ICR-Services/ScientificComputing: v1.5
Creators: name: Rachel Alcraft
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Example acknowledgement

We acknowledge Scientific Computing at The Institute of Cancer Research for providing HPC and software development support. Their support was instrumental in achieving the results presented in this paper. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14962107

Service Description

Scientific Computing

Scientific Computing, Digital Services, Institute of Cancer Research

The Scientific Computing Service at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) provides high-performance computing, data storage, software development and research data management support services to help researchers store, manage, and analyse data efficiently.

Staff




Name
Title
Orcid
LinkedIn
Start date


Ian Giddings
Head of Scientific Computing
0000-0003-1078-5780
Profile
Feb 2011


Scientific 
Computing Infrastructure
 
 
 


Robert Horton
SC Infrastructure Manager
 
Profile
May 2017


Mark Allen
SC Infrastructure Engineer
 
Profile
Feb 2011


Roger Kynaston
SC Infrastructure Engineer
 
Profile
May 2023


Coral Moore
SC Infrastructure Engineer
 
Profile
May 2023


Yaroslav Koisa
SC Infrastructure Engineer
 
Profile
Nov 2023


Guy Thomas
SC Infrastructure Engineer
 
Profile
Nov 2023


Research 
Software Engineering
 
 
 


Rachel Alcraft
RSE Manager
0000-0003-2674-6321
Profile
May 2023


Mira Sarkis
RSE
0000-0002-8573-186X
Profile
Sep 2024


Stacy Shcherbakova
RSE
0009-0002-1139-6787
Profile
Oct 2024




Service Capabilities and Functions

High Performance Computing: We empower our researchers by providing access to High Performance Computing resources, enabling them to tackle complex computational challenges and accelerate their scientific discoveries. Our HPC services offer tailored support and infrastructure, facilitating advanced research across diverse disciplines.

Large Scale Data Storage: We provide secure and scalable solutions to manage the increasing volumes of data generated by research projects. These services enable researchers to efficiently store, access, and share their data, facilitating collaboration and accelerating the pace of discovery.

Research Data Management: We enable researchers with comprehensive Research Data Management services, including expert support, tailored advice, and practical training to ensure your valuable research data is effectively managed throughout its lifecycle.

Software development: We help you turn research ideas into functional software tools, from conception to implementation and deployment. This can be full software development, adaption and enhancement of existing tools, or rapid prototyping. We specialise in creating bespoke user-friendly applications from an assortment of 3rd party command line tools.

Web application support: We support and develop both internally facing and externally facing web applications including R-Shiny apps to support publications and dockerised applications tools.

Application Support: We support the installation and use of scientific software across the ICR and on Alma, primarily R and python based tools distributed with github or docker but also bioinformatics command line tools.

Software consulting: We offer guidance on best practices for software development, code review, and software architecture design.

Research Software Teaching: We teach the carpentries material to researchers at the ICR as well as in-house developed teaching for the platforms.

History

Alumni




Name
Orcid
LinkIn
Start-End


Flavio Zanchi
 
 
Jun 2013 - Sep 2024


Kareem Marzouk
0000-0003-2060-8956
Profile
Oct 2022 - Mar 2024


Yamina Boumediene
 
 
Sep 2022 - Dec 2023


Jonathan Lockley
 
Profile
Feb 2011 - Jun 2023


James Davidson
 
Profile 
Jan 2021 - Nov 2022


Andreas Biternas
 
Profile 
May 2019 - Aug 2022


Jader Nico Giacon
 
Profile 
Nov 2020 - Jun 2022


Adam Tyson
0000-0003-3225-1130
Profile 
Sep 2021 - Apr 2022


Daniel Whitehouse
 
Profile 
Nov 2019 - May 2020


Jamie Alnasir
0000-0001-8164-4753
Profile 
Mar 2018 - Feb 2020


Paul Martin
 
Profile 
May 2019 - Oct 2019


Paul Jeffreys
 
Profile 
Aug 2018 - Oct 2019


Benjamin Talbot
 
Profile 
Apr 2017 - Mar 2019


Igor Kozin
 
Profile 
Jan 2012 - Dec 2018


Dugan Witherick
0000-0002-9175-0151
Profile 
Apr 2017 - Jul 2018


Alex Martin 
 
 
Apr 2014 - Jan 2018


Michal Michalowicz
 
Profile 
Sep 2016 - Mar 2017


Apostolos Sisiaridis
 
Profile
Sep 2011 - Oct 2016