. ▁At kin son ▁was ▁the ▁successful ▁candidate ▁and ▁started ▁his ▁work ▁as ▁the ▁e - S cience ▁En voy ▁on ▁ 1 ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁under ▁E PS RC ▁Grant ▁No ▁EP / D 0 7 9 8 2 9 / 1 . ▁Con sequently , ▁he ▁stepped ▁down ▁as ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁National ▁e - S cience ▁Centre . ▁The ▁director ▁post ▁was ▁taken ▁up ▁by ▁Professor ▁Peter ▁Clar ke ▁who ▁held ▁it ▁until ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁Director , ▁e - S cience ▁Institute ▁▁ ▁He ▁founded ▁the ▁e - S cience ▁Institute ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 1 , as ▁a ▁central ▁focus ▁for ▁the ▁e - S cience ▁community ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁Its ▁mission ▁was ▁to ▁stim ulate ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁new ▁ins ights ▁in ▁e - S cience ▁and ▁computing ▁science ▁by ▁bringing ▁together ▁international ▁exper ts ▁and ▁en abling ▁them ▁to ▁successfully ▁address ▁significant ▁and ▁diverse ▁challeng es . ▁ ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁he ▁appointed ▁J ano ▁van ▁Hem ert ▁as ▁Research ▁Le ader ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁National ▁e - S cience ▁Centre ▁located ▁at ▁ 1 5 ▁South ▁College ▁Street , ▁Edinburgh , ▁UK . ▁So on ▁after , ▁they ▁founded ▁the ▁Edinburgh ▁Data - Int ensive ▁Research ▁Group . ▁This ▁group ▁became ▁the ▁focus ▁of ▁all ▁e - S cience ▁research ▁in ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Edinburgh . ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁group ▁joined