High Performance Computing

Our mission is to facilitate departments and faculties across the University to use our Balena HPC cluster for their research.

Our Service

Find information about our HPC facility, how to access it and how your research can benefit from using it.

About our High Performance Computing facility

A picture of the Balena cluster at the University of Bath

Find out about what HPC is and how it's helping University researchers process and analyse very large data sets and perform complex computational tasks.

Using the High Performance Computing service

We provide a range of support and consultancy services to help users of all skill levels use the HPC for research.

HPC - Introduction to using the service

Balena room with 2 researchers reviewing a screen

This training course is available for researchers wanting to use the HPC service. You'll learn how to schedule jobs and manage your workload.

Annual HPC Symposia

Doctor Martin Fullekrug holding his presentation

High Performance Computing Symposia are held every June to allow current and prospective Balena HPC users to network and discuss research.

Balena HPC cluster

The technical information for the University's High Performance Computing (HPC) systems.

GW4 Isambard HPC Service

University of Bath's collaboration with GW4 Isambard HPC service

Case studies

Find out how High Performance Computing has helped researchers across the University.

How HPC and Machine Learning are improving the analysis of renewable materials

Dan won the machine learning prize at the 2018 HPC symposium. He continues to use HPC to reduce the amount of time it takes to analyse new sustainable materials

Creating environmentally friendly plastics using HPC

Megan uses the University's HPC facilities to experiment with sustainable plastics that could change the way we live everyday

How HPC is improving research at Bath

Jack Betteridge, a PhD student, talks about how he is using the High Performance Computing facility to boost his research.

About us

Our High Performance Computing (HPC) service can be used by researchers to do large or complex computational tasks in a range of fields. Researchers come to us with models and simulations their desktop computers or laptops do not have the capacity or capability to compute. You can join the community of academics doing great things, or find out more at one of our yearly symposia.

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Contact us

If you have any enquiries about our service please contact us.