dirac Newsletter

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the DiRAC Facility newsletter.

First of all, a huge “thank you” to the Facility Office team for launching this newsletter and providing us all with a new means of communication.

The purpose of this newsletter is to highlight the great work that is being carried out across the DiRAC community and keep you up to date on developments within the Facility. Close ties between facility and community lie at the heart of our approach to serving the needs of the research community and two-way communication is critical to maintain these links.

As a facility, DiRAC’s role is to support our user community in delivering world-leading science across the entire STFC Theory portfolio, and beyond. In addition to providing HPC services, we also offer an extensive training programme, Research Software Engineering support and opportunities to get involved in innovation activities with industry partners.

All areas of DiRAC community and facility activity will be covered in future issues, including contributions from our outstanding technical teams who make sure that DiRAC services meet your computing needs, and updates on the work to prepare for the next generation of DiRAC services.

Finally, I would like to emphasise that this is your newsletter. Tell us what you would like to see in future issues – perhaps an article about you or your work? If you would like to contribute to a future issue, please contact our Publicity Manager, James Blay.

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy reading this first issue.