Article #535: BLASTer tool upgraded on DiaGrid Hub: BLASTer 1.1 released
A new version of DiaGrid's BLASTer tool has been released. Version 1.1 adds support for custom databases, allowing researchers to upload their own pro...
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Article #530: Carter cluster shows ability to accelerate research jobs, capacity still available
Capacity in Purdue’s latest community cluster is still available and the new research supercomputer is now in full production. Purdue faculty research...
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Article #525: Free, fast BLAST processing with friendly interface now available to faculty and their students
BLAST, the popular bioinformatics software, is now available to Purdue faculty and their students through a new graphical user interface running on Pu...
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Article #521: New Carter community cluster is fully operational, capacity available
Alina Alexeenko thinks Purdue’s new Carter community cluster should give her lab a lot more computing power to study rarified gas flow problems — whic...
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Article #516: Orders open for Carter, Purdue’s new top-ranked research supercomputing cluster
Orders for the new Carter Community Cluster are now being taken by ITaP and its Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, which plans to have Purdue’s new...
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Article #515: New Windows HPC cluster now available to Purdue researchers
Forestry and natural resources Professor Bryan Pijanowski’s research looks at how people and land use play into the state of ecosystems, including iss...
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Article #512: Regular account expiration starting on ITaP research clusters
In February, 2012, many accounts belonging to former Purdue students and staff will be retired. For most computing services at Purdue, your Purdue Car...
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Article #508: Moving research to energy efficient community cluster saves time and money
Electrical engineering Professor Scott Sudhoff’s research looks, in part, for ways to optimize electric motors and generators. It is fitting then that...
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Article #504: New Carter cluster is one of the greenest, as well as fastest, in the world
Purdue’s new Carter supercomputer ranks 38th on the latest Green500 list of the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world, making it one of th...
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Article #502: Free, fast BLAST processing now available on Purdue’s DiaGrid system
BLAST, the popular bioinformatics software, is now available to Purdue faculty and their students on Purdue’s DiaGrid distributed computing system, wh...
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Article #501: New Carter community cluster will be available to faculty in the spring
A new cutting-edge research supercomputing cluster will be available for use by Purdue faculty and their students in the spring of 2012 and should all...
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Article #500: Hansen MPI Software Changes - December 16, 2011
As a follow up to our earlier tip describing the optimal MPI for computations on Hansen, we are undertaking an effort to reduce the number of maintain...
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Article #499: Cluster Challenge: Purdue, ITaP student supercomputing team does well
John Blaas and Andrew Huff, designated system administrators for Purdue’s student supercomputing team, didn’t see much of Seattle this week but it was...
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Article #498: Cluster Challenge: Purdue, ITaP student supercomputing team awaits results
Purdue’s student supercomputing team has completed the data-crunching phase of the 2011 Cluster Challenge at SC11, the world’s largest supercomputing...
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Article #496: Cluster Challenge: Purdue, ITaP student supercomputing team in data crunching mode
Purdue’s student supercomputing team has entered the “sleepless in Seattle” phase of the 2011 Cluster Challenge at SC11, the world’s largest supercomp...
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Article #494: Purdue Cluster Challenge student supercomputing team ready to compute
For Tyler Reid, a junior in computer science from Zionsville, being a member of Purdue’s student supercomputing team means a chance to get his hands o...
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Article #493: Optimizing MPI performance on Hansen
To provide an optimal computing experience on the new Hansen cluster, ITaP would like to offer some tips on utilizing Hansen most effectively. Hansen...
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Article #492: International conference a showcase for Purdue technologies that help build research communities
The high cost of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 in loss of life — nearly 25,000 deaths — and billions of dollars in damage, this in a country...
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Article #490: New Web application lets faculty control cluster use by students, collaborators
A new Web-based application allows faculty partners in Purdue’s community cluster supercomputers to give students and research collaborators permissio...
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Article #487: Storage upgrade will mean faster, more reliable data access for Purdue researchers
An upgrade of the software underlying the data storage system used by many Purdue researchers will provide faculty and their students quicker, more ro...