1. 1 School of Physics and Astronomy Head of School Institute for Astronomy Institute for Particle & Nuclear Physics Institute for Condensed Matter & Complex Systems EPCC HoI +4 HoIs = School Executive Committee Research Committee: DoR + HoIs + others KT committee: HoI + DoR + others Will merge (and probably slim down!) Jan 2011 Director of Graduate School Director of Publicity and Recruitment Director of Teaching HoS, HoIs & Directors report to School Academic Board = Departments of Natural Philosophy, Mathematical Physics & Astronomy

2. 2 EPCC36 grants47% EC, 49% EPSRC IfA27 grants68% STFC ICMCS43 grants60% EPSRC, 22% RS/RSE IPNP 20 grants98% PPARC/STFC Research income (past 5 years) Overall: ~ 25% EPSRC ~ 36% STFC £13.7M £14.4M £14.7M £14.9M

3. 3 Institute for Astronomy JCMT (Hawaii) SCUBA Highlight: survey astronomy Observation Statistical analysis Theoretical interpretation Characteristics and issues Facilities dependent Technology advantage: proximity of ATC (but future?) Need to take advantage of opportunities LOFAR NearFar Observation Theory SUPA1 Priority Traditional strength

4. 4 Institute for Particle & Nuclear Physics Theme 1: finding the Higgs @ LHC (CERN) Theme 2: nuclear astrophysics Already in LHCb Just joint ATLAS (SUPA2 priority) Associated theory and supercomputing Physics beyond the Standard Model FAIR (ca. 2017) – nuclear reactions Boulby – dark matter Characteristics & issues Very few international facilities compared to astronomy Very dependent on STFC priorities  non-perturbative changes (Boulby closure) Local experiment/theory balance in particle physics (5 vs. 9 FTEs)

5. 5 Institute for Condensed Matter & Complex Systems Hard condensed matter: extreme conditions physics (CSEC) High pressure/high T Low T magnetic field/high purity (SUPA1 success!) Soft condensed matter Strength 1: the physics of ‘model’ colloidal suspensions Strength 2: very large scale simulations (  patented new material) Biological Physics Major investment in SUPA2 (+ NPL) Multi-scale (molecules, cells, ecosystems; ps to years) Characteristics & issues ‘Small science’ – driven by unforeseeable new developments on short time scales Heavy reliance on central facilities Very highly interdisciplinary Currently very focussed on fundamental end, with less attention to applications Priority: substantial re-orientation towards energy + drug discovery

6. 6 A leading HPC centre in the world “Best example of commercialising the science base in Scotland” (Scottish Enterprise) ‘In physics but not simply physics’ (collaborators from all 3 Colleges) 95% funded by external contracts and grants (50:50 academic : industry) Strength and priority: Driving HPC and data in Europe LocationNo Companie s ValueExamples Scotland16£490,000Prospect FS, OHM Surveys, DEM UK8£1,270,000Rolls Royce, AWE, ICR Europe86£1,790,000Atos Origin, SAP, FLE World1£300,000ISI A major issue: how to maximise REF impact?

7. 7 Cross-institute ‘unique selling points’ Actual Interdisciplinarity Close in-house collaboration between experiment, theory and simulation Embedding e-science and HPC in all areas Balanced breadth Potential Detector technologies

8. 8 Strategic challenges/threats Balancing big science vs. small science Almost total reliance on RCUK funding Culture change vis-à-vis KT and ‘impact’ (in the REF sense) … … and set up the structures to facilitate it! Reorientation towards RCUK (and HM Treasury!) priorities (energy, F&D) New Physics Education research effort College plans for central workshop That’s all folks!