ARC: (Re)introduction

ARC Collaborations Hour

Patrick J. Roddy

UCL Advanced Research Computing (ARC)

2025-09-02

1994: Paris

Early Years

  • Mum (English) met Dad (Irish) in Paris
  • Left at age 3 and Andrew was 1
  • Failed to learn French (or English) in that time 😔

Andrew, Jonathan, Mum, Dad, Me

1998: France → UK

Kenilworth

The Area

  • Recorded as Chinewrde in the Domesday Book.
  • Longest siege in medieval English history.
  • Neighbours: Coventry, Warwick and Leamington Spa.
  • Annual rubber duck race.
  • Employers: National Grid, Jaguar Land Rover and University of Warwick.

Kenilworth Castle

Boxing Day Duck Race

Growing Up

  • Scouts
  • Hiking
  • Guitar
  • Cycling
  • Skateboarding
  • Running…

Queen’s Scout Award Parade

2013: Kenilworth → Cambridge

Cambridge

Undergraduate

  • Robinson College.
  • Natural Sciences → Astrophysics.
  • Internships: Ricardo, MediaTek, MathWorks, SATAVIA.
  • Sports: running, triathlon, rowing.
  • Broke my back 🤕.

Graduation

2017: Cambridge → London

London

PhD (UCL)

  • CDT in Data Intensive Science.
  • Group project with NCC Group.
  • Placement at Vortexa.
  • Running club.
  • Grew a beard.

2017 Christmas Present

Thesis

  • Title: Slepian Wavelets for the Analysis of Incomplete Data on Manifolds.
  • How to deal with data which is missing over a region of a manifold?
  • Started on the sphere but generalised.
  • Cosmology (CMB) was the motivation.

2018 Planck Lensing Map

An Example Slepian Wavelet

2021: ARC

  • MIRSG
  • DevOps
  • Napari
  • IoE
  • Neuroglancer
  • GLASS
  • SRR
  • AREPO

Who Wore it Better?

Running

  • 2011 Two Castles Run (Warwick → Kenilworth).
  • Met most friends through running.
  • Run to work (sorry for the smell).
  • Clubs: Kenilworth Runners, CUH&H, UCL RAX, TH&H, Cottage Relocated.
  • PBs: 14:38, 30:13, 1:06:24, 2:18:08.

2025 Lincoln 10km

https://paddyroddy.github.io/talks