1 Powering student success
RT has a proven track record of providing leading-edge high performance computing and storage systems to the university community at no additional cost, making it unique among peer institutions.
Comprising nearly 30% of all accounts, undergraduate students are the largest single population taking advantage of HPC resources at IU.
Highlights
Creating detectives with advanced visualization
The Forensics and Investigative Sciences Program in the IUPUI School of Science collaborated with the RT Advanced Visualization lab on a novel online learning program. Students used interactive 3D models to learn forensic evidence identifcation techniques.
Raising the IQ on all campuses
Through the Advanced Visualization Lab, we have installed 20 IQ-Walls on all seven IU campuses. Most are in public areas and are available to any faculty, staff, or student with a network ID. These systems bring ultra-resolution visualization, interaction, and collaboration capabilities to large segments of the IU population.
“The IQ-Wall provides our artists an impressive new platform on which they can showcase their new multimedia performance works. This year, we were able to show seven works throughout the week of our annual Performing Media Festival here at IU South Bend.”
—Ryan Olivier, assistant professor of music, Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts, IU South Bend
Improving decision making predictions
As retail environments become more complex, so do computational models suggesting future options in a customer’s shopping algorithm. Cognitive science Ph.D. student Gunnar Epping used Carbonate to compare and combine decision making models to analyze patterns like choice and response time in online shopping.
“Without Carbonate, I would not have been able to carry out my research using state-of-the art cognitive models due to their computational complexity.”
—Gunnar Epping
Connecting through virtual events
The Advanced Visualization Lab collaborated with multiple IU units to imagine and implement a range of technologies to increase engagement, especially during COVID restrictions. Examples include virtual and technology-enhanced components for the Little 500 bike race, graduation ceremonies, BFA & MFA gallery exhibits, and end-of-semester project demonstrations
“Your work with us helped the school navigate a very challenging time by providing solutions that we will carry forward as best practices even after the pandemic is a thing of the past. Thank you for everything you’ve done to support us…”
—Greg Hull, dean of the Herron School of Art and Design
Advancing research careers
Now a postdoctoral student in Wisconsin, Maryam Zahedian completed her doctorate in philosophy at IU while minoring in chemical physics under IU chemistry Ph.D. advisor Bogdan Dragnea. She used the Karst and Carbonate supercomputers with high performance storage systems to help overcome anomalies in her research.
“I highly recommend IU’s research supercomputers. They are powerful and I received so much assistance from IU’s research supercomputer team to run my simulation on these clusters. In simple words, HPC has enabled me to conduct two of my main projects which otherwise would lack enough accuracy to be completed and published.
—Maryam Zahedian