Research Technology Infrastructure
- High Performance Computing
Researchers have access to an IBM 170+ node cluster with over 2000 64-bit cores (RHEL 6.2) with 16-128 GB RAM per node, and 10GigE interconnect. This is a central service offered at no cost to clients. Cluster accounts can be requested at http://research.uit.tufts.edu. More information is available at http://go.tufts.edu/cluster
- Research Storage
Researchers who need backed-up, network accessed storage for research data can request storage shares, 50 GB to 1 TB (or more). These shares are not associated with P: and Q: drives. Shares can be used for workstation access or cluster mounted, not both. Research storage can be requested at http://researchstorage.uit.tufts.edu. Access to research storage can be granted to outside collaborators.
- Software Licensing
Many commercial software packages are hosted on our research high performance computing cluster: Abaqus, Ansys, Comsol, Fluent, Maple, Matlab, Mathematica, and Stata. For desktop applications, network concurrent licensing is offered on a per product basis. These products are offered at no cost to clients. To utilize software on the HPC cluster, a cluster account is needed.
Research Technology Tools
- Visualization
The Tufts Center for Scientific Visualization, located in Anderson Hall, provides a visualization wall for advanced visualization. Researchers can display high resolution stereo images ( 4096 x 2160 ) on a 15 ft by 8 ft screen using a dedicated graphics workstation, supporting RedHat Linux, Windows, and OSX operating systems. Personal laptops can be used also, but at lower resolution (2048 x 1080). Access to this facility is by granted card access ( application required: viswall-support@tufts.edu ) and an R25 account for scheduling. Each new user is required to complete a one hour training session prior to using the facility.
- Collaboration
The Tufts Center for Scientific Visualization may be used for Video Conferencing. Contact via email viswall-support@tufts.edu to discuss arrangements.
- Bioinformatics
Many current bioinformatics programs and suites, and genomic databases are located on the high performance computing research cluster. Additionally a Bioinformatics Server ( http://emboss.uit.tufts.edu ) offers access to EMBOSS/wEmboss, a sequence analysis package ( see About EMBOSS ). An account to access EMBOSS can be requested at http://research.uit.tufts.edu
Research Technology Services
- XSEDE *
As a member of the XSEDE Campus Champions program, TTS helps Tufts researchers and educators gain access to XSEDE (Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment) high-performance services, resources, and accounts.
XSEDE is an advanced, powerful, and robust collection of integrated advanced digital resources and services, giving researchers access to large supercomputers and related services such as storage and science gateways. TTS RGTS (Research and Geospatial Technology Services) serves as a local source of knowledge and support through its membership in the XSEDE Campus Champions program, acting as a conduit for account access to XSEDE services, applications, and digital resources, which include some of the largest supercomputers in the world with an enormous number of cpu cores, gpu devices, storage, high memory systems and shared memory nodes.
For more information see XSEDE Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment