PSDI

Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI) aims to accelerate research in the physical sciences by connecting different data infrastructures to create streamlined processes. PSDI also provides a consolidated platform that links to data infrastructures from other fields, reaching into research in medical and life sciences, as well as materials engineering and the environment.

The programme supports researchers who need to:

Find and access reference quality data from commercial and open sources
Retaining compute and storage capacity at STFC’s partner sites within the UK to create, store, process and analyse data from science facilities, projects and activities
Share data, software and models, including experimental and simulation data
Combine data from different sources, including bridging across disciplines for multimodal research
Use AI methods to explore data, through simulations, data exploitation and model training

Deploy workflows that automate data processing
Make the results of their research open and in line with the Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (FAIR) data principle
Leverage multiscale modelling data to drive experimental science
Scale up research by connecting to existing performance compute
Curate data and software to support publication, beyond the lifespan of individual projects

“PSDI is a vision for how the physical sciences can transition to become a fully connected and digital discipline. Data needs in research are growing at unimaginable rates, and this programme is at the forefront of developing an integrated and consistent technological environment for researchers nationwide.”

Juan Bicarregui, Programme Lead