Hi tech centre appoints new director

THE STFC Hartree Centre at Daresbury, near Warrington has appointed Alison Kennedy as its new director from the end of March.
She will drive the continued growth and development of the Hartree Centre following the Government and IBM’s recent five year investment to enable UK industry to exploit the opportunities presented by big data and cognitive computing technologies.
Alison is currently the executive director of operations at the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC).
She brings to Hartree a wealth of experience in leading high performance computing projects within the UK and internationally from her roles at EPCC, in industry and as the current managing director and chairman of the board of directors of PRACE (the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe).
Alison said: “I am delighted to be joining the Hartree Centre which is internationally recognised for its pioneering work in promoting HPC, Big Data and novel technologies to the industrial and research community.
“I believe very strongly that collaboration between the UK’s world-leading infrastructures is instrumental in delivering the business benefits of investment in high-end technology and supporting
services to the UK. I look forward to working with my new STFC colleagues to deliver the vision.”
The Hartree Centre is part of the STFC Daresbury Laboratory, and located within the Sci-Tech Daresbury science and innovation campus.