How the Edinburgh International Data Facility connects with the wider world Driving new connections: meet our EIDF Collaboration Manager Embark on a collaborative journey with Magdalena, our new Collaboration Manager. Bringing a wealth of experience in user-centric service development and data management, she's here to amplify your research capabilities through the advanced resources of the Edinburgh International Data Facility. Ready to innovate together? Connect with Magdalena and drive your projects to new heights! Largest Cerebras CS-3 cluster in Europe installed at the University of Edinburgh to accelerate AI research and the UK’s AI capabilities Today the University of Edinburgh and Cerebras Systems announced the successful installation and service start of a groundbreaking Cerebras CS-3 system cluster at the University. Operated by EPCC, and part of the Edinburgh International Data Facility, the cluster consists of four CS-3s using Cerebras’s latest third-generation Wafer Scale Engine processors – the largest commercially available AI chip ever built. EIDF data publishing service launched Do you have open research datasets that you would like to share for the benefit of a wider research community, but lack a platform on which to publish them? The Edinburgh International Data Facility now offers a data publishing service that may provide the solution. EIDF GPU Service launched The EIDF GPU Service supports scalable data processing and artificial intelligence workloads. EIDF Data Science Cloud service for research EPCC's Amy Krause gives an overview of the Edinburgh International Data Facility's Portal, which enables data scientists, engineers, and researchers to access the Facility's Data Science Cloud. AI-training trial yields impressive results with EIDF Cerebras CS-2 smartR AI™ and EPCC are working together on an AI trial using the Cerebras CS-2 Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) system. The results so far have shown a dramatic reduction in AI training times. Data Slipstream: bringing together Earth-observation data, science, industry, and next-gen compute The Data Slipstream project is building a system whereby the large, diverse and complex datasets vital to Earth Observation (EO) research at the University of Edinburgh and beyond can be brought together in one place. Accelerated opportunities for the research community The Edinburgh International Data Facility (EIDF) continues to develop its resources to support data-driven discovery. One area that has progressed significantly is the formal launch of the EIDF GPU Service. New virtual desktop service for University of Edinburgh researchers EIDF's data science virtual desktop service offers access to virtual machines running on the EIDF local cloud. What makes a Safe Haven safe? Recently we have compiled a toolkit that enables us to create additional Safe Haven services as part of our work in building the Edinburgh International Data Facility. This article was published on 2023-11-24
