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CCP-AHC

Welcome to CCP-AHC (Toward a new Collaborative Computational Project for Arts, Humanities, and Culture) — a UKRI-funded scoping initiative.

Our mission is to support the sustainable development of research software, workflows, and pipelines for computationally intensive AHC research, powered by UK Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI).

We are collaboratively developing a multi-year roadmap for a new research software community, to be delivered to STFC and UKRI by end of 2026.

Get Involved

  • Call for Codes, Workflows, and Pipelines

    Help shape the future of computational arts, humanities, and culture (AHC) research by telling us about the tools you own and use. We welcome input from developers, maintainers, and users.

    Submit a research software project

  • Roadmap Open Draft Feedback

    Review and comment on the CCP-AHC roadmap. Community feedback is essential to ensuring it reflects real research needs and practices.

    Read the draft
    Comment via Hypothes.is

Events & Community

  • CCP-AHC Town Hall 2026

    Join us on 17 September 2026 at STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Oxfordshire), with optional training on 16 September. Hybrid participation available.

    Event details

  • Community Forum (Monthly)

    Informal online sessions held on the second Tuesday of each month (12:30–1:30pm UK time). Share experiences and learn about DRI access and workflows.

    Join the Community Forum

Previous Events

About the Project

  • What CCP-AHC Does

    We support the development of research software, workflows, and pipelines for AHC researchers using UK-based compute infrastructure.

  • Why a CCP?

    CCPs have successfully supported scientific software communities for decades. CCP-AHC explores how this model can be applied to AHC research.

    Learn about CCPs

  • Focus on Infrastructure

    We promote effective use of publicly funded infrastructure, including HPC and advanced computing systems across UKRI and HEIs.

Stay Informed

  • Announcements

    Receive updates about events, publications, and project milestones.

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  • Discussion List

    Join discussions with the community about tools, workflows, and infrastructure.

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  • GitHub

    Explore CCP-AHC repositories and projects.

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  • Zenodo

    Access publications, datasets, and other outputs from CCP-AHC.

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Project Team

Contact

Email ccpahc@durham.ac.uk to contact the team.

Delivery Team

Advisory Group

  • Dr Alastair Basden (Durham University)
  • Dr Ryan Heuser (University of Cambridge)
  • Prof Leif Isaksen (University of Exeter)
  • Dr Lisa Otty (University of Edinburgh)
  • Dr Zoetanya Sujon (University of the Arts London)
  • Prof Melissa Terras (University of Edinburgh)

Funding

This work is supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) [UKRI/ST/B000494/1]. Funding for 2025-2026 was awarded under the "Collaborative Computational Communities: towards new CCPs” opportunity

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