High Performance Computing Services at UCLA

IDRE faculty and Academic Technology Services (ATS) staff are working together to align high performance computing resources in support of the UCLA's computationally enabled research. Some of the existing programs and services available to faculty include:

• Research Computing Forum
• Cluster Hosting
• Grid Computing
• HPC Services
• Statistical Consulting
• Scientific Visualization
• Visualization Portal

Clusters at UCLA

UCLA has a rich distribution of research clusters across campus. Some of the larger clusters include:

• Hoffman2 General Purpose Cluster 116 nodes available for general use on campus
• Laboratory for Neuroimaging - over 400 nodes supporting LONI's NeuroImaging research
• UCLA DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics - core computer facilities with over 300 nodes
• Dawson Cluster - 273 nodes for Plasma Physics research
• California NanoSystems (CNSI) Cluster -74 nodes available to CNSI members
• California Center for Population Research (CCPR) Cluster -
• Houk Cluster - 60 nodes for Chemistry and Biochemistry research in the Houk Research Group
• Hydro Civil Engineering Cluster - 29 nodes for students in Prof. Steve Margulis' group in Civil Engineering
• Neutrino Cluster - 38 nodes for faculty and students in High Energy Physics and Astrophysics group

Grant Development Resources

IDRE, ATS, UCLA's Strategic Research Initiatives and UCLA's Corporate Foundation and Research Relations Group, work together to provide support to faculty pursuing granting opportunities where the grant involves the specification of computing technology. For more information contact info@idre.ucla.edu. Support includes:

• Intelligence Gathering
• Pre-Proposal Planning and Coordination
• Technology Requirements Identification
• Proposal Creation
• Administrative Grant Fulfillment
• Technical Grant Fulfillment

External Resources

• Seed Magazine video profile of high end computer simulations and visualization