b'Research Computing InfrastructureUKhasarichhistoryofcomputing,originatingwiththeestablishmentoftheUK ComputingCenterin1958.In1987,UKsHighPerformanceComputing(HPC) programbeganwiththecreationoftheCenterforComputationalSciences(CCS), theacquisitionofresearch-focusedcomputationalhardware,andresearch-focused network communications.Fornearlythreedecades,informationtechnologyprofessionalsandcomputational scientistshaveprovidedHPC-focusedconsultingservices,softwaresupport,and infrastructure operations. Over the past decade Cyberinfrastructure (CI) utilization, once dominated by research in theoretical physics, computational chemistry, computational biology, and materials engineering, now competes for computational resources with the areas of artificial intelligence, computer vision, genomics, social sciences, and a broad range of other historically underrepresented scientific areas.In July 2016, the UK Research Computing (UKRC) group was formed to address the rapid growth of demand and diversity of CI resources, tools, and computational techniques. Working in conjunction with ITS, CCS, and the Institute of Biomedical Informatics (BMI), the UKRC team serves a broad scientific community of researchers across academic disciplines applying advanced cyberinfrastructure and computational techniques in the advancement of research.12'