If you want to make a difference and are fascinated by how technology works, come and join a leading team responsible for supercomputing and allied services at the University of Birmingham! The Advanced Research Computing team that runs Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) services is looking for a graduate (recently graduated or in final … Continue reading “Graduate Systems Engineer vacancy at UoB”
HPC Wire Award 2024 winners!
For the second year running (see previous awards), we are pleased to announce that a research group who use our advanced computing facilities has been recognised as award winning in the HPCwire 2024 awards! Advanced Research Computing is very proud to provide the BEAR computing facilities to support life changing research at the University, which … Continue reading “HPC Wire Award 2024 winners!”
October BEAR Newsletter
Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) Newsletter We have been busy meeting lots of new PhD researchers this month at their inductions, as well as over 100 members of staff at the Staff Benefits Fair last week. Welcome to those who have just joined the mailing list – it is great to see all the … Continue reading “October BEAR Newsletter”
2024 IT Needs of Active Research Survey results
We were pleased to see a 54% increase in responses to the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research (PVC-R’s) ‘IT Needs of Active Research Survey 2024’ compared to the previous survey in 2022. Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond and to share their views. The Survey aims to understand the IT you need … Continue reading “2024 IT Needs of Active Research Survey results”
Upcoming maintenance in December and January
As part of the standard maintenance cycle, as usual there will be an extended shutdown of Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) Services around the second week of December to carry out major maintenance. This year there are additional major pieces of work to complete which mean more downtime than in previous years: The complexity … Continue reading “Upcoming maintenance in December and January”
Building professional skills via an internship
Back in Autumn 2023, we were pleased to have an intern join us for 3 months for their Professional Internship for PhD Students (PIPS) placement, as part of the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP). You can find out what PhD student Kirsty McCready got up to in the article below. The MIBTP is a … Continue reading “Building professional skills via an internship”
BEAR PGR/ECR Conference opportunity 2025
We are starting to plan for the 14th BEAR conference – an event originally created to give PhD students experience in running a conference, as well as provide a showcase for the fantastic research done on services provided by Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR). With previous support from the Graduate School and our suppliers, … Continue reading “BEAR PGR/ECR Conference opportunity 2025”
We’re recruiting! Senior Research Software Engineer and Manager
Advanced Research Computing (ARC), at the University of Birmingham, is seeking to appoint a permanent Senior RSE and Manager to our Research Software Engineering (RSE) Service. As an award winning team, ARC has earned a national and international profile. You will be joining colleagues with the same role, each of whom spends approximately 25% of their time … Continue reading “We’re recruiting! Senior Research Software Engineer and Manager”
September BEAR Newsletter
Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) Newsletter September is the month for RSECon and this year, several of our Research Software Engineers (RSE) headed to Newcastle, where Gavin Yearwood and James Tyrrell led a successful lunchtime meeting of RSE’s involved in their own regional subgroups, with a large number of our local RSE Midlands members attending. Data-related … Continue reading “September BEAR Newsletter”
Studying battery materials using high performance cluster BlueBEAR
In this case study, we hear from Sandeep Das (based at the School of Chemistry), who has been utilising BEAR to design novel Li-ion battery materials. I am a postdoctoral researcher and computational chemist in the Scanlon Materials Theory Group based at the School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham. My research is currently focussed on … Continue reading “Studying battery materials using high performance cluster BlueBEAR”