Ada Lovelace Centre - Integrating modelling and simulation at large facilities

The Ada Lovelace Centre (ALC) is a center of expertise for scientific computing within STFC with the primary objective of maximizing the scientific impact of the STFC large scale national facilities, Diamond, ISIS and the Central Laser Facility. The ALC is seeking to cultivate integrated approaches to address and solve the scientific data challenges experienced by facilities and their users. In early discussions with the facilities, the integration of theory with experiments, the provision of theory as a service, and linking users to modelling and simulation experts were highlighted as priorities. Here we will discuss the ALC and efforts to shape a program to meet the modelling and simulation needs of the facilities.