Research and High Performance Computing
Blue Gene/L Supercomputer
The Blue Gene/L Supercomputer is the most powerful high performance computer at Iowa State University. It is available to all Iowa State faculty, professional staff, and graduate students for appropriate research projects that are computationally demanding and require the use of such a platform. The system has a peak speed of 5.7 Teraflops, 512 Gigabytes of total main memory, and 11 Terabytes of disk storage.
BOREAS-Net
BOREAS-Net connects the Iowa State University campus network to national and international research networks so Iowa State University researchers can collaborate with peers worldwide using high bandwidth applications.
GIS Support and Research Facility
The Geographic Information System (GIS) Support and Research Facility is a public computing facility providing a high level GIS research support laboratory for ISU students, faculty, and staff as well as providing GIS education and outreach to the ISU community and the state of Iowa.
High Performance Computing Group
The High Performance Computing (HPC) Group includes full-time staff as well as a number of graduate students and, from time to time, visiting scholars from other countries. The group provides training, assistance, and support for research and high performance computing as well as engaging in funded research projects.
High Performance Computing Partnership
The High Performance Computing (HPC) Partnership is a unique consortium of faculty who strive to provide high-capacity, high performane computational facilities and to keep them updated through active cost-sharing between the university, IT Services, colleges and departments, the faculty, and through supporting grants.
Internet2
Iowa State University is an active participant in Internet2, a consortium being led by 200 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.
Lightning Supercomputer
The Lightning Supercomputer is the second most powerful high performance computer at Iowa State University and was purchased by the faculty in the High Performance Computing (HPC) Partnership. It is available to all Iowa State faculty in the HPC Partnership as well as their students and collaborators. The system has a peak speed of 2.8 Teraflops, 1184 Gigabytes of total main memory, and 15 Terabytes of disk storage.
Scalable Computing Laboratory
The Scalable Computing Laboratory (SCL) enables parallel computing through clustering techniques for use in scientific and engineering computation.
Student Cluster
The Student Cluster exists for students and instructors to use for classes, or other high performance computing needs including personal educational interests.
Virtual Reality Applications Center
The Virtual Reality Applications Center (VRAC) is an interdisciplinary research center focusing on the rapidly expanding interface between humans and computers. Facilities include the C6 and C4 three-dimensional, full-immersion, synthetic environments.
