Isambard-AI and Zenith AIRR supercomputers: Gateway route

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Other. Open with no closing date. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/access-to-isambard-ai-and-zenith-airr-supercomputers-gateway-route/

This access route is open to UK-based researchers from academia, industry, and other organisations.

It offers flexible computational support for artificial intelligence (AI) related research and development projects, such as:

- first-time users of AI supercomputing resources

- testing of (novel) algorithms, code, and workflows

- benchmarking of algorithms, code, and workflows before applying for larger AI Research Resource (AIRR) opportunities

Each successful project will be awarded up to 10,000 graphics processing unit (GPU) hours on the Isambard-AI and Zenith supercomputers, to be used within three months of project start. No funding is provided.

What we're looking for The Gateway route is an open and flexible pathway to request computational resources for users across academia, commercial and individual research. Users should be looking to explore novel and developing areas of AI research, as well as supporting upskilling across a wide range of AI-relevant experience.

Potential AI-related research topics

These include, but are not limited to:

Development of novel algorithms and software tools

Examples include:

- enhanced performance and efficiency: improved accuracy, processing speed and resource efficiency

- scalability and adaptability: developing algorithms that are more adept at handling big data, and that can enable AI models to apply knowledge from one domain to another

- robustness and reliability: developing algorithms that are resistant to adversarial attacks and that can provide clear explanations for their decisions

- innovation and new applications: novel creative AI algorithms can drive advancements in generative models, or that can that enhance human-AI collaboration to leverage the strengths of both humans and machines

- ethical and responsible AI:…