We previously heard from several participants of BEAR Challenge 2025 how they had enjoyed attending the event and the skills they developed (see blog post here), with one team going onto win the national CIUK challenge. In this blog post, we hear from undergraduate student David Adesoye-Amoo on how the challenge helped him navigate a … Continue reading “From BEAR Challenge to research innovation: A student’s journey into HPC”
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Modelling Birmingham’s Cultural Ecology and Urban Oral History Using BlueBEAR
In this case study, we hear from Jack (Wei-Chieh Tsai), a doctoral student from History of Art and Geography who used BlueBEAR to examine how cultural intermediaries, including artists, curators, and cultural organisations, have contributed to urban development. My PhD research examines the role of artistic interventions in transforming post-industrial Birmingham between 1986 and 2016. The project … Continue reading “Modelling Birmingham’s Cultural Ecology and Urban Oral History Using BlueBEAR”
Binary classification of lung tissue immunofluorescence images by deep learning
In this case study we hear from Ellen Jenkins, a postdoctoral student from the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing. Ellen is looking into developing a deep learning model to automatically differentiate the tissue from the air space. There is an ongoing project in the respiratory research group (CMH, IIA) which utilises samples of human lung … Continue reading “Binary classification of lung tissue immunofluorescence images by deep learning”
We’re recruiting! Four new Grade 8 posts in Advanced Research Computing
Following the award of a multi-million‑pound UKRI grant to deliver the National Compute Resource (NCR) GPU‑accelerated system, Baskerville NCR, the University of Birmingham’s Advanced Research Computing (ARC) team is expanding. We are recruiting four new Grade 8 roles to help shape and support this ambitious national-scale project, offering the chance to work with cutting‑-edge‑ technology, … Continue reading “We’re recruiting! Four new Grade 8 posts in Advanced Research Computing”
Your chance to shape funding into national AI and HPC infrastructure
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) are seeking members of the researcher community using AI to provide their expertise and experience to help shape the UK’s future AI compute infrastructure. Below is the letter inviting contributions: The survey should take around 20 minutes to complete and can be found via the link here: … Continue reading “Your chance to shape funding into national AI and HPC infrastructure”
BEAR Champion activities in 2025
The BEAR Champion team continues to expand its reach across the University, with ten new BEAR Champions joining the voluntary team in 2025. Our BEAR Champions help us spread the word at the University of Birmingham about all the BEAR (Birmingham Environment for Academic Research) services that are available to support their research. We currently … Continue reading “BEAR Champion activities in 2025”
We’re recruiting! Two Graduate System Engineer posts
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 two graduates (recently graduated or in final … Continue reading “We’re recruiting! Two Graduate System Engineer posts”
January 2026 BEAR Newsletter
Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) Newsletter December was an exciting month for the team, as one of the student teams from BEAR Challenge won the national Computing Insight UK Cluster Challenge! Team ‘Beariables’ gave an amazing performance to beat 16 teams from across the UK, and now go on to represent the UK at the International Supercomputing Conference … Continue reading “January 2026 BEAR Newsletter”
Cooling works in data centre – upcoming service disruption
Update – 16:17 on Friday 17 April, 2026 The cleaning of the cooling system is now complete. The effort required to get all the parties involved was a mammoth task which was admirably managed by our AIS (systems teams). The maintenance was essential to ensure optimal performance and longevity of equipment. Particularly given the imminent … Continue reading “Cooling works in data centre – upcoming service disruption”
Building a community for research computing
Research Computing and Data Community – RCDC The Advanced Research Computing team at the University of Birmingham have been providing several different Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for researchers for many years, to enable interdisciplinary communities to come together with shared interests in particular programming languages, or coding in general. As these SIGs have grown over … Continue reading “Building a community for research computing”