[Posted on behalf of Robert Deller UKRI-MRC] The MRC Data Science Strategic Advisory Group and BBSRC Transformative Technologies Strategy Advisory Panel have founded a task force to better understand the computing needs, including the associated training/skills, software and services, of the research communities that they support. The task force has designed an engagement exercise to support this aim, with the first planned meeting focusing on biomolecular and biophysical simulation on the afternoon of the 10th of June (13.00-16.00).
The workshop aims to * Better understand current usage of computing in research and future needs. * Explore the challenges, gaps and barriers to the use of computing, and the opportunities for the more effective use of existing capability. * Identify challenging research concepts/areas and the associated computing requirements and whether these could be enabled by access to larger scale computing capability. If interested, please get in touch with ben.yarn...@mrc.ukri.org<mailto:ben.yarn...@mrc.ukri.org> to learn more or register interest. Secondly, we would also like to invite individuals to fill in this survey<https://edinburgh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/survey-on-software-skills-and-infrastructure-for-research-6?utm_campaign=3118719_EPSRC%20Survey&utm_medium=email&utm_source=College%20of%20Science%20%26%20Engineering%2C%20The%20University%20of%20Edinburgh> studying the practices and barriers that UK researchers from all disciplines face when using software and computing in their research. The results will contribute towards UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure policy and help direct funding, so it is vital that we hear from a broad range of researchers across the UKRI research community. This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email or any of its attachments and should notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise risk of this email or any attachments containing viruses or malware but the recipient should carry out its own virus and malware checks before opening the attachments. UKRI does not accept any liability for any losses or damages which the recipient may sustain due to presence of any viruses. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
