Article #479: Completed MATH upgrades will allow research computing expansion
Major ITaP research computing systems, including the Rossmann, Coates, Moffett and Radon clusters, are back on line following a project to upgrade the...
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Article #480: ITaP still taking faculty orders for new research supercomputing cluster
Faculty orders for the new Hansen Community Cluster research supercomputer are still being taken by ITaP, which plans to have the new system operating...
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Article #481: New website gives community cluster users a window to their work
A few clicks on a graph, a table and a couple pull-down menus in a Web form and Kevin Colby knows this particular piece of computational research used...
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Article #483: Hansen Cluster is in Production
As of 10:00 AM, September 15, 2011, the Hansen Community cluster has gone into production. Hansen is comprised of 200 Dell computer nodes, with four 1...
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Article #484: New Hansen research supercomputer activated, capacity still available to faculty
“Contagion” is just a hit movie but its premise – a deadly disease spread around the world by airline passengers – is no fiction, as recent experience...
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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...
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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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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...