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Ada Lovelace Centre

The Ada Lovelace Centre (ALC) is a multi-disciplinary centre of expertise in research, software engineering and data management, enhancing the scientific impact of STFC’s large-scale national facilities.

 

The ALC uses integrated approaches to address and solve scientific data challenges by:

 

  • Improving how data is handled and processed within STFC facilities to extract greater scientific value and enhance understanding
  • Coordinating activities across facilities to exploit cross-cutting opportunities in scientific computing
  • Building and maintaining software and data infrastructure capabilities for facilities
  • Forming a critical mass of staff and skills aligned to the scientific data challenges of the large facilities
  • Supporting research and development activities in software engineering, data management, computational and AI methods and simulation
Dr Paul Quinn, Director, Ada Lovelace Centre
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ALC represents an exciting opportunity to help further expand links 
to and across the STFC national facilities, drive new research and development to meet emerging needs, and ultimately make a significant and transformative impact on the broad range of science at the facilities.​

Dr Paul Quinn, Director, Ada Lovelace Centre

News spotlight

Automated computer workflow opens up opportunities for a greener future

Research fuelled by STFC Scientific Computing’s new ‘Automated Potential Development’ (APD) computer workflow has already led to the identification of a new class of thermoelectrics called ‘incipient ionic conductors’, which can help reduce climate change by converting heat into electricity, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. For more information, please click the link below.

Automated computer workflow opens up opportunities for a greener future

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For more information and all enquiries, please contact us or visit us at Ada Lovelace Centre

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