Could Computational Statistics in the UK benefit from a Collaborative Computational Project or a similar undertaking?
This is the question we propose to examine during an agenda setting workshop on the 24th of July in Manchester. CCPs are a unique British model for collaboration and development of computationally intensive codes supporting scientific communities such as physicists, chemists and others with considerable success. CCPs have been particularly successful in bringing together key scientific expertise, resources and development for codes for large-scale numerical applications. These shared developments have made significant scientific progress possible and thereby raised the profile of UK research and industry in these areas worldwide. In general CCPs: • Carry out flagship code development projects • Maintain and distribute code libraries • Organise training in the use of codes (sometimes in the form of annual schools) • Hold meetings and workshops • Invite overseas researchers for lecture tours and collaborative visits Large scale computational statistical methods are used in many areas, e.
