co/S99xPtmA0M
https://t.co/kgx4o0h8U6

[Tom Deakin @tjdeakin]

On Sunday at the P3HPC workshop, Wei-Chen (Tom) Lin will present their tool and approach for measuring productivity - the much understudied but very important third P. The metric showed some interesting conclusions around #OpenMP semantics. #SC24
https://t.co/w2dkGMwHD9

[Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs]

@IanCutress Great to meet you too Ian! We had so much to catch up on. Look forward to showing you around the Isambard-AI supercomputer soon.

[𝐷𝑟. 𝐼𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 @IanCutress]

Finally met @simonmcs after years of near misses. Already booking time to see Isembard-3 in person #HPC

https://t.co/4VwBkNxR6x

[AI Security Institute @AISecurityInst]

We're bridging the gap between theory and practice in the rapidly evolving field of AI safety.

If you're an academic looking to collaborate on cutting-edge AI safety research, we want to hear from you!

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[Satnam Singh @satnam6502]

The REACH 2024 conference is taking place on 11 and 12 November in London. In addition to giving a talk I will also be moderating a panel session on the wider aspects of AI and computer architecture with the fantastic people below. Come!
Amir Yazdanbakhsh, Research Scientist, Google DeepMind, USA
Eiko Yoneki, Senior Researcher, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, UK
Marios Fournarakis, AI Research Scientist, Rain AI, UK
Simon McIntosh-Smith, Professor of High Performance Computing, University of Bristol, UK
Sophie Wilson CBE, Fellow, Broadcom, UK
https://t.co/z6AgRQYZ7Y

[Peter Kyle @peterkyle]

This Budget supports British science and technology with Research and Development spending rising to a record level of over £20 billion.

The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology’s R&D budget rises by 8.5% in real terms to £13.9 billion.