Access to the uk astrophysical fluids facility

Project Information

ACCESS.UKAFF

Grant agreement ID: HPRI-CT-2001-00167

Project closed

Start date 1 November 2001

End date 29 February 2004

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Total cost € 460 345,00

EU contribution € 460 345,00

Coordinated by

University of Leicester
United Kingdom

Objective

Description:

The UK Astrophysical Fluids Facility (UKAFF) is the largest supercomputing facility in Europe dedicated to a single scientific field. It is housed within the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Leicester. The department is a world leader in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science research. UKAFF currently operates a 128-CPU SGI Origin 3800 supercomputer which is used for research in the field of Theoretical Astrophysics. This was the first large Origin 3000 series computer to be delivered in Europe and provides significant performance improvements over the older Origin 2000 series. UKAFF has recently added an older 24-CPU Origin 2000 which is used extensively for code development. UKAFF was initially funded by the UK government's Joint Research Equipment Initiative (JREI), receiving 2.41 million from the 1999 round the largest single award. This funding was matched by the computer company SGI. Further funding has been received from the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC), the Leverhulme Trust and the EU Fifth Framework Programme.

Application:

The access to UKAFF offered through the EU's Fifth Framework Programme is aimed at researchers in astrophysical fluid dynamics who do not have experience of, or other access to large supercomputers. The primary benefit to these researchers is a visit to the facility where they receive training and support in developing and parallelising their numerical codes. A modest allocation of cpu hours is made to successful applicants. Applications to use the facility under this programme are made using forms provided on the UKAFF website - www.ukaff.ac.uk. Application rounds are quarterly with closing dates of 1st February, 1st May, 1st August and 1st November. Further details can be obtained by contacting the project manager Dr James Gray.

Project Manager:
Dr James Gray, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
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Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › computer hardware › computer processors
• natural sciences › physical sciences › theoretical physics › particle physics
• natural sciences › physical sciences › classical mechanics › fluid mechanics › fluid dynamics
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › astrophysics
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › computer hardware › supercomputers

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Programme(s)

• FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Topic(s)

• 1.4.1.-2. - Access to Research Infrastructures

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

LFC - Access to Research Infrastructures

Coordinator

University of Leicester

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: University Road ; LE1 7RH LEICESTER ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data