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EPSRC Reference: EP/D054370/1
Title: The National e-Science Centre 2006-2008
Principal Investigator: Clarke, Professor P
Other Investigators:
Trew, Professor AS Atkinson, Professor MP
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Dr D Berry Professor R Sinnott
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Department: Sch of Physics and Astronomy
Organisation: University of Edinburgh
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 August 2006 Ends: 31 July 2008 Value (£): 447,177
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Artificial Intelligence Information & Knowledge Mgmt
Networks & Distributed Systems Parallel Computing
Software Engineering
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No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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The term e-Science has pervaded the workings of many research disciplines in the last few years. E-Science can be defined as the invention and application of computing methods to extend our capabilities in any research discipline. E-Science includes pioneering new methods for managing and exploiting the rapidly growing collections of data, scientific databases, the use of advanced computational models, the support of scientific collaboration, and the use of powerful computational infrastructures such as the Grid. The Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow have been prominent in e-Science and were chosen to jointly host the National e-Science Centre , charged with developing, promoting and supporting e-Science nationwide. The NeSc provides national leadership and coordination, a focus for representing the UK e-Science programme internationally, regional outreach, and participation in developing the national infrastructure.The NeSC also augments (and leverages) many already strong assets within the Universities, including an extensive portfolio of e-Science projects, high-performance computing facilities, an ethos of engaging with a wide range of disciplines in Computer Science and a diverse range of curated research data and computationally intensive research applications. This proposal seeks the continuation of the NeSC for a further two year period following the expiry of the current grant in July 2006.
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