Acil, Nezha and Barker, Jake and Baziotis, Christos and Beltrán Hernández, Allan and Dai, Duiyi and Deakin, Jordan and Dettmer, Samuel and Fentham, Daniel and Fontrodona-Bach, Adrià and Hart-Villamil, Roberto and Jenkins, Benjamin and Jia, Xi and Jones, Alan and Morris, Andrew and Murakami, Akira and Seymour, Rowland and Xavier, Gabriela da Silva and Smith, Catherine and Tashev, Stanimir and Turner, Jason and Uche, Elijah and Xia, Xilin and Zhong, Jian (2023) Birmingham Environment for Academic Research : Case studies volume 3. Project Report. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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Identification Number/DOI: 10.25500/epapers.bham.00004303
Abstract
This collection of case studies was brought together to showcase the extent and diversity of research that is supported by the University of Birmingham’s Environment for Academic Research (BEAR). BEAR is a collection of contemporary IT resources designed to help research. The following case studies demonstrate how BEAR services such as the Research Data Store (RDS), BEAR software and the University supercomputer BlueBEAR are integral to the progression of important research across disciplines.
BlueBEAR is a key component of BEAR, providing compute power and specialist applications free to enable staff and students to delve deeper into their research. Upgraded in 2023, the cluster includes many large memory nodes and a GPU service alongside standard compute nodes. Alongside BlueBEAR, the RDS is a popular choice amongst researchers to securely store their working research data. As of publication, more than 5000 researchers across all five colleges were actively using BlueBEAR and/or the RDS. In this volume, we showcase case studies representing diverse research from every college. From estimating snow coverage to modelling second language acquisition, we show how BEAR services are enabling exciting and important research across the university.
| Type of Work: | Monograph (Project Report) | ||||
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| School/Faculty: | Corporate Services | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 30 | ||||
| Department: | IT Services | ||||
| Date: | 14 December 2023 | ||||
| Series/Collection Name: | Birmingham Environment for Academic Research : Case Studies | ||||
| Keywords: | HPC, BEAR, Supercomputing | ||||
| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) | ||||
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| Funders: | University of Birmingham, EPSRC | ||||
| Copyright Status: | Copyright © The University of Birmingham 2023. All rights reserved | ||||
| Copyright Holders: | University of Birmingham | ||||
| ID Code: | 4303 |
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