Experimental Systems
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Portals & Interfaces
The effective use of advanced computing resources is not only a challenge to researchers but to those that maintain and provision those resources. Providing powerful and intuitive interfaces accelerates the rate at which science can be performed by allowing researchers to focus on scientific exploration rather than technological hurdles.
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| Halcyon | HPC management and provisioning portal, allowing for self-serve purchase and management resource allocations. | Shawn Rice | |
| CyberFaCES | Cyber-training for FAIR science in Climate and Environmental Sustainability - using publicly available data, simulation tools and computing resources. | Carol Song | |
RSE Projects
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| HydroAQP | Online tool providing flow information from SWAT simulations for water resource managers in the Arequipa region of Peru. | JavaScript, Highchart, OpenLayer | View Tool |
| Cultivista (Crop Monitoring Tool) | Tool that processes monthly high-resolution satellite imagery for crop monitoring in Peru, delivering summary diagnostics through user interface. | JavaScript, Highchart, OpenLayer, Bootstrap 4 | View Tool |
| AQP-Clima | Web tool providing access to historical climate data for the Department of Arequipa, Peru with visualization and download capabilities. | JavaScript, Highchart, OpenLayer | View Tool |
| StreamCI (formerly SACI) | Scalable sensor data collection and analysis platform for field research with real-time processing capabilities. | RabbitMQ, Docker, Node.js, MongoDB, HUBzero | Learn More |
| CoExplorer | Interactive tool for analysis, visualization, and selective downloads of gene coexpression network data for genomics researchers. | Jupyter Notebook, Voila, Docker, HUBzero, pandas, ipywidgets, Matplotlib, Plotly | |
| AgMIP Data Explorer | Data exploration and visualization tool for the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project. | Jupyter Notebook, Voila, Docker, HUBzero, pandas, ipywidgets, Matplotlib, Plotly | AgMIP Project |
| SWATShare | Online environment for sharing, simulation, and visualization of SWAT models with collaborative features. | JavaScript, Highchart, OpenLayer, Bootstrap 3 | View Platform |
| SWATFlow | Online tool providing high resolution river flow information for water resource management, allowing users to upload and visualize SWAT model output. | JavaScript, Highchart, OpenLayer, Bootstrap 3 | View Tool |
| MultiSpec | Advanced image processing software for analyzing multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing data. | Image Processing, Remote Sensing | View Tool |
| Ag Climate Viewer (ACV) | Tool enabling users to plot local monthly temperature and precipitation variation, track county crop yields and trends in climate context. | Climate data visualization, Crop yield analysis, Historical trends | View Tool |
| Corn Growing Degree Day (GDD) | Tool providing 30-year historical perspective and trend projections for growing degree days to support agricultural decision making. | Climate risk analysis, Activity planning, Marketing support | View Tool |
| Climate Patterns Viewer (CPV) | Historical analysis tool showing how ENSO and Arctic Oscillation influence local climate conditions and corn yield across the Corn Belt. | ENSO analysis, Climate pattern impacts, Yield correlations | View Tool |
| Corn Split Nitrogen (SplitN) | Tool helping farmers understand risks and benefits of post-planting nitrogen application, combining weather data with economic considerations. | Nitrogen management, Economic analysis, Risk assessment | View Tool |
| Irrigation Investment | Tool exploring profitability of installing irrigation equipment across the Corn Belt, combining weather data with economic modeling. | Investment analysis, Profitability modeling, Location-based assessment | View Tool |
Anvil REU
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| 2025 | Smart Data Solutions: Building a Data Warehouse and Sensor-Driven System for Sustainable Data Centers | Two-phase project building a data warehouse for data center logs with visual dashboards, then integrating sensors for real-time monitoring and sustainability. |
Randy Alejo; Abigale Tucker |
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| 2025 | AnvilOps: Streamlined Container Builder with GitOps Integration | Web interface for container workloads on Anvil's Composable system using CI/CD tools and GitOps practices for automated workflows. |
Emma Zheng; Brendan Swanson |
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| 2025 | Empowering Research: Easy-to-Use Bioinformatics Workflow Templates | Create user-friendly workflow templates for genomics tasks (RNA-seq, variant calling, genome assembly) with optimized SLURM scripts. |
Abigail Lin; Sadra Williams |
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| 2025 | Revolutionizing Documentation with AI: NLP and Large Language Models for Automated Solutions | Enhance TicketHub tool to automatically generate FAQs and responses using NLP and LLMs from support requests and documentation. |
David Burns; Christina Joslin |
Sarah Rodenbeck; Ashish; Elham Barezi |
| 2024 | Streamlined Software: Automating user-requested software deployment on Anvil using agile technologies | Project focused on automating software deployment processes on Anvil supercomputer using agile development methodologies. |
Jeffrey Winters; Alexi Sieni |
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| 2024 | Unlocking the Impact of Data: The Power of the Dashboard | Data analytics and dashboard development project to visualize and analyze system performance data. |
Richie Tan; Anjeli Rajesh |
Guangzhen Jin; Rajesh Kalyanam |
| 2024 | Gromacs Gateway: Creating User-friendly Molecular Simulations Online | Development of web-based interface for running Gromacs molecular dynamics simulations. |
Nihar Kodkani; Selina Lin |
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| 2024 | AI-Powered Operational Data Analytics: Enhancing User Experience on Anvil | Application of AI techniques to analyze operational data and improve user experience on the Anvil system. | Philip Wisniewski; Austin Lovell; Athreyan Mohana Krishnan Sangeetha |
Sarah Rodenbeck; Ashish |
| 2023 | XALT Integration with XDMoD | Integrate XALT job-level usage activity monitoring tool into XDMoD reporting for deeper workload analysis. |
Ved Arora; Nayeli Gurrola |
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| 2023 | Anvil to Azure Cloud Burst | Implement direct cloud burst from Anvil to Azure for HPC and accelerator workloads. |
Henry Olson |
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| 2023 | Anvil Composable to Azure Kubernetes Service | Connect Anvil's Rancher management platform to Azure Kubernetes Service for elastic scaling of science gateway applications. |
Oluwatumininu 'Tumi' Oguntola |
Erik Gough; Rajesh Kalyanam |
| 2023 | Jupyter Notebook Deployment Solutions | Develop deployment solutions for Jupyter notebook platform on Anvil's composable subsystem for education and training. |
Aneesh Chakravarthula |
Chris Thompson; Lev |
| 2022 | HPC Benchmarking | Benchmark compute and storage performance using HPL, HPCG, STREAM, and IO500 to establish system baselines. |
Larkin Nickle; Lucas Snyder; Nrushad Joshi |
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| 2022 | XDMoD Data Collection and Reporting | Configure XDMoD modules and improve data collection including PCP, SUPREMM, and Open OnDemand metrics. |
Larkin Nickle; Lucas Snyder; Nrushad Joshi |
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| 2022 | System Environmental Monitoring | Create monitoring of Anvil's power consumption at node and rack levels using Prometheus and Grafana. |
Larkin Nickle; Lucas Snyder; Nrushad Joshi |
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| 2022 (Fall) | Cybersecurity Posture Enhancement | Enhance cybersecurity using intrusion detection systems, network traffic visualization, and dashboard development based on Zeek IDS logs. |
McKayla McCartan |
Collab XR
Supports faculty projects to develop next-gen academic XR experiences using CollabXR, a collaborative VR/AR platform that enhances teaching and research with immersive 3D visualizations in virtual classrooms.
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| Collab-XR | A partnership between Purdue Innovation Hub and Envision Center providing faculty access to a multi-user XR platform for immersive 3D collaborative classrooms. Faculty spend 5-10 hours working with staff to develop XR modules for diverse disciplines ranging from science to humanities. | George Takahashi |