The national importance of HECToR was recognised by a statement in the Scottish Parliament
S2M-5599 Mike Pringle (Edinburgh South) (LD): Success for the University of Edinburgh
The national importance of HECToR was recognised in the Scottish Parliament when MSP Mike Pringle, whose constituency includes EPCC, lodged the following motion:
Success for the University of Edinburgh
The Parliament congratulates Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre at the University of Edinburgh for its success in having been selected to house, manage and direct the latest £113 million national high performance computing facility for UK computational science, HECToR (High End Computing Terascale Resource), which will provide UK researchers with a world-class capability to undertake increasingly complex studies across a range of scientific disciplines.
His motion (S2M-5599) was supported by the following MSPs: Mark Ballard, Mr Kenny MacAskill, Stewart Stevenson, John Swinburne, Donald Gorrie, Mr Jamie Stone, Rt Hon Jim Wallace, Margaret Smith, Dr Jean Turner
