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Metrics
A survey of HPC users is undertaken annually to build up a picture of the research being undertaken on BlueCrystal and its impact in terms of research income, number of publications and key research achievements. The most recent survey was undertaken in March 2014.
Number of BlueCrystal registered users
As at 20 June 2014
| Faculty | Users | Projects |
| Arts | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering | 354 | 115 |
| Medical and Veterinary Services | 27 | 16 |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 80 | 44 |
| Science | 230 | 130 |
| Social Sciences and Law | 11 | 9 |
| IT Services | 14 | 6 |
| External users | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 736 | 321 |
Publications
Number of publications where an element of the content reflects research undertaken on BlueCrystal
| Status of publication | 2008-2009 | 2009-2010 | 2010-2011 | 2011-2012 |
| Papers published | 74 | 125 | 141 | 200 |
| Papers awaiting publication | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 |
| Papers submitted | 9 | 9 | 23 | 23 |
| Papers in preparation | 4 | 14 | 14 | 33 |
| Conference proceedings published | 8 | 14 | 46 | 60 |
Representative publications from 2012 survey
| Researcher | Department | Publication |
| Professor Paul Wilcox and Professor Bruce Drinkwater | Department of Mechanical Engineering | "An Investigation into the Feasibility of Internal Strain Measurement in Solids by Correlation of
Ultrasonic Images", Bowler, A. I., Drinkwater, B. W. and Wilcox, P. D., Proc. Roy. Soc. A., 467, pp. 2247-2270, 2011, doi: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0489 |
| Dr Richard Sessions and Professor Dek Woolfson | School of Biochemistry and School of Chemistry | "Tuning the performance of an artificial protein motor", N.J. Kuwada, M.J. Zukermann, E.H.C. Bromley, R.B. Sessions, P.M.G. Curmi, N.R. Forde, D.N. Woolfson, H. Linke, Physical Review E 2011, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.031922. |
| Professor Phil Donoghue and Rachel Warnock | School of Earth Sciences | "Exploring uncertainty in the calibration of the molecular clock", Warnock, R. C. M., Yang, Z. and Donoghue, P. C. J., Biology Letters 8: 156-159, 2011, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0710. |
| Professor Andy Ridgwell and Dr Dan Lunt | School of Geographical Sciences | "A model for orbital pacing of methane hydrate destabilization during the Palaeogene", Lunt, D.J., Ridgwell, A., Sluijs, A., Zachos, J., Hunter, S., Haywood, A., Nature Geoscience, 4, 775-778, 2011, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1266. |
Representative publications from 2011 survey
| Researcher | Department | Publication |
| Professor Chris Allen and Dr Tom Rendall | Department of Aerospace Engineering | “Reduced Surface Point Selection Options for Efficient Mesh Deformation using Radial Basis Functions,” T.C.S. Rendall and C.B. Allen Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 229(8), pp 2810-2820 (2010) |
| Professor Jeremy Harvey and Dr David Glowacki | School of Chemistry | “Vibrationally quantum-state specific reaction dynamics of H atom abstraction by CN radical in solution,” S.J. Greaves, R.A. Rose, T.A.A. Oliver, D.R. Glowacki, M.N.R. Ashfold, J.N. Harvey, I.P. Clark, G.M. Greetham, A.W. Parker, M. Towrie and A.J. Orr-Ewing Science, Vol. 331, no. 6023, p 1423-1426 (2011) - cover article |
| Dr James Wookey and Dr Nick Teanby | School of Earth Sciences | “Seismic detection of meteorite impacts on Mars,” N.A. Teanby, J. Wookey Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Vol 186, 1-2, p 70-80 (2011) |
| Professor John Rarity and Dr Martin Cryan | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering | “Finite-Difference Time-Domain Modeling of Periodic and Disordered Surface Gratings in AlInSb Light Emitting
Diodes With Metallic Back-Reflectors” Ian J. Buss, Geoffrey R. Nash, John G. Rarity, and Martin J.Cryan IEEE J. Lightwave Technology, 28, 1190-1200 (2010) |
| Professor Paul Valdes and Dr Joy Singarayer | School of Geographical Sciences | "Late Holocene methane rise caused by orbitally controlled increase in tropical sources", J.S. Singarayer, P.J. Valdes, P. Friedlingstein, S. Nelson, D.J. Beerling Nature, 470, 82-91 (2011) |
| Professor Dek Woolfson and Dr Simon Hanna | School of Chemistry/School of Physics | “Computer simulations of the growth of synthetic peptide fibres,”, T.P. Stedall, M.F. Butler, D.N. Woolfson and S. Hanna, Eur. Phys. J. E, 34, art. no. 5 (2011) - cover article |
Key Research Achievements
The 2012 survey respondents listed 206 achievements. Brief highlights include:
| Name | Department | Achievement |
| Professor Mark Lowenberg and Donata Wasiuk | Department of Aerospace Engineering | A comprehensive new database of worldwide aviation emissions has been generated, using BlueCrystal for the performance and emissions index computations. This is currently being finalised - still using BlueCrystal - with a view to imminent publication in the context of nitrous oxide effects in particular. |
| Dr Simon Hanna | School of Physics | Major achievement has been the successful implementation of a high speed Discrete Dipole Approximation (DDA) code for calculation of optical forces and torques on low symmetry colloidal particles in optical tweezers. This work puts us at the forefront of the field. |
| Dr Tony Pickering and Linford Briant | School of Physiology and Pharmacology/Department of Engineering Mathematics | Linford was awarded best poster prize for "Modelling the role of the A-type potassium current in regulating excitability in sympathetic preganglionic neurones." LJB Briant, MF Nolan, M Desroches, AR Champneys, JFR Paton, AE Pickering - Physiological Society poster presentation in Oxford, July 2011. |
The 2011 survey respondents listed 160 achievements. Brief highlights include:
| Name | Department | Achievement |
| Professor David Sherman | School of Earth Sciences | We have done the first simulations of metal complexation in hydrothermal fluids using ab initio molecular dynamics. We are now investigating computational methods (thermodynamic integration, metadynamics) to estimate free energies of reactions at high temperature. This work is giving us the first molecular-scale picture of the crustal fluids that form ore deposits and modify the chemistry of the Earth's crust. |
| Dr Dritan Kaleshi | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Large scale distributed systems simulator for Smart Metering in the UK. |
| Dr Andrew Booker and David Platt | School of Mathematics | Our group has verified the Generalised Riemann Hypothesis for Dirichlet L-functions, advancing several orders of magnitude beyond previous results. We are currently testing new algorithms for prime counting on BlueCrystal, and expect to reach world-record heights later this calendar year. |