The Software Sustainability Institute recently announced that they’ll be running the first Research Software Maintenance Fund. The scheme will offer up to £500k for two years or up to £150k for one year “to support and maintain existing research software or sustain a team responsible for multiple software tools”. The closing date for Expressions Of … Continue reading “SSI Research Software Maintenance Fund”
Planned work to improve resilience of the Research Data Store
Users of the Research Data Store (RDS) may have noticed intermittent performance issues affecting storage recently, which has been causing some disruption to users. This work is a necessary precursor to a major program of work in which we will replace, expand and enhance, the RDS service. Phase 1 Between now and summer 2025 we … Continue reading “Planned work to improve resilience of the Research Data Store”
March 2025 BEAR Newsletter
Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) Newsletter This month we reached our 1500th publication logged where BEAR services have been used during the research, congratulations to Aaron Scott from the Department of Inflammation and Ageing! We will be featuring a case study on his research in a future newsletter. In team news this week, we were … Continue reading “March 2025 BEAR Newsletter”
OpenFOAM workshop series – spring 2025
Join our OpenFOAM Workshop Series (Spring 2025), a hands-on training program taking you from basic usage to advanced programming in open-source CFD! It will be organised by Dr Chandan Bose under the umbrella of the Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) OpenFOAM SIG and the EPSRC IAA-funded Community of Practice – Open-Source Codes and Software Impact. This series is perfect … Continue reading “OpenFOAM workshop series – spring 2025”
IDAI ‘Pump Prime Funding’ spotlight
In Advanced Research Computing, we collaborate closely with the Institute for Data and AI (IDAI) and will be featuring a series of guest posts by Joshua Panteli, who has several roles at the University of Birmingham, as Project Manager for IDAI and the Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action (BISCA), as well as being … Continue reading “IDAI ‘Pump Prime Funding’ spotlight”
‘Data and AI for researchers’ at the University’s first Data Conference
On Wednesday 26 February, the University’s inaugural Data Conference was held. With a series of talks and interactive sessions covering advice and tips on handling data, and a focus on building a community of data professionals, we ran a session in collaboration with the Institute for Data and AI entitled ‘Research and AI for researchers’. … Continue reading “‘Data and AI for researchers’ at the University’s first Data Conference”
Fluid dynamics in Scroll Expanders and Static-Shaft Wankel Expanders
In this case study, we hear from Anil Taskin, a researcher in the School of Engineering, who has been leveraging BEAR (Birmingham Environment for Academic Research) to study fluid dynamics in Scroll Expanders and Static-Shaft Wankel Expanders. A significant amount of research is dedicated to efficiently harnessing renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and … Continue reading “Fluid dynamics in Scroll Expanders and Static-Shaft Wankel Expanders”
Utilising BlueBEAR for radiation transport simulations and computational fluid dynamics
In this case study, we hear from Kiran Nutter (PhD student in the Nuclear Physics group), who has been utilising BEAR to study applications of gamma ray imaging. I am a PhD student in the Nuclear Physics group at the University of Birmingham, and a part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Topological design. … Continue reading “Utilising BlueBEAR for radiation transport simulations and computational fluid dynamics”
Elucidating the Pathways for Human Tooth Enamel Mineralisation
In this case study, we hear from Mahdi Tavakol (based at University of Oxford, and visiting researcher), who has been utilising BEAR to study tooth mineralisation and demineralisation. My name is Mahdi Tavakol. I am a computational scientist in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford and a visiting researcher and collaborator … Continue reading “Elucidating the Pathways for Human Tooth Enamel Mineralisation”
February 2025 BEAR Newsletter
Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) Newsletter This month we will be meeting new staff starters at the Central Induction and delivering the ‘Data and AI for Researchers’ session for the fully-booked UoB Data Conference, with researchers from across the University describing how they are using our services to benefit their research – we will provide … Continue reading “February 2025 BEAR Newsletter”