Performance monitoring hackathon to build dashboards and explore accelerated compute efficiency run by ACIT-Hub on 21st April. Access to Nvidia H200 and AMD MI300x nodes, focus on building dashboards, improving efficiency, & sharing knowledge. www.cake.ac.uk/events/20260...
16th International Conference on Parallel Processing & Applied Mathematics (PPAM) will be held end of August in Poznań, Poland. Call for papers is currently open deadline April 24th. More details at ppam.edu.pl/docs/PPAM202...
Fancy a deep dive into DRI? The DRI retreat, organised by N8 and UKRI, runs from 23rd - 27th March. A range of sessions, including support for writing applications to #DRI project flexible funding calls for your ideas. More information at n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
Want to stay in the loop?
CAKE has a Slack workspace and a mailing list, helping you to keep up to date with all things DRI and knowledge exchange. Head over to cake.ac.uk/involved to sign up!
#knowledgeexchange #DRI #CAKE
The Fortran Index hackathon is running online later today, 14:00 to 16:30. This session focusing on overhauling the fortran-lang package index. Still time to register, see www.cake.ac.uk/events/20260...
#fortran #HPC
Inclusive Pathways for the Futures of National Federated Compute Services to be held in Edinburgh 17 March 2026. Exploring how people engage with federated DRI and where the blockers lie. More details and signup www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusive-...
Reimagining Data Science Careers in Biomedicine Survey which will directly inform funders and institutes on what’s worked (or should) to accelerate biomedical data science leadership in UK research. Closes 6th March, and £50 prize draw
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📢 New blog from CAKE Fellow Lewis Sampson!
STFC Kubernetes Workshop – K8s CAKE Fellowship 🧁
Bringing the K8s community together to share knowledge & build accessible training resources.
Read more 👉 www.cake.ac.uk/news/stfc-k8...
#K8s #RSE #OpenSource #CAKE
Last week UKRI announced a £76m investment in UK DRI, funding four new machines at University of Birmingham (GPU-based), University of Cambridge (GPU-based), UCL (CPU-based) and EPCC (CPU-based). More details www.ukri.org/news/new-nat...
The ARCHER2 Celebration of Science, 19th and 20th of March, will showcase not only the UK national supercomputer but also DRI. DRI focus session on the Friday afternoon,and Championing Green Digital Research day 0 workshop on 18th. www.archer2.ac.uk/community/ev...
The SocRSE teaching and training SIG have produced a Training Landscape Survey for people across the community to have a say. More information at society-rse.org/shaping-the-...
This week saw the first in-person meet up of the ScotRSE group in Dundee. Including talks by CAKE and DisCouRSE , a major theme was driving new collaborations. Read more about it at www.cake.ac.uk/news/scotrse/
📣 Call for Placements&Visits Applications and Reviewers! 📣
Our CAKE Placements & Visits scheme is here to break down barriers and bring brilliant people together. Apply now 👉 www.cake.ac.uk/about/placem...
#CAKE #Collaboration #DRI #FundingOpportunity
🚀 Register now for the Fortran Index Hackathon — happening next week!
This hackathon series brings the community together to improve knowledge exchange by adding, correcting, and curating resources within the fortran-lang ecosystem.
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/o2MDWaxDfDtU...
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🍰 Discover CAKEbox
CAKEbox is the CAKE project’s one-stop shop to help you build communities, strengthen connections, and improve your EDIA work.
Take a look and explore what’s inside 👇
cake.ac.uk/CAKEbox/
#CAKE #EDIA #CommunityBuilding #KnowledgeExchange #DRI
📍 Edinburgh is the place to be this March!
Registration for the ARCHER2 Celebration of Science closes this Thursday (Feb 26th), along with several co-located events you won’t want to miss. We can't wait to see you there!
🤝 www.cake.ac.uk/events/20260...
🔬 www.archer2.ac.uk/community/ev...
📣 What’s On This Week?
Missed these? There’s plenty more across the DRI landscape - check out the CAKE Calendar: www.cake.ac.uk/events/
#CAKE #DRI
Looking for funding opportunities across UK DRI?
A range of resources and funding schemes are currently available to support activities and projects.
Explore what’s on offer here:
🍰 www.cake.ac.uk/funds/ 🍰
Want to stay in the loop?
CAKE has a Slack workspace and a mailing list, helping you to keep up to date with all things DRI and knowledge exchange. Head over to cake.ac.uk/involved to sign up!
#knowledgeexchange #DRI #CAKE
@womeninhpc.org has launched a new “Messages from Women in HPC” campaign, inviting members of the community to share short messages of advice, encouragement, or inspiration that reflect the power of community support.
We encourage you to take part and share your message: forms.gle/PtAuGtFfvxXo...
📰 Check out our latest blog post: Fortran Index CAKE Fellowship! 📰
To celebrate nearly 70 years of Fortran, this post announces a new CAKE Fellowship supporting the Fortran Index hackathon series.
Read more 👉 www.cake.ac.uk/news/fortran...
Looking for funding opportunities across UK DRI?
A range of resources and funding schemes are currently available to support activities and projects. Explore what’s on offer here:
🍰 www.cake.ac.uk/funds/ 🍰
🗣️ 5-minute lightning talk slots are still available — a great chance to showcase a project or raise a challenge.
🔗 Register here: [https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stepupproject/1945329 ]
🍰 Keep an eye on CAKE's calendar so you do not miss any upcoming events: [https://www.cake.ac.uk/events/]
🚨 The “Connecting research data and software communities” event is almost here!
📅 10 Feb 2026. Organised by STEP-UP, the University of Cambridge Data Service and Reproducible Research Cambridge.
This event will bring together RSEs, data stewards, researchers & dRTPs to share their experiences.
📰 Curious about what happened in CAKE recently? Check our news and blog posts: www.cake.ac.uk/news/
📢 Registration & Submissions Open: Durham HPC Days 2026!
We can't wait to welcome you back to Durham, get your proposals in now!
🗓 Date: 15–19 June 2026
📝 Submission deadline: 31 January 2026
🔗 Find out more: hpc-days.github.io/Durham-HPC-D...
Want to stay in the loop?
CAKE has a Slack workspace and a mailing list, helping you to keep up to date with all things DRI and knowledge exchange. Head over to www.cake.ac.uk/involved/ to sign up!
#knowledgeexchange #DRI #CAKE
Looking to get a piece of the CAKE? 👀 🎂 There are lots of opportunities to get more involved with our network!
Check out our placements and visits support to help you spark fresh collaborations and join us as a reviewer to give back!
Find out more 👉 www.cake.ac.uk/opportunities/
👀Looking to connect with the CAKE community?👀
Jump into our Slack workspace and mailing list to exchange ideas and collaborate.
👉 www.cake.ac.uk/involved/
#KnowledgeExchange #DRI
📣 CAKE is very excited to announce the first cohort of DRI Knowledge Exchange Fellows!
Starting from January, our new fellows Joe Wallwork, Louise Chisholm and Lewis Sampson will be championing knowledge exchange in their communities.
Read more about their plans at www.cake.ac.uk/ke-fellowshi...
