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Why host HPC in Iceland? Big Data for life sciences
To tackle the ‘big data’ requirements of our genomics and bioinformatics research, we wanted to explore the benefits of remotely managing our HPC resources.
February 08, 2017
As part of our new partnership with Icelandic-based data infrastructure providers Verne Global, a first for the academic HPC (high-performance computing) community in the UK, we speak to Head of our Scientific Computing
To tackle the ‘big data’ requirements of our genomics and bioinformatics research in decoding living systems, we wanted to explore the benefits of remotely managing our HPC resources. The Verne Global Icelandic campus provides an economical solution
See our video interview, below.
For further information
See our news story: EI embraces green-HPC for collaborative genome analysis at Icelandic data centre Verne Global
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