UCL Advanced Research Computing Centre (ARC)
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UCL Advanced Research Computing Centre (ARC)
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ARC is UCL's research, innovation and service centre for the tools, practices and systems that enable computational science and digital scholarship.
Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/ucl_arc
Join us for our first Computing Club session of the year!
Wed 29 Oct 2025, 14:00-17:00 | Darwin Building, B05
Register now buff.ly/TpqAXtW
This month's Computing Club session will be an intro to HPC systems including Unix Shell.
Find out more about Computing Club on the ARC website buff.ly/A5oOz6B
October 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
📊 Afternoon #ucldigifest session recap: Data for Impact

From social care and HIV to newborn screening and NHS data tools—UCL researchers shared how digital platforms are driving real-world outcomes through data.

🔗 buff.ly/jwUF8Uh

#ARC #UCL #digitalresearch #dataforimpact
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🛠️ Snaps from today’s UCL ARC Debugging Workshop (16 July, 90 High Holborn)!

A hands-on, collaborative day focused on building practical debugging skills in research software.

#UCL #ResearchSoftware #Debugging #ARCWorkshops
July 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
📚 #ucldigifest recap: 10 Years of Open Access at UCL Press with Lara Speicher.

Highlighting UCL’s pioneering open access model: 380+ books, 15 journals, 18.5M downloads worldwide.

🔗 buff.ly/jwUF8Uh

#ARC #UCL #OpenAccess #UCLPress
July 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🔭 #ucldigifest recap: Developing the UK SKA Regional Centre with Louise Chisholm.

Exploring UK’s role in building global data & collaboration networks for the Square Kilometre Array.

Learn more:🔗 buff.ly/jwUF8Uh

#ucldigifest #ARC #UCL #SKA #digitalresearch
July 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📸 Recap: Festival of Digital Research, Innovation & Scholarship Poster
We’re proud to support a space where UCL’s digital research community can share projects, spark discussions, and build new collaborations.
🔗 Learn more about the Festival:
buff.ly/jwUF8Uh

#ARC #UCL #digitalresearch #ucldigifest
July 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🤖 Closing Keynote at #ucldigifest

Niall Robinson (NVIDIA) shared how AI & digital twins help turn cutting-edge science into real-world impact—from climate modelling to health simulations.

Great to hear about NVIDIA’s tools and engagement with UCL.

#AI #DigitalTwins #NVIDIA
July 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎤 Festival Session Highlight: Lightning Talks
Fantastic range of presentations today at #ucldigifest showcasing UCL’s diverse digital research.
Great to see so much innovation!

📸🔗 Learn more about the Festival:
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#ARC #UCL #digitalresearch #innovation
July 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🧮 Festival session highlight:
Computational Tools for Probabilistic Modelling and Statistical Inference with Matt Graham & Samuel Livingstone.

Demo, talks, discussion on advancing statistical software at UCL.

🔗 buff.ly/jwUF8Uh

#ucldigifest #ARC #UCL #digitalresearch
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🩺 Plenary at #ucldigifest:
✨ Enabling Multimodal Health Research at Scale – The SAFEHR Initiative at #UCLH/#UCL
Dr Steve Harris and team share how SAFEHR integrates EHR data, imaging, and text to power secure, large-scale health research.
🔗 buff.ly/jwUF8Uh
#ARC #digitalresearch #healthinformatics
July 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🎤 Opening Keynote at UCL #ucldigifest:
✨ A Digital Survival Story: From research code to research infrastructure
Emily Richardson (AWS) shares her journey from postdoc scripts to cloud architectures for research.
🔗 buff.ly/jwUF8Uh
#ARC #Festival #research #UCL #AWS
July 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🎉 ARC is hosting the Festival of Digital Research, Innovation & Scholarship at UCL today!
Prof. James Hetherington, ARC Director, is presenting in our plenary session, highlighting how ARC drives innovation and collaboration at #UCL.
🔗 More: buff.ly/jwUF8Uh
#ucldigifest #ARC #Festival #research
July 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🎉 Just one month to go!
Join us at the UCL Festival of Digital Research on 15 July 🧠
Keynotes, demos, workshops & more — plus lunch & drinks 🎓🍽️

📍 Open to all
🔗 buff.ly/3qkE98A
#UCL #ARC #DigitalResearch #AcademicEvents
June 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
ARC's monthly student Cluster Club offers:
🆕An intro to skills used in #HPC clusters
👩‍💻Collaboration on coding challenges
🍰Stellar socialising over refreshments!
✅Some programming exp. required
🔗Sound good? Register now: buff.ly/EXz8FwO
June 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
⏩ Last places remaining!!
Transform Your Research Code Into Professional Software at ARC's new summer workshop.
Book now buff.ly/aWYn9JX
🗓️ 2025-06-23 -- 2025-06-27⌚10:00 - 17:00 (+ social evenings)
📍 UCL, London (in-person only)
🎟️ £1,500 (50% off for @UCL members)
June 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
ARC is hosting a free in-person Software Carpentries workshop on May 13th and 14th. The event covers command line basics with Bash, Git for version control, and an intro to Python. Sign up or find more info at: buff.ly/L0KeSpP.
May 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
ARC's monthly student Cluster Club offers:
👩‍💻Collaboration on coding challenges and socialising over refreshments!🍰
🆕An intro to skills used in #HPC clusters (some programming exp. required✅)
🔗Sound good? Register now for the May session: buff.ly/tIpfNli
May 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
ARC are excited to be supporting this year's ExtendED Learning programme with a range of workshops and our on ongoing Cluster Club sessions. Learn about HPC computing at UCL, explore reproducible research and gets some hands-on experience with machine learning and associated ethics.
April 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
ARC are excited to announce a new module on Digital Research Practices, as part of @UCL Summer School! It is a comprehensive introduction to Digital Research to enable all students to undertake digitally enabled research projects. buff.ly/lKjXC8s #digital-humanities #social-science #research-skills
March 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📚 Join us this week at our monthly student Cluster Club!
🖥️ Club members code socially over snacks to gain practical skills in a range of computing technologies
✅ Some programming exp. required. Familiarity with command line desirable but not essential
🔗https://buff.ly/ZlI1sbX
March 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Earlier this month, colleagues from ARC piloted a new interactive workshop: Narrating FAIR: recognising and rewarding FAIR practices and the use of narrative CVs. Read more on the @UCL_ARC blog buff.ly/KDOGIqB Pictured: Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards co-facilitating the workshop
March 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🐧🎉 Linux enthusiasts, gather for a GNU/Linux Install Party! Don your Linux tees and bring sticker-clad laptops for fun, installs, and geeky chats! 📅 March 26, 2025 ☕🍻 Drinks provided!
🔗 ucl.ac.uk/advanced-research-computing/events/2025/mar/techsocial-series-march-2025
#Linux #FOSS #TechSocial #ARC
March 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📢 Save the date!

The 2nd Annual UCL Festival of Digital Research, Innovation & Scholarship is coming! 🎉

📅 15 July 2025
📍 Roberts Building, UCL

If you use data-intensive & computational research tools, this event is for you!

Stay tuned!

#UCL #DigitalResearch #Innovation
March 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚀 ARC Roadshow at UCL East!

Want to learn more about UCL's Advanced Research Computing (ARC) and how we can support your digital research? Come and chat with us!

📅 March 4 | ⏰ 11 AM – 2 PM
📍 UCL East Marshgate
See you there! 👋
#UCL #ARC #ResearchComputing #HPC #DataScience
February 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚀 Introducing our new ARC Ambassadors! 🎉

They will act as key bridges between ARC and their departments—helping to connect researchers with digital tools, HPC, software support, and research computing expertise at UCL.

Looking forward to their impact! 🚀
February 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM