During the past few decades, computational simulation has become
the “Third Pillar” of science, in addition to theory and
experimentation. A major revolution taking place in High Performance
Computing (HPC) today is the increasing use of machine learning to
complement simulation. This project is providing researchers in
computational science and engineering fields with access to
state-of-the-art GPU-accelerated hardware and software resources. The
choice of resources was motivated by the requirements of science
drivers that address important societal and national problems in the
areas of renewable energy, advanced manufacturing, advanced materials,
electric power systems, cybersecurity, and quantum computing using
simulation and/or machine learning.
The new hardware is integrated with the existing campus HPC cluster.
The hardware is shared with the broader academic research community
through participation in the Open Science Grid. In addition to
providing a valuable resource for faculty, the augmented HPC cluster
is available for use by students for projects related to their thesis
and dissertation work as well as for class projects. The software
stack on the campus HPC cluster reflects that available on NSF
supercomputer systems with similar architectures. Student researchers
provide assistance with operation and maintenance of the cluster,
thus equipping them with skills needed for future careers in HPC and
large-scale machine learning fields.
Expected outcomes of the project include the following: 1) increased
use of HPC across disciplines, 2) improvement in faculty and student
skills in using state-of-the art HPC technologies, and 3) increased
rate of producing research results and publications.
Posting date: Wed, 04/03/2024
Award start date: Mon, 04/01/2024
Award end date: Tue, 03/31/2026