Grant Proposal

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Introduction

Resources Available in the Department

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CSRVM

To facilitate wide ranging research activities, some of the major services provided by the department include a Computer Science Research Virtual Machine cluster (CSRVM) which has the flexibility to create multi-core large scale VM's in a matter of minutes.

  • Hardware:
    • Nodes: 9
      • Cores: 64
      • Ram: 512GB
    • Network: 10GB low latency SFP+ back-end network interconnecting each node
    • Storage: 91 terabytes of dedicated disk storage.

GPUVM

  • Hardware:
    • Nodes: 10
      • Cores: At least 40
      • Ram: At least 192GB
    • GPU's: Multiple Nvidia P40 and T4's
    • Network: 10GB low latency SFP+ back-end network interconnecting each node
    • Storage: Dedicated CEPH shared file system

Systems Cluster

In addition, Computer Science has a ten (10) node homogeneous cluster, dedicated to systems research.

  • Hardware:
    • Nodes: 10 (Homogeneous)
      • Cores: 48 (Intel)
      • RAM: 256GB
    • Network: 10GB interconnected Nodes and Storage
    • Storage: 73TB

Secure Server Room & Graduate Area

The Computer Science department has a secure, modern, climate-controlled server room. The room is equipped with numerous sensors, controls, and backup systems to ensure all servers are continuously operating at peak performance. In addition, there is a separate secure, climate-controlled workspace for graduate students to work directly with servers and equipment, if appropriate.