The N8 CoE in Computationally Intensive Research

The N8 CIR focuses on the creation of a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in CIR methods, skills, and facilities to underpin the strategic research objectives of the N8 universities. This CoE will accelerate progress in areas of research that are of strategic importance to the N8 partners, including some that have not made heavy use of technology in the past. Find out more about the N8 CIR and N8 Research Partnership.

Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat 2026

Registration is now closed, but you can still join online and be added to our waitlist.

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Bede Supercomputer

Find out about the N8’s Tier 2 Power 9 and GPU-based high-performance computing (HPC) platform housed at Durham University

Learn how the Bede Supercomputer can accelerate your research

Research Themes

The N8 CIR runs training and community events and provides resources for N8 researchers within three key themes

Learn about the Research Themes that the N8 CIR supports

How we can support you in your research

Find out how Research Software Engineers, Research Infrastructure Engineers, and Research Data Managers can help with your research

Discover how research support can help you

Online HPC Training

Learn to code, organise your data, and make use of AI on our YouTube channel

Visit our YouTube site to start learning now

Case Studies

Find out how researchers and research support have been helped by the N8 CIR

Read case studies from across the N8 CIR community

Our networks

Find out about the N8 CIR networks you can join

Child of the North Data Showcase

Learn about this important meeting

CHILD OF THE NORTH DATA SHOWCASE

This will be an important meeting on SEND and the power of connected data in Manchester on Monday, February 23.

Applications are now closed, but click here to learn more.

N8 CIR SUMMER INTERNSHIPS 2026

We are now accepting applications from researchers and dRTPs working in the N8 Research Partnership for projects to be offered in our Summer Internship Programme

APPLY NOW! Closing date 6 March 2026

BEDE SUPERCOMPUTER

This facility is available to researchers across the N8 Research Partnership to help accelerate research and scientific discovery

Information on Bede and how to gain access

EVENTS

We regularly host events for members of the research and digital research technical professional communities.

Learn about the latest events you can attend